Not worth the frustration. - Ops Supervisor Central Transport Employee Review

1.0
Sep 1, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Non managers are good people. From supervisors on down, including drivers, dock workers, dispatcher, etc. All good people. The General Office and Terminal Managers they have a leash on are the issues.

Cons

Terrible management. Terrible decision making. Terrible to their drivers. Terrible to their dock workers. If you work for CT you can forget about having a life outside of work. Their entire philosophy revolves around putting as much time in as possible. If you're a dock worker you will work 55-60 hours and 6 days a week. If you're a driver you will spend hours waiting for your load, busted trailer getting fixed, old raggedy tractor or even new tractor getting fixed all without getting paid. You will be forced to drive equipment that will be a DOT hazard on the regular. If you don't drive they threaten you with termination. If you are supervisor get ready for everything being your fault and not having any control on your own dock. That's right! At CT LineHaul controls the dock 100%. From where dock workers are allowed to work to what dock workers are allowed to work on. Supervisors have zero control. Not to mention with the incredible turnover rate Supervisors will be expected to keep the same production despite losing dock workers are worse training what CT likes to call "bodies". You'll also be one of the lowest paid LTL supervisors in the industry as well. Managers, specifically TM'S have career expectancy of less than 12 months. That's right, on average Terminal Managers will lose their jobs inside of less than a year. CT is as bad as they say it is. The turnover rate, policy changes, decision making, etc. is as bad as they say it is. If you are looking for a career in logistics you are better off looking at other places. Think of it like this. Old Dominion, Estes, Dayton, Saia, UPS and Conway/XPO are the cream of the crop while CT is the bottom of the barrel. The people that got no where else to turn end up at CT. That's why they have some of the lowest customer satisfaction ratings in the business. Stay away!

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Central Transport Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review - we always appreciate feedback and like all companies, are always seeking to improve. Because you stated your location is Wyoming (and we do not have a terminal there), we can only infer that you prefer to remain anonymous in this forum, but we hope that prior to leaving you took the opportunity to discuss your concerns and frustrations with your immediate supervisor, Divisional Vice President, as well as Human Resources as they could have answered all of these questions and addressed your concerns. It is true that during heavy volume times (end of month, end of quarter, and heavy new business) there is sometimes a need to work additional hours in order to service the customer. This is standard throughout our industry, and as you know, our terminals and our General Office will always work diligently together for our customers. Because of this, and because we want to remain an industry leader, we consistently research our rates of compensation and make sure that we remain competitive in that arena. As you are aware, in the past two years, we have heavily reinvested in our infrastructure - including multiple facility openings, upgrades and major renovations. Additionally, we have purchased over 1600 tractors and trailers, with future purchases in the works. We hope that if any of the equipment at your facility required repair, you followed proper notification procedures so that the problems were promptly addressed. We are very disheartened to read that you believe employees are called 'bodies'. Quite simply, nothing could be further from the truth, and the attrition rate is simply not anywhere near as high as you state. Again, we hope that you addressed these concerns prior to leaving and sought clarification from those who could provide it. Thank you again for reaching out, we appreciate you taking the time to contact us, and wish you the best of luck with future endeavors.

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