transactional work environment - Operations Associate Flexport Employee Review

2.0
3 Jan 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Looks good on a resume / LinkedIn No better education if you want to work in logistics long-term

Cons

I'll preface this by saying that engineers and executives do seem to have opportunities for impactful work here. Everybody else is disposable. Other employees don't get paid well because their work is relatively mindless and insignificant. Employee retention numbers -- even in engineering and at the executive level -- are BRUTAL. Free snacks and office dogs don't constitute a culture. Flexport is a freight forwarder. In the landscape of freight forwarding, I have no doubt that it's a relatively good one to work for. If you're certain that you want a long career in logistics, work here. Do not work here if you're interested in tech or startups -- the grass is much, much greener elsewhere. Do not work here if you care about doing meaningful work, developing transferrable skills, or being paid well. Do not work here with the expectation that you, or your colleagues, will stick around for very long. An embarrassingly large proportion of my former co-workers have also since left. I know that many of them, like me, are glad they did.

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5.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very good leadership and flexible

Cons

Not enough growth, or knowledge regarding logistics

5.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of really smart and nice people at the company. The culture has improved a lot recently. There's a good amount of room to develop and jump on things that you might not be exposed to in other companies.

Cons

The company moves a little too fast at times and maybe overlooks things that are working well and don't necessarily need to be changed for "efficiency" at the risk of doing things incorrectly. It can be hard to move up in some departments. work/life balance varies a lot by team.

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