Worst company I’ve ever worked for - Anonymous employee Chapman Freeborn Employee Review

1.0
30 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

SOME not ALL of the people are nice

Cons

Worst company I’ve had the pleasure working for - avoid at all costs. Very unprofessional working environment, brokers are rude, uncooperative, selfish and ‘cry babies’ when they don’t get their way. Managers are weird and expect their employees to have no life outside of work. You will constantly work overtime, late hours and on weekends and never be appreciated for it as it is seen as the bare minimum. SLT are clueless, new CEO’s , COO’s, CFO’s coming in who are useless. OG people getting pushed out due to office politics. New management will certainly run this already sinking ship to the ocean floor. Managers look out for themselves, will never hesitate to throw their own teams under the bus. Annual leave gets declined for no reason. No employee benefits, rubbish Xmas parties, very poor pay, they offer ‘commission’ and ‘bonus’ which get cancelled every year, they have the WORST reputation in this industry. They’ll employ someone to try and improve processes however that person would then leave within a week knowing there’s no helping this circus show. High employee turnover, they beg industry professionals to join however many always decline due to the bad rep of the company

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5.0
11 Jul 2024
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Pros

Fast paced, Networking and communicating, dealing with clients Cargo specialist Travel

Cons

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1.0
3 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Flexible - Travel Opportunities - Hybrid Model

Cons

If you have another offer, I would suggest go there. This company is undergoing frequent changes and reorganizations. They are currently in the middle of another one. - High turnover: Many employees are pushed out or resign due to constant leadership changes. - Resistance to change: The company refuses to modernize and blocks rebranding efforts. - One size fits all: Every region must operate the same, including providing brokers with incorrect or incomplete materials in an effort to keep it global - Disorganized structure with poor long-term vision and strategy. - Communication is consistently poor across all departments. - Constant budget cuts and slow processes. - Training is inadequate, especially since the training team has left. - Insufficient support: Teams lack the tools and resources to do their jobs, an issue ignored for years. - Some managers are in different countries with large time differences and are not trained on local policies, causing delays or problems that fall on employees. - Management is reactive: Ideas are rarely listened to until a problem escalates. - Employee concerns are often only addressed to minimize company risk, rather than solving root problems. Once they detect there is no risk, the concern is ignored or minimized. - Most new ideas are rejected outright. - Sick leave policy exists but is penalized; managers may expect employees to work during recovery days. - Problems are rarely addressed at their root; issues are treated superficially. - Heavy workloads - Unclear communication about structure - Lack of clear, specific feedback - Projects from upper management don't have ultimate follow through or meet deadlines.

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