How is Flexport doing?

Jul 6, 2018 19 Comments

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?

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  • 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
    Jul 6, 2018 5
    • ☝️what Airbnb says is mostly true. Ryan is a controversial CEO and rubs a ton of people the wrong way. Others love him. He’s not a great guy but not a bad one either. He might not kneel but he doesn’t stand up to people.
      Jul 6, 2018
    • From what my friends said, he doesn't truly run the show. He has a cast of characters who are 15 years older who truly run things. People who are ex consultants and others who used to work in freight industry. He's just a good fit for CEO because he looks like the "young hil silicon valley" stereotype
      Jul 6, 2018
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    $ha1

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    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.
    Jul 6, 2018 4
  • Intuit
    tht607

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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?
    Jul 6, 2018 2
    • Back office
      Jul 6, 2018
    • 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.
      Jul 8, 2018
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    albion

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    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.
    Jul 7, 2018 2
  • 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.
    Jul 8, 2018 1