Good place to kick off a career in transportation - Anonymous Expeditors Employee Review

4.0
Nov 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is a company-wide sense of pride and respect, and a desire to live up to our name in the industry. I've heard the motto "hire for attitude, train for skill" and I have found this to be very true. I started this job with a college degree and no transportation industry experience and I have become adept due to sufficient on the job training. I have also helped train others and seen many people become successful and proud of their work. Good training, unbeatable benefits, a positive work atmosphere where people take pride in their work. Also, great variety of work assignments, a global work atmosphere, and almost always seeing financial success each month!

Cons

Hourly wages are probably a little low - they're not paltry but they're not exactly generous, either. If you think about what you're getting in benefits, bonuses, and opportunities for investment in the company, it makes it all look a lot better in the big picture. Depending on the size of the branch and the seniority of those around him or her, it's my experience that an agent has to work pretty hard and show some serious skills and results to move up to a higher position. This could all change as more and more qualified leaders are being hired every day, and less people to just fill seats and crank out paperwork. As others have mentioned, hours can get long and the expectation in many departments is that you cannot actually leave work until everything is finished, so your dedication of hours will vary from week to week.

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Cons

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Pros

Stability and job security, formerly. Compressed work weeks and work-life balance, formerly. A 47-year no-layoff policy tested in two recessions and a pandemic. Formerly. Now? Well, all of those are gone, so it's hard to really cite anything other than that there's health care and the paychecks don't bounce.

Cons

The same stuff that's always been there, for one. Strict dress code. Dated systems they're trying to run away from as fast as humanly possible. Strict in-office culture with limited WFH. Little to no upward mobility; most senior management has been there for 20+ years and when someone does get promoted, the remaining jobs often seem to magically go to their buddies without getting bid. A complete inability to manage and coordinate anything effectively amongst multiple teams, which apparently is going to be somehow solved by laying off almost all the project/program managers. Oh, and on top of all that? Now, the new regime will lay you off, but first they'll gaslight you and claim the no-layoff policy never existed. Then they'll claim the team managers (who they conveniently also laid off) did the rankings that determined who got cut. Then they'll put a bunch of the survivors into a "bootcamp" and then make them interview to keep their jobs.

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