Transcon Agent - Transcon Agent Expeditors Employee Review

3.0
Dec 5, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Entry-level experience that familiarizes you with the basics of the transportation industry and third-party logistics in general. Coworkers from my experience were also mostly young recent college grads that were fun to work with on less stressful days. Benefits package and stock options are enticing, and you receive 4 weeks paid vacation depending on when you start (getting this time approved is the tricky part). There's always something to do, so days tended to fly by (if you're into that, like me).

Cons

This is all from my personal experience, so please take with a grain of salt. Expeditors is a large company and I'm sure the experience varies from location to location. Pay equated to about $16 an hour. I understand my entry level position and the need to grow upwards, but for a company of this size/scale, and for the work expected of you, the trade-off is not worth it in my opinion. Power-tripping upper management maintain a veil of interest in you, when in reality are only concerned with improving efficiency metrics spit out at weekly department meetings. Shirt and tie. Every. Single. Day. That's an old school mentality indicative of a company that is stuck in the past. Your work space isn't even cube farm, it's the equivalent of a late 90's call center. Micromanagement by lower level managers was frustrating and distracting. Overconfident "executives" will test out their recently learned management tactics on you with a condescending air of superiority. You will be expected to work Saturdays or Sundays. Your weekly schedule may actually revolve around it.

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Pros

good environment employee engagement good industry experince

Cons

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
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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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