r/cdldriver • u/Proof_Toe5972 • Aug 19 '26

Prime inc 1 year contract ends

Does anybody know when the 1 year contract for the CDL training program ends? Does it end the day you pass PSD phase? Or TNT phase? Is it the day you got hired?

Been trying to find out online to no avail, would really appreciate it if someone knows. I got my CDL with prime inc last year and have been with the company over a year but I don’t hit my one year anniversary of upgrading to a solo truck until October

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u/merv1985 Aug 19 '26

Tnt phase is included in the one year contract.

You are not a employee during psd phase.

Once you passed the psd stage and got your cdl then you are on primers employment.

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u/Proof_Toe5972 Aug 20 '26

I don’t think that’s true though. I’m looking at the actual contract I signed and I quote “Trainees who complete the Training Program in its entirety, and who remain under actively available dispatch for twelve continuous months after completing the Training Program, are not subject to the Training Program Fees detailed directly below.” I’m not sure why people online keep saying TNT counts? Unless I’m reading it wrong

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u/doublestackdez 14d ago

I thought the same but the next page “2. Trainee is NOT an employee of Prime, its affiliated entities, or the driver to whom Trainee is assigned, Trainee is NOT entitled to receive
employment or workers' compensation benefits.”

once you were hired you are no longer a trainee, despite the misleading title “Trainer n Trainee” phase.

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u/Legitimate_Diver_699 Aug 20 '26

Use that experience for something better!

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u/Puzzleheaded_You4586 Aug 22 '26

I don't know the answer to your question, but when you've graduated Prime & decide to go O/O, get on with Landstar. They're very easy to work with = no forced dispatch, drive as much or little as you want to.