Profile For Popeye

I was a Transport America Dedicated driver until Sept. 30. Then they rolled us into CFI finally. TCAM has been CFI's sister company for some time. When I started a year ago we were already sharing some terminals, then other assests slowly but surely. On Oct. 31 the Transport America OTR division will join CFI as well, and the Transport America brand will no longer exist. They've already begun to relabel the Transport America blue and white trailers with the CFI logo, and T-Force Freight logos are starting to appear on the trucks. Last Friday, Oct 1, they started rolling heads after saying for some time that nothing much would change. At the Atlanta terminal they had 4 local drivers, 3 of whom were extremely good trainers each with over a decade of experience. They told the trainers that their current students would be their last and that 2 of the local drivers would have to go back OTR if they wanted to stay. They also fired the terminal manager who was as hard working and dedicated as they come. I joined during the pandemic and watched that man work nonstop from the time he came in until he left every day as he covered several people's jobs. He had drivers constantly banging on his window by his desk while he tried to do all the day to day business, attend online meetings, as well as clean and maintain the fueling area. They had 2 women in here in his place yesterday. So far CFI isn't making any friends, but that's business I guess.