Purolator reviews

Management is from another era. You need to play golf and wear a tie to work every day to get ahead. The place has more executive assistants and fewer women in management roles than the Sterling Cooper agency from MadMen. Cronyism is rampant. Executives are frequently “cross-trained” via promotion or reorganization into leadership roles over functional areas in which they have no experience, training or expertise. This leads to a talent exodus within departments where this occurs. Executives are very much removed from day-to-day operations – you will generally find them at the airport, in the air, or earnestly meeting with each other. This is not to say that every member of the executive team is incompetent or out-of-touch, instead, the talented execs have learned that challenging the status quo is detrimental to their careers. Strategy changes on a regular basis. New initiatives are launched with much fanfare and wither away with barely a whimper. A product management function is sorely lacking within the organization. Salaries are less than competitive, particularly for employees on the East and West coasts. The performance review, goal setting and bonus award processes are more obtuse than the U.S. tax code. Workloads are high and you must be very efficient to manage demands. Because you may have a high level of ownership and investment in your work, be prepared to think about it, a lot, even when the office is closed. Travel requirements are also unusually high across most areas of the company. A premium is placed on face-to-face meetings which seems simply archaic in today’s world. Much of the travel is wasteful and unnecessary.

Senior Executives at Purolator International manage using 1960-style transportation management techniques including fear, threats and burning and churning through managers and sales. Executives take care of themselves at the expense of employees. There is a high degree of nepitism at the senior level. Some of the managers above the branch level have no transportation, managerial and/or sales experience. The poor decisions made by these managers really show their lack of experience. They have hired many people from large multinational transportation companies. Many of these people tend not to stay for long once they realize the mistake they made by coming over to a poorly managed company from world-class organizations.