APM Terminals North America Reviews

Pros

- Great office environment
- Clear management structure
- Team projects and coordinated efforts
- Consultant compensation is good
- Valid business model and if you get into the company now (at the bottom) you should be able to hold you job for years

Cons

- Fear of losing your job in a down market
- Job is tied to the cyclical nature of American consumerism
- Pay is below average for actual employees, but the complete compensation package is decent

Advice to Senior Management

Find talent from within and hire them permanently as opposed to using consultants and letting them go without fully utlilizing their skillset.

Pros

The people that you work with on a daily basis.

Cons

The management, recognition, opportunity, and pay.

Advice to Senior Management

Good place to start a career, senior leadership from port manager on up lacks a clue.

Pros

-Industry leader.
-Good benefits.
-Co workers.
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Cons

-Long hours.
-Upper management is week.
-Night and weekend work with no shift differential.
-High stress.
-Lots of multitasking.
-Cost of living raise or worse even with excellent job review.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to how hard your people are working.
The best people need to be taken care of, they are not.

Pros

Apm Terminals is undergoing a period of change; as a spin off from a large old school shipping firm. There are opportunities to grow the business. We are a very operations centered company with a can do spirit. Many of the jobs at the terminals are just that - you go to work and you have to manage a vessel and get the job done.

Cons

Apm Terminals has its flaws, as does any company. Our major flaw has been the promotion of operations personnel into highly technical positions with the belief that OJT will be their savior. Many of the higher paying/leadership positions within terminals attract people who like to "camp out" in positions and who do not like change. This is a difficult place to work if you are creative or like to be creative. Our culture is in a state of change but it is slow going.

Advice to Senior Management

Directly challenge the workforce. Put defined measurable goals out there and track them. Hold people accountable for achievement and don't hesitate to give constructive feedback.