Like any good office, the FreightPros workplace mirrors our industry. This means the craziness of shipping bleeds into the office noise of freight tracking calls, sales, and the hustle and bustle of providing customer service in a hectic industry. In all this messy noise, it’s not uncommon to hear Spanish being spoken. We’ve talked about …
Continue ReadingFreight in Spanish: The Importance of Being Bilingual in Shipping
A few weeks ago, the FreightPros management team went through a great company offsite. The major topic of the day was to revisit our company Vision and Mission statements, and I’m proud to announce what came out of that day. As FreightPros has evolved over time, the purpose of the company has changed …
Continue ReadingSetting the Standard for a Quality Freight Experience
Gmail had 425 million users… in 2012! That’s incredible. Though there aren’t any numbers about how many Gmail users there are in 2015, it’s safe to say that Gmail is the world’s most popular email service. We use Gmail at FreightPros. You probably use Gmail too. And if you do, you know the sinking …
The message is: We care about you. We want you to do well here. And most importantly, we want you to be happy. Most companies start there, and then…Company numbers and records, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), percentages, goals, processes, etc. The list of managerial jargon goes on and on. Co-workers get bored, and the …
Continue ReadingManagement from a FreightPros Perspective | Finding Humanity in the Numbers
What is a millennial? It seems like a hot-button issue – one that has tendrils all over that big ol’ collection of entertainment, knowledge, opinion, and crap, known as The Internet. It’s a Google hit-term. That’s for sure. What else? Millennials outnumber baby boomers in this country, and NPR has named them “The New Boom”. …