Pride Transport Inc - Salt Lake City, Utah

Tim D.

Enjoyed my time with the company. I had a big tiff with one of their safety folks, but other than that, I really liked everyone in that building. I had a reaction to medication in Illinois back in June. Nothing serious as it turned out. The company’s doctor released me from employment 2,000 miles from home. I had to get an Amtrak back to the west coast losing almost everything in the truck in the process. I was ticked. Everyone (except the doc) was awesome through the process and even followed up with me a few times through the following weeks even though I wasn’t going to come back. Good people. Wish I could’ve stayed longer, but… it is what it is. Would’ve liked to give five stars, but you know… doc kinda mishandled that whole thing.

Keith Stone

Fresh out of school a year ago this my first cdl job. Highly recommend working for these guys if you like money and home time. 6 paid holidays, lots of work and TOP notch equipment. Runs more like a family than just a company.I left after my 1 year to work local and be with my family everyday.

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Kenny Peare

Names Kenneth T#4611, I'm a 2nd generation truck driver. Grew up around Peterbilts & Kenworths throughout my life, as both a ASE Certified & Frieghtliner Warranty Tech, as a driver for the farm & with 2 company's, and had the luxury of building custom Las Vegas National Show Rigs. Trucking runs in my blood, and I'm glad to be a part of it.

If y'all want to consider Pride, it's recommended to chain for winter (we do have drivers refuse to drive if deem unsafe, but be ready for chaining). You will average 3-4k miles a week, depending on how hard you want to run or the loads available. The money is their, but it's the effort you put in. I average 3-4k a week, take home after 20% in 401k and taxes and medical. I get an average of $1,300 on a 3.8k mile week. We do run off Recap Hours & Split Sleeper. You can do 34s. But, let your dispatcher know a week in advance. And I highly recommend this for the first time CDL drivers. Spend the $200 on a CB Radio & $100 on the Firestick Antenna, and learn on youtube how to tune and align the CB Radios you buy ether thats Cobras or Strykers. They will save your butt when winter season rolls around. Otherwise you will be stranded on the interstate with a citation for operating a CDL Vehicl in closed road weather conditions.

Also lastly, this is a close-knit community. Respect the road, and the road will respect you. Hope y'all consider it, and for the ones here. I'll catch you on the road. And Steve, thank you sir. I know how hard y'all in the office put in.

Steve Mazur

I have only been with pride for 8 weeks but having reviewed the one-star reviews I can't believe the stories they tell.
1. Safety is #1 at Pride and they tell you that day one.

2 No electronic devices mounted to windshield. ALSO INFORMED in orientation(GPS, phone) although I too have seen them I'm not snitching on anyone.

3. Great equipment, great miles, hometime on time. I am OTR and yes I get OTR miles.
5 weeks out is a while but I live in the eastern states so I get it. 7 days off 2 of those for travel to and from truck and 5 at home. They do run on recaps 34 hour resets are rare.

4. I was never given a (time limit) on the pretrip for the road test, do this like you did in truck school, ( all brake tests) and you will pass it no problem. The road test is a real test not around the block like most companies. Drive like you have sense and be safe.

5. Rental car or flight to orientation, private hotel room at a nice place, the buy you lunch, (real food) during orientation.

Nothing my recruiter told me was a lie. Steve is not a b.s. artist. This is NOT CR England 2.0 I've been with my share of companies and so far this one is the best organized and they try to make good on everything they told me prior to arrival.

I am not micro managed, and they expect you to do your job after all the (truck, load pu and delv, and saftey is your responsibility)

So far I'm sold, it's been a good experience up to this point.

J Hans

I have worked at pride for 3 years now and am beyond happy. My dm listens to me and helps me if I run into issues. The whole back office is helpful and professional. I love my truck, I named her Tiny Tina. I do regional routes and they always try to give me ample time to get there unless something unexpected comes up which is part of life. They make sure I get the most out of my 70 hours as I can but make sure I know I come first if I run out of time. They would rather the load was late than force me to drive when I don't have any time. All I have to do is make sure I don't waste time and give my routes my full attention and I don't run into that issue.
They treat me like an adult and expect me to act like one, if I do they take care of me.
I've put in a few home time requests and its been smooth as butter. Pay is consistently on time and detailed so you can double check their numbers. I also make more with them then when I was a stock broker.

