Purolator reviews

3.7

78% would recommend to a friend

(869 total reviews)
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John Ferguson

89% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Purolator has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 869 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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869 reviews
3.0
Apr 10, 2015

Account Executive

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very good solution strategy selling training Overall direction of the organization is promising

Cons

Mid management is weak link. Procedure and process outweighs people and reason. Upward mobility is limited

1.0
Apr 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sales people get nice company cars.

Cons

HR and sales managers will look you in the eye and tell a lie. There was the constant fear of being on the list for the next round of layoffs. They were laying off people who had many years of experience for 'budgetary cutback' reasons, but rehiring replacements a few months later.

3.0
Apr 14, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

From not bad starting wage up to good wage after 2 years. Benefits pretty good. Some chance for advancement to other positions. Weekends off.

Cons

Depot too small and in poor shape; equipment and even some vehicles often falling apart. Maintenance and vision are often four letter words with this company. Like most places crap flows downhill; be prepared to try to cover your own ass especially if you are near the bottom of the totem pole. Little concern or attempt to improve conditions and processes; more emphasis on who to blame despite all the b.s. management says about "teamwork". Employee hours are cut when things slower; no sales team or anyone else used to help get more business. Split shifts can be exhausting. Everyone making sure their "stats" are good from managers on down. Shortcuts taken to make "stats" look good creates more pressure and work for those at the bottom. Pressure to make up time for things beyond your control (ex. late trailers, scanner errors, etc.) Many payroll errors due to management's "mistakes". No real consequences for management knowingly doing things they aren't supposed to. Employees can be written up, management can't. No consequences financial or otherwise for screwing over employees on "mistakes". Hiring and employee replacement process has to be first done through another city. Questionable choices made on their 'weeding out' process for resumes and a slow process in general. Also, lack of planning when management knows certain employees are on holidays or are going to be away. Grievance process sucks. If your union rep. doesn't file the proper paperwork and quickly send it away you will automatically lose your grievance. If appears you are not allowed to directly file these forms yourself.

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