What was a great place to work is slowly changing into something new - Account Executive Flexport Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great people - Product market fit is currently solid, but given the amount of churn, that may change soon - Great benefits - Current technological advantage - Offices are top notch - Mission-oriented striving to achieve noble goals

Cons

- Constantly changing expectations with goals that seem to be pulled from nowhere - Consistent changes in Upper Management, VP's and Middle Management meaning every 6-8 months the internal missions, plans, and strategies change. - Lack of accountability within the internal client support teams, which leads to the same issues arising over and over again, causing clients to churn - The most difficult part of the sale is the adoption phase, given that the aforementioned lack of accountability and changing strategy leads to a bunch of grey area. The only way for an account executive to succeed is to take on the role of 4-5 different people and micro-manage everything themselves. The majority of deals fall through the cracks in the handoff phase. - Lack of upward mobility in terms of career progression - While marketing themselves as a tech company, they pay as a Forwarder, meaning you will be making well below the industry average for a SaaS-type seller. - Expectations that you will not have a well-balanced work-life ratio.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very good leadership and flexible

Cons

Not enough growth, or knowledge regarding logistics

5.0
May 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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.

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