All about the people - Anonymous employee Border States Employee Review
5.0
Apr 12, 2019
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 3 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Employee Ownership is a fantastic benefit. Great people across 22 states. Opportunities to grow for people who want to grow. Every employee gets insight to how the company is doing through monthly videos and reports.
Cons
We’ve grown fast as a company, trying to catch up on technology and processes. Lots of overtime, may create burn out.
Border States Response
7y
We agree – employee-ownership is a fantastic benefit and the people are the best! Thanks for your positive feedback and noting where we can get better – it is the only way we’ll continue to be the best we can be.
ESOP - employee owned culture & fantastic retirement. Multiple verticals and great breadth of supplier support. Continued expansion offers more opportunities for customers and employees.
Cons
Pace of technology deployment and enhancement needs to be faster.
Border States Response
5mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear that our employee‑owned culture and growth opportunities stand out to you! As we continue to grow, we appreciate insights like yours as they help inform where we focus our efforts moving forward.
I worked there for 13 years. Not all for Border States.
We ended up "Merging" with BS around 7 years into my Employment, With all of the hopes and dreams promised that culture would never change. In fact that is WHY they wanted us to be a part of their team.
During my time there I really enjoyed the people that I worked around in my office, and learning new things and helping others.
Cons
Flash forward to the last 3 years of my employment with BS.
We have moved into a new office that is 2-1/2 times further away than our original location was.
Culture has taken a 180 degree turn(if you can call it a culture anymore)
All of the sudden your weeks are more full of random "Lunch and Learn" meetings and various "what went wrong here office conversations".
Management doesn't even have enough time to manage due to consistently being on conference calls with whatever new position the "Board" has decided to whip out of thin air.