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Foss Maritime

Part of Saltchuk

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Foss Maritime Reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(57 total reviews)

Chris Mack Jr

100% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Foss Maritime has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 57 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Foss Maritime employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation and logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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57 reviews
1.0
6 Mar 2015

Don't. Just don't.

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Pros

Foss is a maritime company. If you like working in a maritime environment - tugboats and barges - this is your scene. The work is enjoyable. Everything else: see below. Most of my fellow employees were professional and did great work. It's not with them that the problem lies. The problem lies with management/office workers who don't believe in the right of the maritime side to make a living in the practice of their trade.

Cons

This company does not value their employees. In the bay area, the majority of their workers are call-out employees with no guarantee of work . They expect you to be available at all hours of the day, but only call at the last minute when they need people. This is the bay area. There is no way to make enough this way to make a living in the bay area. Either they need to reduce the workforce until their is a stable number that can make a livable salary, or offer a minimum number of hours monthly. When I worked for them as a callout I was expected to attend all company safety meetings and courses, but then not called for work upwards of a month at a time. When I questioned this tactic and asked why I'd been hired if there was no work, my attitude was called into question. The company does not like its employees to question the tactics of management. You are expected to fall into line and graciously accept the crumbs off the table after management has taken its slice of the pie. I was led to believe that my employment would be full-time and earn me enough salary to live in the bay. I was misled. And when I made mention of this to management, I was given the label of troublemaker.

1.0
1 Dec 2010

glad im gone

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Pros

maritme is a challenging field

Cons

lack of advancement is real at foss

2.0
13 July 2017
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Pros

They do provide great benefits. Time off during the holidays is very generous. Free parking or ORCA card. No other pros to speak of

Cons

This company is so far behind the times as far as technology and business processes. They try to sell themselves as a "family culture" but I found them to be far from it. They just went through a big layoff and business is very slow. Nothing in the pipeline for the foreseeable future. Management lacks in communication and most are micro-managers and very controlling.

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