Working at C.H. Robinson Worldwide in Austin, TX: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Austin, TX Area

What do you like about working at C.H. Robinson Worldwide?

"The experience I gained in dealing with difficult people and situations. Learning to be patient and ignore the overall negativity to get my job done. Those were basically the on things I took away from it, and I wouldn't say I liked it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't. Honestly, unless you are just out of college and don't have a business degree but want to break into the business world in order to make more money than a teacher (although not by much) DO NOT BOTHER."

What don't you like about working at C.H. Robinson Worldwide?

"You literally can't make one move without having to consult 10 people, none of the offices work together, there is no 'TEAM'. The overall atmosphere is WAY too stressful for no reason."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Implement staggered schedules to allow for work/life balance for employees. Find away to allow employees to work from home. Increase pay. Set a cap on how much OT exempt AND non-exempt employees could work to avoid burn out. Hire a greater number of people in order to provide customers with better service and prevent such quick turn over. Diversify staff. I could go on and on."

What do you like about working at C.H. Robinson Worldwide?

"The age range, the relaxed dress code, and training seminars."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"For the love of all things holy, if you want to go somewhere in life, do not take this job."

What don't you like about working at C.H. Robinson Worldwide?

"Every second is micromanaged from what time I take lunch to what emails I read first. I am like a robot with orders being punched in. Working in a call center would be more fulfilling."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate more with my employees, be more hands on, challenge the people working for me and encourage them to excel and try new and different roles. I would explain to people more thoroughly what the actual job was and give an accurate description as opposed to falsifying the experience thus resulting in high turnover. I would trust my employees to be capable of decision making on their own and adapt a more relaxed schedule allowing for a work life balance, noting that if people are given freedoms to a certain degree they are often times more willing to do things for you happily and with great effort and diligence. I would design the pay structure to be based on monthly bonuses as well as not have the gap between management and operations be quite SO large. I would also structure advantages for working overtime, such as free lunch, or even extra pay."