Central Transport | How long will it take?

To those of you who have experienced a vitran buyout; how long will it take for them to figure out which teminals are profitable & those that are not. Can we expect those terminals to be shut down asap or will they (vitran mgmt) put their heads together and try to find a solution for that location to become profitable? Give me some examples of what they have done in the past. What was the name of the freight company they bought out in Ky.? What happened at the Bowling Green location from day of buyout until they shut it down? What ever became of those guys? Also, do they (vitran mgmt) quickly relocate terminals to an area in their favor without regard for long time employees they inherited with buyout? What happened with all of the pjax guys? Did vitran let them keep any seniority? Does vitran recognize yeras of service you had in with previous company? We still have many questions. We do appreciate all honest replies from each of you. Many of us have an uneasy-queasy feeling of what is coming down the pike.

boomerang said:

What happened with all of the pjax guys? Did vitran let them keep any seniority? Does vitran recognize years of service you had in with previous company?

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I was hired by Pjax 10 years ago, and according to Vitran i have 10 years seniority.

yes pjax kept seniority . as far as where im at vitran was real small and pjax was the big one ..

In an area where ther are two terminals they will close the smaller one if at all possible.In the event that they have too much freight for them to be able to do this they will use both facilities until a bigger facility can be found or they might close both split the difference between two major towns and open a completely new center .This will happen with a buyout of this size I promise you,it will be nearly impossible to predict when or where this will happen though.I have witnessed several of there buyouts none of which are usually very smooth, but I did here that they thought it would take five months for the transition.Unless they have gotten better at this it will most definitely take longer.As far as keeping a center open because you have good drivers that make money hand over fist and are reliable assets forget it. You are now a number most of the time,they dont care who is where if it doesnt fit the matrix they will shut it down.Vitran has been extremely stingy with their money I suspect now it was for the aquisition of milan.Hopefully we will all start to see some improvements in the benefits and compensation packages now but dont hold your breath. One thing for sure the more employees you have the the more affordable your health insurance should be.

boomerang said:

To those of you who have experienced a vitran buyout; how long will it take for them to figure out which teminals are profitable & those that are not. Can we expect those terminals to be shut down asap or will they (vitran mgmt) put their heads together and try to find a solution for that location to become profitable? Give me some examples of what they have done in the past. What was the name of the freight company they bought out in Ky.? What happened at the Bowling Green location from day of buyout until they shut it down? What ever became of those guys? Also, do they (vitran mgmt) quickly relocate terminals to an area in their favor without regard for long time employees they inherited with buyout? What happened with all of the pjax guys? Did vitran let them keep any seniority? Does vitran recognize yeras of service you had in with previous company? We still have many questions. We do appreciate all honest replies from each of you. Many of us have an uneasy-queasy feeling of what is coming down the pike.

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