Worth avoiding - EDI Support Expeditors Employee Review

1.0
Dec 2, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Stable company to work for. No history of lay-offs or corporate mergers. Battle for a higher wage before accepting a position though, as you are more than likely not going to get anything higher than what you start with for a very long time.

Cons

No Human Resources Department for over 10,000 + employees. Lack of HR department makes is hard for someone to fight for you if you have a problem with your supervisor or management. The CIO/CFO/CEO all say to go directly to them because they have an 'open' door policy. This is not true. Who really is going to approach the Chief Executive of their company to complain about their management and not fear some horrible outcome? The CIO stated that they did not have an HR department when they started back in the 80's, when there was less than 20 people, so why should they have one now? Umm...maybe because we have over 10k+ people working for the company in over 200 offices world wide?!?! That's just my thought. We've lost a lot of really great employees due to this. Also, no HR means that managers are very late with annual reviews, or any review for that matter. Good luck getting any kind of raise, or any sort of recognition. It "IS" to much to ask for a 'good job' comment from any form of manager at this company.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

good environment employee engagement good industry experince

Cons

higher pay would be good but good benefits and time off

2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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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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