Inherited Trucking company transition!!

I don’t doubt you don’t know them. I have never started any job where my boss knew me it’s not uncommon . I still don’t understand you wanting everyone to get a trip towards your house to I guess in 1 day and have them tell you all about themselves and there family also.It sounds incredibly uncomfortable .If you want a personal relationship with your employees you should be running the show there on site where a relationship is established over time you actually shaking a drivers hand at the end of the week saying thanks how’s it going.

 

@Trucker6502 I am quoting the above paragraph to emphasize the importance of the information he just gave.

@Ridgeline runs a trucking company and is one of very few people on the planet that I would take advice from for trucking business related stuff.

 

So as a truck driver if a new company took over the place I worked for I would appreciate something like this:

Maybe getting a thank you card in the mail with the contact info of the new owners with the invitation to contact them if I have any questions or concerns I would like to talk about.
I would appreciate knowing that they didn’t intend to change up the structure of the business since it’s what I’m used to and we want all keep things running smoothly. A bunch of changes right away is a huge red flag to me.
If it worked out where you could be at their terminal and meet them in person when they come in, maybe with some pizza or something I think that would be nice.

Of course a bump in pay is always appreciated, but don’t do that until you know for sure if you can. I’ve had bosses give me a raise, then say they can’t afford it and drop it. I don’t work for any of them anymore lol.