World Fuel Services Reviews

Pros

Lots of great people to work with and excellent benefits
Good company culture and workplace environment
lots of opportunity to gain additional knowledge of the industry, other jobs within the company that are industry specific such as brokering, procurement, operations, IT systems infrastructure.
Solid foundation and continued growth despite the current economy

Cons

Room for advancement if you rub the right elbows of senior management and are at the right place at the right time as they typically hire upper management from outside the company rather than from within.
Lots of unpaid overtime is mandatory to complete job requirements
Expect to be thrown into the job with very little guidance or training.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen more carefully to the employees that make your company stay in business
Provide employees with training on detailed job requirements and expectations immediately upon employment and dont leave it all to the department superviisor who is typically swimming in their own workload and will be rushed in the process.
Provide feedback and continued guidance to employees instead of just once a year during reviews
Promote from within whenever possible as nobody knows what world fuel does better than the staff already on board.

Pros

The benefits and work environment are good. There are many company functions such as the yearly picnic, corporate run, Halloween/Thanksgiving/Holiday party etc.

Cons

Stress levels can be high. Recent layoffs have made many employees nervous about loosing their job. Work can be monotonous depending on what department your in. Employees are last to know about new changes and are usually heard by rumors before management.

Advice to Senior Management

Build a better communication between employees and upper management. Re-enforce the notion of job security. Break up monotony by cross training related positions.

Pros

They pay well but that's because no-one wants to work there.

Cons

Unreasonable expectations from all staff.

Pros

Good pay, good benefits (compared to most)

Cons

Very little chance of advancement as company prefers to bring in outside talent, no regard for personal time (be prepared to be hooked to you BB 24/7)

Advice to Senior Management

More respect to the folks keeping the company humming along would be nice...

Pros

Hands on learning experiences, Employee recognition, Benefit Package is Awesome, Bonus based on performance, Fast paced work environment, Global opportunities, Agility of this company is tremendous

Cons

Business unit managers seem to feel superior to IT Staff. This often leads to a disconnect from the partnership concept that should be part of the organization.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue rewarding employees based on performance evaluations. Every employee is not equal, reward the best and weed out the rest.

Pros

Leaders have positioned the company within a niche where competition is not as fierce as in other industries, and thus giving the company a good chance of growth and survival in challenging times. Most employees at WFS are friendly and communicative, and career opportunities are plentiful. The Miami office is comfortable and most of the equipment is new and well-maintained.

Cons

The company is growing so fast that the leadership is finding it more difficult to communicate the goals, strategies, and train new hires with the tools they need to use to perform successfully at work. It is uncertain if IT support is growing as fast as the rest of the company is.

Advice to Senior Management

A successful growth strategy should include measures to train and prepare new hires quickly, efficiently and with minimal costs. Employee education should definitely be a priority.

Pros

Great international opportunites, overall a great place to work

Cons

no cons to working here

Advice to Senior Management

Great place to work, senior management are not only accessible but friendly and genuinely interested in employees lives which is refreshing!

Pros

lots of opportunity within the company for growth - there are a variety of departments - and groups within the departments consist of 2/3 employees - so within your group there is a lot of places you can make an impact.

Cons

still large company can be lost inside the maze - if you are trying to get to the very top - align yourself with high level managers in Finance and IT and that will help as this company is part of the "good ole boys" network - so you have to get in where you fit it...

Advice to Senior Management

listen to the lower level workers