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Carrus staff warn trustees that a sale versus takeover could cost employees years of service
Summary
A Carrus therapist told the Bristow Hospital Authority that a buyer who purchases the operations would take on employees' years of service and pay, while an employer that hires via a job fair could require staff to 'start over.' The comment framed trustee concerns about employee continuity.
During public comment, Meagan Blakeman Raney, a therapist at Carrus Lakeside Hospital, described the difference between an operator purchase and a non-purchasing takeover. "If someone buys Carrus out, then they buy everything. They buy the employees years of service, pay and the employees," she said.
Raney said that when a previous management company left and the facility closed, Carrus reopened parts of the facility quickly to support clients and paid employees even while revenue was limited. She urged the authority to consider staff continuity and to prefer a buyer who would preserve employees' service credit and pay rather than a takeover that would hire staff through a job fair.
