Elite Transit Solutions Reviews

Literally ZERO development or care for their employees. If you work here as a broker or a tracker I only have one thing to say to you: YOU ARE REPLACEABLE The rotating schedule that was implemented on April 1st, 2019 decimated any semblance of happiness, motivation, or social life that their employees had left. I left shortly after this schedule was implemented but my friends who still work there hate their lives. They implemented this rotating schedule because they have to “do what’s best for the business” d0 wHaT’S bEsT f0R tHe BuSiNess They should do what’s best for their employees. Elite has a great team of men and women that care way too much for what their getting paid. And if I were the CEO I would double their salaries without a second thought. I see the margins on these shipments. There is more than enough to go around and keep people motivated to do a good job. Every single person there is planning to leave and they are actively searching for jobs. And once summer hits (the busy season for Niagara Bottling) they are beyond f*cked. I can almost guarantee that 75% of their current employees are going to throw in the towel come June 1st because they will not and SHOULD NOT work that many hours a week for $1000 every 15 days. If you are thinking of working here or applying, my suggestion would be apply in September. That way you won’t get worked from 8AM-8PM for a measly $33,000 a year ($26,000 after taxes). Oh. And no overtime pay so good luck. There was actually a Department of Labor investigation against them because of this. Despite all of this, I don’t regret working here. I just wish that management treated their employees like they treat themselves.

Let me start with this, if you are trying to get into the transportation industry or even just develop yourself professionally, DO NOT WORK HERE. Only if you were incredibly desperate would I dream of recommending this company, and I would tell you to keep looking while you worked here. Let’s start with the biggest issue because it permeates down into all the other huge problems with employment here. The owner is a selfish ego-driven individual who truly does not care at all about the well being of his employees, cannot stress that enough. While he constantly boasts about how awesome he is and always keeps his word, your tenure here (if you make the awful choice of working here) will be absolutely full of broken promises, deception, and being taken advantage of. Management is constantly changing, being switched out and replaced at an alarming rate, making it very confusing for employees at all levels. Employee turnover in general, actually, will happen on what feels like a weekly basis, with employees constantly leaving for other opportunities, oftentimes being fired, and sometimes just straight quitting (something rather uncommon in the workforce but it’s that bad here). The “opportunity” here is a very frail one, as any promotion received will almost guaranteed be without raise, you may be fired at any moment for not meeting ridiculous expectations, and the company itself is not a sustainable one, merely a cash grab for the owner. I mean it’s a freight brokerage with only one customer, literally ONE ACCOUNT, that could pull the plug on them at any minute. The whole business is set up to cater to this one client, so they have trouble adapting their methods to other customers’ freight needs. Many former employees could tell you about this company’s continuous cash flow issues... The worst part about working here is undoubtedly the hours, especially with most of the employees making $30-35k and working 50 plus hours every week. Working on the weekends, restrictions on vacation time (summer vacation “blackouts”), and working 70-80 hour weeks during busy seasons are all business as usual (“for the good of the business”). But the worst part, the absolute worst part, are the meetings. These meetings are quite honestly just little hype parties where the owner or one of his management puppets talk about winning BS awards, the owner strokes his own ego and talks about how lucky you are to work for him, and they just waste your time in general. Let me stress these meetings occur after hours, oftentimes going for two hours or more, so if you had any hope of leaving around 5 o’clock like a normal professional, said hope will die out. Forgive my language but I can only describe this ritual as a circle-j**k If you are working here or just started, I would say only good luck and keep that resume dusted off....