Ryder System Operations Management Trainee reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)
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John J. Diez

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55% positive business outlook

Operations Management Trainee employees have rated Ryder System with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Operations Management Trainee professionals have a good working experience there. Ryder System is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Operations Management Trainee professionals compared to other employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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20 reviews
3.0
Oct 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

There is a good community within the specific locations and I had quite a bit of freedom and flexibility. It's an interesting business and was definitely a learning experience.

Cons

There is a severe lack of training. It is very much a sink or swim atmosphere, even when you have no experience in the industry. Complaints about operational inefficiencies that can be easily corrected are not heard or acted upon by any level of management.

1.0
Oct 10, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

This is a glorified secretarial/intern position in a high stress environment. A great job for a psychopath who has no empathy. You get paid just barely enough to get you to show up for your shift, though any hope will very quickly fade away. Eventually, you get to go home at the end of the day.

Cons

1) Expect to have multiple under-qualified bosses who hate working with each other, and who are quick to throw everyone AND anyone they can find under the proverbial bus. 2) Expect to have poor communication between ALL parties, unless mind reading is your forte. 3) Ryder will offer you a "Sign-On Bonus", which is just a glorified contract to force you to remain working at that position for at least a year, otherwise you will pay a penalty. 4) You will be offered "overtime" pay, but do not expect regularly/generally understood overtime pay of 1.5/hour. It's actually a convoluted mess that pays a little less per hour, for every extra hour that you work. Expect that your "salary" will be what you earn, before taxes. 5) No movement from this position, unless ALL of you bosses personally like you AND there is a position available. Got stuck in this position for 2 years because of one or both reasons. 6) You will be assigned an online training regime that is a) impossible to complete due to the number of tasks given per hours in the week you force yourself to endure, b) no one will care about until it becomes a huge emergency situation (about 8 months after it was supposed to be completed), c) is generally not worth your time completing in the first place - such as how to sell 1 of 2 roll up doors to a customer (note: you won't sell anything to anyone in this position or any further position you might go along this career path).

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