England Logistics reviews

2.9

28% would recommend to a friend

(470 total reviews)
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Jason Beardall

36% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

England Logistics has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 470 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The England Logistics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.4 stars).

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1.0
Sep 14, 2016
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Pros

When I started at EL several years ago, I would say that the Pro’s far exceeded the Con’s. However, years later, that is no longer the case. The biggest Pro for me is the core group of managers that still remain, but that number has been dramatically reduced over the years. I would also say the fast paced nature of the industry is a Pro for me personally.

Cons

Turnover at all levels of the organization is way out of control. I would estimate that our front line employee turnover is well over 100%. I would say that we hire and lose more employees every year than there are currently in the company. This turnover is not just a problem in the frontlines either. Every VP that was on Beardall’s Executive team when he became President has left the company and most of their replacements have left as well. These VPs that leave usually going on to bigger and better things. This shows me that we had really good leaders that could not work with Beardall. Turnover is also a problem within our Director level. I have seen several Directors who were underperforming, but really close with Beardall, so they were transitioned into other roles where their performance continues to be subpar. But they will not be fired by their buddy JB. How can you keep the recruiting team in place that hires all of these employees that are not successful in the company? The floor is becoming very toxic. We are not achieving our goals and we are losing co-workers every week. It seems like we are hiring anyone we can find, which makes our top performers question why they should stay at EL. We stress how important it is to have everyone in the building at 7am, but it is not uncommon to see Beardall or other members of upper management stroll in well after 7am. We do 4DX, which is a program that puts a lot of focus on addressing the biggest issue facing the company. We have been doing it for several years and have not come close to achieving the goal that has been set for us each year. I feel the 4DX goal should be to hire a new President that can retain our best employees and that will not promote/protect his family/and or friends.

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England Logistics Response
9y
After reading this post, I felt compelled to respond as most of the points expressed are completely false and baseless. I’d like to take a moment to address each of them. Turnover is not out of control. In fact, if you measure our turnover over the past couple of years, it has been reduced dramatically as we have put measures in place to increase employee welfare. It is amazing how many people forget all of the events that England Logistics puts on in order to increase employee satisfaction. Just to name a few events: Annual Kickoff event, EL Summer Games, EL Dodgeball Tournament, Casino Night, family day at Boondocks, and EL Team Building Challenge. These events come at a cost to the company but I know for a fact that Jason is a champion for these events because he cares about each employee and his/her family. Regarding the various VP’s that have left the company, some have left on their own, but others have been relieved because of lack of performance. I also know for a fact that all of the individuals that have left the company that were on the executive team still maintain a great relationship with Jason and the rest of the executive team. In fact, just last week, we had lunch with one of these individuals. He mentioned that Jason was influential in helping him land his next opportunity and mentioned how grateful he was for the friendship he had developed. Your assertion that these VP’s couldn’t work with Jason is completely baseless and false. This post also mentions that Jason is hesitant to get rid of underperformers because they are his friends. This is so far from the truth as two of the three recent separations have been because of lack of performance. During my seven years at England Logistics, I’ve had the opportunity to report to five different leaders and I can say without a doubt that Jason holds me the most accountable. It is something that I embrace as it is part of our culture and has helped me grow in my career. Arriving early is part of our culture as well. We do stress regularly the importance of being in the office at 7 am in order to start the day out right and be able to service our national customers. I’ve seen on numerous occasions when arriving at 7 that Jason is not only in the office, but is often found holding the door open and greeting the employees that are arriving to start their day. He genuinely cares about the employees and has an open door policy. I have personally witnessed, on a number of occasions, employees requesting to schedule time with Jason to discuss items directly. Never has he put them off and denied them of this opportunity. He has an open door policy and is always willing to listen to what his employees have to say. Leadership is hard. As a manager, I’m sure you understand. It is easy to cast stones at leadership and let others know what you would do if it were your company. In my experience, the single most important factor in job satisfaction is how the employee feels about their leader. If you feel the floor is toxic, as manager I’d encourage you to look inward rather and see what you can do to improve your group’s welfare. We value the opinions of our leadership and all of us have an open door policy. I am going to offer an invitation to you, since you are a current leader, to come and meet with me directly and discuss all of your concerns. True leadership requires hard things from us and I know that we as an executive team are working diligently on the behalf of the employees. I’ve worked for EL for seven years, starting out as a financial analyst. I didn’t get to the position I am in now because I am friends with Jason. I got there by working hard and embracing the core values of England Logistics. By doing so, I developed a close relationship with all of those that I work with, including Jason. Again, I encourage you to share your concerns with us directly so we can come together on a solution and we can all grow together. We are all on the same team with a common goal. It only makes sense for us to work together like one. -Justin Smith
1.0
Aug 29, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Potential to make a decent income if your one of the chosen few. Majority of the employees that work here are really good genuine people the other remaining employees and majority of management are some of the most deceptive 2 faced individuals you will encounter in life. I know this section is supposed to be positive I'm trying really hard. There is free soda in the break room if that helps. One more positive for some I guess when i started at England they had a extremely strict rule you had to have a 4 year degree from a university to ensure they were bringing in top level employees however the turn over rate at England is so high they couldn't fill the training classes. The last week I worked there they had just started a new training course it had 7 people in it I can't speak for the other 5 but 2 of the candadites didn't complete 11th grade in high school let alone a 4 year degree. So if your not exactly acidemically inclined don't worry England's flexible.

