Purolator reviews

3.7

77% would recommend to a friend

(866 total reviews)
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John Ferguson

88% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Purolator has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 866 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Purolator 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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866 reviews
1.0
May 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Many solid tenured employees hold the company together with their commitment and hard work. Many managers and front line employees are talented, knowledgeable and keep customers content even with limited IT solutions. Strong network in Canada and leveraging of parent company assets are a major strength.

Cons

Short sighted and inconsistent vision hamper the growth of the company as leadership consistently seeks short term answers often making several restructures each year. President often threatens middle management and passes blame on decisions made by the executive team. IT is behind the times and makes work much more manual at the depot level. Turnover is quite high due to micromanagement and regular change in direction at the Corporate level.

1.0
Feb 25, 2016

STAY AWAY !

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Vac time and medical benifits

Cons

Poor management and no where for growth. Very unprofessional.

2.0
Apr 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Insurance is good, but many benefits for nonexempt employees are not nearly as good as for exempt personnel. Corporate and District offices are pleasant and seem to be great places to work. Corporate and District offices participate in health awareness and charitible organization fundraising. Positions within these offices seem to be rewarding and have adequate resources to learn and grow as an employee and a professional.

Cons

Branch Expansion was not planned properly. The company is not in touch with the conditions at branch offices. President goes on road shows to tell employees how communication within the company is improving, but does not include expansion branch employees; the ones who are vocal about poor communication. No real management cooperation at field level, managers have no idea what subordinate's position entails. Large corporate and district offices have full complimented staff, while expansion branches have only sales manager and customer rep. Sales are on the road so CRR is left alone, often a month at a time. Operations personnel as well as corporate and support personnel are hard to reach; again sales managers are not trained to manage or understand subordinate's roles so are of no help if the CRR needs quick assistance. Expansion offices were to be in locations with local freight but in some instances are not. The ability to work from home is 100% out of the question even though most jobs require just laptop and a phone. New phone queue is a great idea but is being staffed by a portion of the customer rep staff, which is a horrible thing because the reps are not clerks but experienced professionals who often times are more educated (college degree) than their managers, and in addition have the most visible and demanding positions in the company.

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Purolator Response
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Thank you kindly for the time and effort put into your constructive feedback. Working for a growth company comes with hard work, excitement and many twists, turns and learning opportunities. Purolator International's rapid expansion to cover 30 markets was met with all of these attributes. The decision to decentralize our customer relationship team was intentional and serves keep our team geographically close to one of our key stakeholders; our customers. Further, the role of our customer relationship team is multi-faceted and crosses disciplines of customer service, operations and business development. Our feedback scores and related comments overall have been consistently very high. We have and continue to listen to feedback from another key stakeholders, our employees. With regards to our customer relationship team, we have invested in a national customer experience manager, promoted five CRR teammates, and enhanced our recruiting, on-boarding and training practices. While I am confident the changes we have made will address some of your areas of concern, we still have more to do to ensure we have highly engaged employees and a customer base of advocates.
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