Brilliant business actually changing the world. You work with smart people on interesting problems. Nice offices and amenities. Clients really love us.
Cons
The culture is toxic. The leadership team is basically all men and the company is full of sexism, favoritism and politics. Who you play on the weekends with is more important. Another example of the myth of silicon valley meritocracy.
Flexport Response
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Ryan Petersen here, CEO of Flexport.
This person has made some pretty serious allegations. I'd urge readers to dig deeper to find out the truth.
With regards to a culture of sexism, it's just not true. Come meet our teams. You'll be inspired by women in leadership positions at every level of the organization, including on our executive committee and running some of our largest and best performing teams.
I wrote this about the important role diversity and inclusion play in our culture:
https://www.flexport.com/careers/diversity-and-inclusion
I also recently hosted Emily Chang, author of Brotopia for a candid conversation about diversity in the tech industry, including at Flexport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNxrDXmtCUo&=&feature=youtu.be
We're a young company that hasn't formalized a lot of our systems and we don't believe in self-promotion. But behind the scenes our people organization has done tremendous work building an equal opportunity culture at Flexport.
There are a lot of problems to solve, so if you don't like solving problems, it's not for you. Bureaucracy exists but is not super established and is possible to break through.
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.