truck driver

dock worker

long haul driver

trailer mechanic

customer service representative

Rosenau Transport Ltd.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Peace of Mind, with the ability to have a clean run with the knowledge your best interests as a Driver are secure. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
As the Life of a Professional Driver, is a living in the moment to moment, existence: "the most stressful part about working at the company": is, asking one's self = "Is this the day, by virtue of the weather or other bad Driver's habits, going to create a condition to jeopardize my well-being and those around me?" Pretty standard boilerplate self-talk, so just drive Safely. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
As a Professional Driver, my work environment is very much what I make it. Looking at the Warehouse employees, they pleasantly plug along; work culture seems conducive to gainful employment. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Sorting out the particulars of a Nightshift is best done in the beginning, by doing all the Pre-Trip Inspections of equipment to be used (and subsequent periodic circle checks throughout the Shift), and knowing where you're going by showing up early to start the process. Signing into the Samsung Galaxy/GeoTab Driver's Software for Daily Driver's Logbook, you get paid well, for a job well done. Swapping out a defective piece of equipment or a integral part of the movement however unlikely is best done in the beginning for a successful safe return home. Routine maintenance, and upkeep of everything used makes for a smooth progression passed by the mandatory checks, leading to effectively just focusing on the road in front of me.  Free from distractions, it is a very peaceful and enjoyable way to make a living.

The summery says it all, do not expect a raise or any sort of job security unless you like sucking up big to the boss's, I was pretty loyal to Rosenau in my time there, never got a write up, never even called in sick, always did my job but ended up being laid off in the end.

If you want a good example of how much of a joke upper management was, they brought back Employee of the Month (after it being gone for 5 years apparently) they then proceeded to give it to one of the managers on the voting committee and shut it back down again. They also lie constantly about everything they can lie about. Kind of sad actually that we had to rely on rumors through the office staff to keep us informed on what's going on in the company because god help you if you asked one of them.

The people at Rosenau, the lower dock staff anyways are all very good people and look out for each other which was the only thing that made that place bearable at all, the safety committee was a joke. I went 2 years of working at their biggest terminal and only ever saw the owner once. I think that's pretty sad because Rosenau isn't that big of a company. 

In summery you are less than the number they provide you at Rosenau, and they will lie to your face constantly about anything they can.

This company is doing something really fishy. They flew me out to Edmonton (their head office) to do some fancy training, and then when I got back to my own city, they fired me with the reason being “the just didn’t need my position anymore”, then the next day go and post a job opening for my exact position. This is a dull boring job. I was acting as a “liaison” for one of their accounts, however all of my work would be done in about 3-4 hours, which would leave me begging for more work from my bosses for the next 5 hours. This sets you up for failure as it just makes it look like you’re doing nothing for half the day. 
Also everyone here speaks extremely aggressively, swearing and yelling are all considered normal here, I found it to be very distressing. Be warned. This company is not planning on keeping you past your probation. Do not work here. 

Im shocked and amazed at how so many of the managers are incompetent. As result the cross dock is disorganized, deliveries never make it on time. They seem to consistently miss appointments.  The worst shift to be on is the night shift, supervisor doesn't plan very well so you are unloading unnecessary trailers most of the time,  you will do back breaking labour every night, ex- unloading mattresses with no proper equipment, windows by hand and with dolly cart “if” your lucky to find one. Evening shift is also as bad. 

The turnover rate is extremely high, forklift operators, drivers and mechanics have resigned en mass in the last 5 months or so. They have brought in TEMPS again! Since hiring has been dismal at best. The pay sucks, except for a handful of the managers favourites who are making 2-4$ more than everyone else. 





Working here is challenging but you're chastised for errors. Raises are far and few between. Management is severely lacking and chauvinistic. I think their bold statement of being a family company that is family orientated is a complete and utter lie. Their employees are drowning in their personal lives. We give above and beyond and there is no monetary compensation for our loyalty. We don't even get a Christmas bonus but the company is building new facilities. They boast about how much profit they bring in every year but the ones at the bottom, keeping their company going are forgotten. You can't keep quality employees and expect them to stay at the wages they started at. You also can't give employees more responsibility and expect them to stay at the wages they started at.

Came in always 15 min early. 8:00am.. Did yard inspection of trailers,converters etc: Answered calls.Did online training for tickets, Dispatch calls, Audit log books.Sent out mail. Did very little payroll.If I was bored I found something to do for example I went into the warehouse and cleaned it.Or Id help the drivers load their trucks with frieght! As for my manager I felt that he wasnt a good manager. Hardest part of my job was NOT being trained properly. I enjoyed laughing with the drivers. I also enjoyed talking to our customers while loggin the calls. I'm not one to complain But I feel if the employees are happy/doing a great job its cause they have a great manager than the company looks great!

Worked here as a line haul driver for about 7 months, that was as much as I could take. Poor maintenance on equipment hard to get tires in winter they are very cheap about spending any money on maintaining their trucks. BC trucks were expected to run with under 10/32” to Vancouver and back in the winter. Lots of breakdowns, resulting in poor pay. Sloppy careless mistakes by mechanics caused even more financial losses. Management had that “ not my department “ attitude. Seemed to be a lot of fighting going on internally and more as it went higher up the chain. Not the worst company to work for but not the best either. 

I took a job for their Vancouver location and decided to take a pay cut to work for something unstable. The pay is 21 per hour gross, msp is not paid, useless benefits are given after 3 months only very minimal dental is covered. You work with a another person that is constantly rants nonsense for hours and watches youtube while the other person runs reports along with 15 different other responsibilities. You hear people complain and gossip about every little thing. Customers are always complaining about their service. I would rather not work than to represent an unprofessional, low moral, unstructured company.

While working at Rosenau as a Dock Hand it was evident very early on that the Management/Owners didn't even consider you a number and did not care about their staff whatsoever and lied more times then I have ever seen in a job just to keep everyone from walking out on them, they also like to ignore blatant safety hazards which then causes injury to personnel.

They also have a high turnover rate as they lie about things like giving raises constantly, you'll hear "talk to me in a month" more than you'd like when asking about raises.


Would Not Recommend Working Here

Has a  fast paced environment in the positions I worked in. A positive attitude goes a long way. I found the Management team was good but has improved and is getting better. The culture is changing for the better.  I found working in a nonunion environment refreshing. If I had a problem I could  bring it up directly with supervisor and talk about it. Equipment is maintained very well. If repairs were needed the shop was very good at getting thing fixed fast and in a positive manor. Better than other places I have worked. The opportunity for advancement is available if you apply yourself.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Truck driver 28 salaries reported	$24.71 per hour
Dock worker 22 salaries reported	$21.92 per hour
Long haul driver 3 salaries reported	$104,000 per year
Trailer mechanic 6 salaries reported	$35.40 per hour
Customer service representative 4 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour

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