Flexport reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,182 total reviews)
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Ryan Petersen

80% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Flexport has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,182 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Flexport employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Aug 12, 2017

Awesome place

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Pros

- High-intensity environment of high-caliber people working to solve an important problem - Morale is generally very good; people are excited about coming to work each day - Lots of moving parts, so good exposure to others' work and ample opportunities to learn new things. - High levels of transparency from the top; everyone is very approachable - Global workforce; it's fun to collaborate with others all over the world... not many startups can offer that kind of experience. - Customers really seem to like us and what we're building; employees seem to have a lot of pride in working for Flexport.

Cons

- Growing pains; nothing unusual really, but sometimes things get delayed a bit or there are lapses in communication. Alternatively, the lack of perfectly formalized structure or processes is ultimately a good thing. - Average comp. and benefits... nothing crazy like some of the other companies in the area. Talent acquisition/retention does not seem to be suffering from this, though.

5.0
Jun 30, 2017

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Pros

Smart people, complex and interesting product, dynamic market! I'm excited to come to work every day. So many internal promotions!

Cons

Just normal startup growth stuff

5.0
Jun 30, 2017
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Pros

Great People: I have never worked with a smarter or more friendly group of people. It leads to a great working environment where I feel comfortable leaving before 6 every day and WFH as needed Great Product/Vision: It's one thing to have a successful company, but another to have a successful company that is also doing meaningful work. I'm happy the work we do has tangible benefits for people Interesting Work: We are modeling the world of global trade in software; A very hard and rewarding problem

Cons

Dog Friendly: Most people like dogs, and the ones we have are well trained, but I personally find them loud and obnoxious Possibly Too Fast growth: Flexport has grown from 100 to 400 in the past 12 months and I worry that growing too fast will lead to culture problems. We shall see

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Ryan Petersen here. I hear you on the dogs thing. In our new office I'm thinking of creating a no dogs area. Will look into feasibility. I'm glad you point it out. And point about growing headcount too fast is for sure true. It's not 100 to 400, more like 150 to 350 worldwide (190 in SF) but still, culture is one of our biggest remaining risks, and one that never goes away. I want our people to be happy working here for the next 20 years even as we scale to be a massive global org. I spend half my time just working on this issue, and would love to hear any ideas folks have to keep it strong. Email me anytime as always!
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