Business Development Manager - Business Development Manager Cargo Chief Employee Review

I honestly don't understand the negativity in some of these reviews. From what I've seen in the year I've been with Cargo Chief is that they give people opportunities to prove they can do their jobs - in my case that's sales. The people who can't make sales are eventually let go (as they should!) but only after an almost annoying amount of hand holding and encouragement. And then they come on here calling the rest of us brown nosers... I guess if I sucked at my job I'd be able to relate a little better. Anyway, I personally like working for a start up. I like the idea of helping to build something from the ground up and having the opportunity to someday profit in a big way from that. Yeah I work hard to build the book of business I have which is really no different than any of the other logistics companies I've worked for. The difference I believe will come at the end once the start-up takes off - I would have never have gotten that opportunity and the massive corporations I worked for before. I also see a lot of gripes about management on here, and I haven't had an issue. Yeah they're probably a little more direct than some people can stomach in this PC world of ours, but I'd prefer to know if I was effing up instead of having some mousy manager call my into his office and fire me out of no where. Also, working from home is awesome as long as you can manage yourself.

1. Being a new company there are still some bugs in the system - but those have been slowly working themselves out. It's REALLY frustrating when it costs the trust of a customer that you've been working hard to get though. On the other hand, this is a tough industry and I certainly can't say I haven't had issues like this elsewhere. 2. Right now I feel that we still don't have the motivated and engaged staff we need. Many of the people who have come and gone have been the type who bounce from job to job looking for a free lunch - problem is sometimes they're hard to spot until it's too late. As we've grown a lot of those types have been weeded out and replaced with better "brown nosers" (aka people who actually care about their jobs). Eventually I think we'll get to a full staff of fun and motivated people to work with. 3. I'll be honest - the pay is a little low in my opinion. I don't have tons of years of experience or anything but still... Personally, I think this is why we get some of the people we get, who are probably just trying to get out of a job that they're about to be fired from instead of looking at this as an opportunity.

I started working for Cargo Chief in September of 2014. Management was very supportive and also allowed for employee feedback and even encouraged it and often implemented suggestions. I had some personal issues I had to handle, so I abruptly left the company in March of 2015, only to be rehired and working on June 1st, the day after I called and said I would like to come back. I'm not sure how many companies would do that, but what that tells me is if you work hard and go the extra mile, then Cargo Chief will do the same for you! The environment is very welcoming and I dont feel like there's a single employee or manager that I cant reach out to and have a constructive conversation with. Everybody helps everybody, and hard work and effort does not go unrecognized. Slacking doesnt go unrecognized for long either, so if you plan on doing the bare minimum than you may not last long.

Not enough shot glasses in the office kitchen cabinet for when we celebrate another success with Scotch.