I see that the company has a really bright future. I just feel that freight forwarding industry is so unsexy and doesn’t make it feel like a tech company (is it?). Are people happy there? Is it a good time to join?
I think it depends on who you ask. The growth continues but there is something off with the culture. There have been a number of changes recently
What do you mean? I had two friends leave after less than a year and they told me some funny stories
Interested in hearing funny stories. Other flexport thread ended with an employee calling out the CEO (who's apparently on here, not surprising given how much he responds to posts on Glassdoor). But seems like employee was angry that CEO agreed with James Damore. So I'm not sure if the employee was just an angry SJW that needs everyone to follow one viewpoint as the thread ended there. Visiting their office didn't seem bad. Doggos roaming around. Management focused on growth. Some people have generic pitch about everything around us being shipped here, which was the only off-putting part.
Talked to them sometime. Some folks hinted at being a tad uncomfortable with some of the changes the new VP was bringing. The engineering team has got some great talent though.
I think the CEO retorting every single negative Glassdoor review reeks of insecurity. Someone seems to have stopped him in the last 2 months though.
I really enjoy working here, and it certainly feels like a tech company. Growth is good, and I’m excited about the next year. One of the reasons it’s such a great business is because of how far back the rest of the competition are. That means even our initial v1s are still pretty advanced for the industry, but also means there isn’t just lots of competitive tech to observe and optimize, which I think gets at that feeling you are having.
How is the interview process? What is the level of difficulty?
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Great question. I know a business guy there that says they're killing it in general, but I'm also curious to know how tech centric it is. Basically, are dev positions treated as backoffice roles or as the revenue generators?
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Engineers are definitely *treated* as revenue generators. Whether we turn out to be or not depends on how comprehensive our automation ends up being. That’s still unknown, but it’s promising, even if some ops (who have to deal with frustrating but deprioritized bugs) will tell you otherwise. There’s still a lot of v1 to be built.