Cowan Systems reviews

3.0

41% would recommend to a friend

(286 total reviews)

Joe Cowan

49% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Cowan Systems has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 286 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cowan Systems 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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286 reviews
3.0
Sep 23, 2020

Unorganized

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work environment, the job itself is all on you. Creating your own book of business and working with established customers is rewarding. Covering freight is fun as well.

Cons

felt like the training did not set me up to succeed. Its basically a rotating door unless you are a few sales reps that have been there for years and taking old employees clients. Alot of potential but overall unorganized

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Cowan Systems Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your experience. Comments like yours enable us to continue to improve, so we appreciate your honest feedback. Please reach out to PR@cowansystems.com if there is anything we could do to assist.
3.0
Feb 18, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast-pace environment, good pay, great learning experience, and flexibility.

Cons

Too fast-paced that the obvious is obscured and the positive and motivated thinkers are muffled.

1.0
Jul 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They hv work work work

Cons

The Equipment is horrible dirty you have to Clean out a truck every day because of the trash that's left in it from the previous driver after you find a truck that safe to drive . They give you a list of 5 or 6 trucks for you to go look at and fine which one is working that's not trucking that's madness . The dispatchers are rude they think you work for them just a very badd experience personally and the money is bottom line. When driver told me don't leave a good job to come to Cowan systems that was true . One of the things that they told me that was spot on that this is the place where retired truck drivers go when they don't want to sit home to work . I work there a little over 2 months in 90% of the time it was a struggle for me to stay there Period of my life anything that you agree to and don't agree to before you start get it in writing..

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Cowan Systems Response
6y
Thank you for giving us your feedback. I’d like to address some of the issues that you mentioned. We’re very proud of our equipment and work hard to keep our trucks well maintained. We ask our drivers to treat the trucks with care and most of them are great with this. But, if a tractor is dirty from a previous driver or if a driver finds a problem during his pre-trip, they are asked to notify their Fleet Manager so the issue can be taken care of right away. This helps us to address problems so they won’t be repeated and it helps us to stay on top of things and keep our trucks in great shape. Again, most of our drivers are really great with this. Regarding the dispatchers, we take feedback from our drivers as a gift and use it to keep our terminals working well. We typically receive good feedback on our Fleet Managers and we will use this review to make our staff even better. We also have a Driver Relations team that is available to our drivers to receive feedback. We provide these communication channels because of how important employee feedback is to us. We have the best drivers around and we want to keep them happy. Thank you again for your comment and all the best in your future endeavors!
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