Brian Williams

So I have ben on and off with Pride since 2017. Like every company they are not perfect. But I have great memories working for them. I definitely have to put Pride well above average! Treated me great. I am not with them because I like long haul. And they have more contracts in their western fleet. But honestly have never been treated better!!!

Natalie Hubbard

I started out with Pride in June of 22. I was really nervous and had heard things about trainers in the field being "handsy." All I can say is I got a wonderful trainer that was EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL. I never had an uncomfortable moment with him. In all honesty, it was like sharing a truck with my brother.
Almost two years in with the company and I still can't say anything bad about it. I have made solid friends with other drivers, and staff members.
If something is unsafe, they fix it. If something on the truck breaks, they get that fixed as well.
They don't force dispatch, and it has been really nice overall. There have been moments of frustration, but if you talk to them, it gets worked out.
The only "bad" thing I can say is they don't route through my hometown very often. That would make working for Pride darn near perfect.

Alphies Place

The fact that Pride Transport has an orientation class every week speaks volumes as to their inability to provide a cultured work environment that promotes driver retention, equality in the work place and a safety department that actually listens to drivers instead of just being the OVERSIGHT WATCHDOG!

They Buy You Lunch each day...

They forget to inform you that your PreTrip is timed and if you call it out like you were taught at school, you will definitely run out of time. All the things you didn't get to go over because you ran out of time - they'll just mark a '0' as if you missed it. Then, they will recommend you take their 300 Hour Student Training course, which pairs you with a trainer for 6 - 8 weeks.

By that time, you're tired of this trainer (David Bunton) watching your every move while he sits in the passenger seat on the phone talking to his wife / friends for hours on end each day, whch in itself is a safety distraction for the 'Student'. Then, if he feels you can operate the truck, then after 150 hours of drive time, you transition to 'Team' Driving. He has a 7' Rand McNally tablet afixed to the Windshield of his truck - even knowing safety doesn't allow for any electronic devices to be afixed to the windshield - I.e. GPS devices, Cell Phone Holders, etc. But they give him a 'PASS' on the same safety rule they have used countless times to terminate drivers, but for some reason he's allowed to have it.

They say they take safety very seriously, but from what I witnessed 1st hand while spending an extended amount of time sitting in a cubicle in the safety office, was that they love to contact drivers about their safety concerns, then they all mock each others phone calls verbally amongst themselves. Where's the confidentiality in that?

The training videos are ancient and didn't even hire a talent to make the videos, it's just STEVE SCHELIN, director of recruiting, doing his best to wing the training videos. Steve has been with pride for like 16 years - maybe he's the reason as to why they are unable to create a culture that retains drivers. So why do you run through so many drivers Steve? I've worked for many other companies, and I've never seen a company make home-made safety videos of such poor quality.

Their ELD system is by DriveTech, which is an ancient system. Many companies have migrated to tablets, makes it easier for drivers at the shipper/receiver/consignee, but PRIDE doesn't think so... They're still using paper and pen to submit Paperwork...

Then, when things don't work out for whatever reason, they send you home via Greyhound. So they fly you there to SLC on a plane for orientation and send you home on a bus... Great Job Steve!

So if your considering Pride Transport, do some research... They're so nice to you on the phone but when you arrive in SLC, you get to learn the reality of Pride Transport.

The owner makes snide remarks frequently on reviews left here on Google. Maybe the 'Owner' should truly 'LISTEN' to the reviews and implement changes within his organization that promotes a culture that retains drivers, creates equality within the workplace and creates checks and balances on it's beloved 'Safety Department'.

They're is a reason they can't expand beyond the 500 truck mark and will forever be just a regional trucking company from Salt Lake City. Maybe it's their 45+ years of experience working against them? Maybe the answer is hiring new directors that will take Pride to a whole new level.