Cons

This place is horrible avoid at all costs. All the positive reviews on here with the big words no one uses are written by management and marketing when there not busy making posters. Keep in mind these are people who are supposed to be working for the employees generating leads. there not working for the employees they are on here or face book making up reviews or covering up bad ones. I could not possibly fit all the negatives so il just highlight a few. There are a few individuals with this company that are absolutely successful and make a great income and it is wanted to be believed these people just worked hard and did what they were supposed to. This is the biggest lie to start your success at England depends on if you are liked or not if you are you will be set up for success if your not liked you will be let to struggle with the majority of the others. If you are liked you will be given the accounts you need while everyone else struggles to cold call people who have no interest or England's rates are so ridiculous we can't be compete with and the customer knows it. However if your in the good graces for no rhyme or reason all of a sudden you have a new account when employees leave or quit there old accounts are not split evenly or dispursed randomly they go to management and if they like you you get the account. Next although you are salary and have a set schedule be ready to work unpaid on random Saturday's and if you are one of the chosen you will work earlier and stay later with a smile on your face. Management will scream till they are blue in the face about how supportive they are and how they 100% have your back. Wait till you encounter a real issue and take it to your manager or even escalate it and watch the change of face all talk zero action if and believe me you will need help. Next you can look forward to random drug testing. No I'm not referring to the standard pre employment drug screen I'm talking about the once a month phone call you will get and be directed down to a central area where you will be greeted by 30-40 other co workers all waiting to be drug tested. Finally England Logistics is the break off or sibling of CR England being that these companies are related you would think they would work in harmony to help each other. Wrong at England you better do nothing or step on any toes of a CR account however CR turns away millions of dollars in freight every month due to pricing or capacity you would think this business would be directed to the brokerage where we could service these clients as well as help the employees at England. Sadly this doesn't happen and our director and fearless leader doesn't have the care for the employees or the backbone to stand up and fix this among other glaring issues. One more word of advice the chosen few do have there own assigned parking spots and regardless if the parking lot is full you better not park in one and not be in the club because if you do believe me you will hear about it. Not from that person of course most likely from your or his manager because instead of saying something directly to you they will just smile in your face and proceed to go tell on you to the manager kind of like what we did in first and second grade.

4.0
Aug 26, 2016

Going Places

Anonymous employee
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Pros

England is experiencing tremendous growth which provides many opportunities for its employees to succeed. You can tell that managers want their teams to do well and there is plenty of room for promotion within the company. While very busy on a day-to-day basis, company culture is a work hard, play hard mentality. Upper management really does care about employees and that fosters a culture where employees care about each other.

Cons

The PTO policy is pretty lacking, but comparable to other companies in the industry. To be successful in any sales role in the company you need to be able to make cold calls, you cannot count on the leads you receive from marketing to be adequate for you to succeed.

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England Logistics Response
9y
This is great information! Thanks for being specific in your review on all counts - pros, cons and advice. We're glad you are part of our team and encourage you to engage any member of our leadership team at any time to discuss further! We'd love to hear more.
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