Pros
- Some talented colleagues from IBM days (whoever of those remain at Geodis as the good ones will always leave and the bad ones will ultimately stay)
Cons
- Same old regime from IBM to try and "Lead". Most managers have been IBM blue blood lifers (20+ years) with no real outside industry experience. Moving from IBM to becoming a service provider whose core competency is logistics is an entirely new ballgame. - Being lead and managed by people who aren't true supply chain people coupled with trying to forge a new business/corporate identity in a new geography = recipe for disaster. - Management too busy looking after themselves and catering to French HQ bosses - French bosses have little to no idea what actually happens asides from whatever management is telling them (see above point) - Disengaged employees as leaders talk from both sides of their mouths - Can't transition or forge an identity (AKA cutting the IBM umbilical cord) when after 4 years the "new" Geodis employees still use their old IBM email addresses - No support from Management and career advancement is next to zero - Employees back stab one another in order to climb this mythical ladder that "leaders" purposefully try and misrepresent. It just isn't there. - Cost constraints abound as 4PL scrambles to make any money. Only so long a business can survive with only one client. - No true identity...what is the culture at Geodis Supply Chain Optimisation or coporate values?