Crowley Maritime Reviews

Pros

There are some decent people that work there that make work much easier and the day go by much faster. Everyone seems to get along and relate well to one another.

Cons

i guess the downside to being employed there is that it probably is not suited for someone looking to advance in their careers.

Advice to Senior Management

The only advice I would offer to management would be to involve team members more and to try for a more participative environment.

Pros

Crowley has a good benefits package

Cons

Working in Crowley IT is way more stressful than it needs to be. The IT department is woefully understaffed, resulting in quick burnout and lots of things not getting done. IT management desperately wants respect from business stakeholders, but with the current structure and management style, it's not going to happen. technology upgrades take way to long, and Crowley has come up with its own implementation methodology that is just, well, a joke. Processes are defined and never followed, and management backpedals at their convenience, creating further confusion. Furthermore, people get thrown under buses all too frequently, and management tends to point out what you're doing wrong more than what you're doing right.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of narrow-minded department barons who don't want to cooperate with others, and who can't take constructive criticism. Increase headcount if you want to make the IT group effective.

Pros

Crowley is an extremely proactive company with some of the finest equipment in the world. When other companies are forced to layoff personnel, Crowley is able to shift people around to minimize layoffs.

Cons

Advancement is very difficult with the union dictating many terms. Inflexibility with time off is also an issue.

Advice to Senior Management

Advance from within, more often. Although communications have improved more can be done.

Pros

Benefits, salary and job diversity. If you like challenging and different work, this is a good fit. Overall the employees both on the vessels and shoreside are hard working and loyal. The company has potential to grow and increase if it stays up with technology and information sharing.

Cons

Upper management tends to be aloof, with little contact or communications back down. The company is leaning towards being top heavy and short of experienced workers with good practical knowledge who actually do the work.

Advice to Senior Management

Mr. Crowley should take a close look at how many VP's he has and think about who will "get their hands dirty" when its time to proceed with a contract or project.

Pros

The work enviroment at Crowley is, according to the company promotionals, a safety conscious enviroment for crew, vessel and most importantly the enviroment. This is a very good reason to be at Crowley if the office personel actually adheres to their own words/policies.

Cons

I can only speak as to the area I am employed in, we seem to mostly get what the office thinks what we want to hear, this statement is basically in every aspect of what my job details. This mostly oneway line of communication is very discouraging as we all want to do the best that I can do and this limits us.

Advice to Senior Management

Start to actually listen and understand to what your employees are saying to you, start to really take what your employees comment about seriuosly, most of us know what we are talking/suggesting about.

Pros

The reason why to work at Crowley is because there is alot chances to move within the company once you get hired.

Cons

The hours for some at the postions at Crowley can be crazy, but overall not something you cann't overcome. jjjj

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership at Crowley Maritime alike other counterparts have issues with micro managing their employees and not trusting them to get the job done on the own.

Pros

Not many these days. Crowley was a great company to work for.
Paychecks have never bounced.
Promotions are readily available because of attrition and hemorrhage of qualified employees.
Newer equipment but still behind the competition.
Training program is good.

Cons

Crowley can not seem to attract and keep enough qualified employees. The seem to be able to find enough warm bodies to keep in operation, but the overall safety is suffering.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your senior employees!

Pros

checks cash, area good, schedule great.

Cons

Management does not listen or get back to you. they say one thing and do another, They are deceitful.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your people that are actually doing the jobs and making the company look good.

Pros

work schedule, short travel and close to home.

Cons

Managment problems, No employee feedback, no respect for employees that have years of experience and local knowledge of the envirorment we work in and try to pass it on to managment to use. Its always rejected. No communications with the employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Get feedback from employees and impliment the infromation