APL reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(481 total reviews)
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Nicolas Sartini

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

APL has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 481 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The APL employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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481 reviews
1.0
Jul 31, 2012
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Pros

I did not enjoy my time at APL. The only positive I can think of for someone entering an SSR position is that the account manager position is a revolving door, so depending on your timing, you may be lucky to find yourself in a position in Atlanta, New York, Kansas City, Seattle, California or Texas. But don't expect a large salary bump for moving and taking a promotion, company policy is 10% max increase in salary. So your 45,000 SSR position becomes a 50,000 account manager position.

Cons

The company is owned by Singapore, whenever Singapore officials come in, or are about to come into town everything tightens up. The environment in the office is also very corporate. In this particular position, you are somewhat of a minion, and treated as such. Account managers, pricing analysts, equipment analysts, managers, directors all have leverage over you. Also, the company has lost in the hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years, and is contracting. Recently there were large layoffs.

4.0
Apr 4, 2010

A US point of view on APL/APLL/NOL

Anonymous employee
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Pros

APL provided a great learning environment with a tremendous amount of diversity. Good people that worked hard together as a team. At the worker level, everyone pulled together to a common goal and overcame some of the cultural obstacles.

Cons

The Singaporean (NOL Group etc.) influence is a bit much. The APL and NOL cultures never really came together after the NOL acquisition. This created a certain obvious ongoing tension in the organization.

2.0
Jul 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

great pay and some good people trying to do the best with what they have

Cons

i.) Owned by the Singapore Government ii.) Very political environment iii.) Jobs going out of the US iv.) just good enough to get the job done

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