At present, XPO is looking for people for positions including Operations Shift Manager, Team Leader, Trainer, Warehouse Administration Specialist and Warehouse Quality Specialist. Applications can be submitted on the jobs.xpo.com/Poland.
XPO Logistics stands out among companies located in the zone through its approach to employees and its emphasis on friendly working conditions. It is a company that focuses on people, and this can be seen in the way it approaches employee development and health, their safety, and care for the working environment.
It is also a stable and powerful international company employing 97,000 people in 32 countries and operating 1,505 locations around the world, with automation and new technologies. Every day, XPO handles 150,000 shipments and 5 billion individual items. If this impresses you, read about how XPO treats its employees.
The employee: the heart of the company
Employees are initially hired for a three-month probationary period, after which their contracts are extended for an indefinite period. People employed by XPO Logistics are offered Lux Med medical insurance, provided by Poland’s largest private medical company, with more than 20 years of experience, 88 of its own facilities and more than 1,600 partner facilities throughout Poland. At an employee’s request, the insurance can also cover their family for a small additional fee. The employer sponsors accident insurance for every employee, with the option for employees to expand the package.
By the end of October, the company will have a canteen with its own kitchen. Employees will receive one hot meal during the day. Lunches will be prepared on site by cooks, always fresh and with a balanced diet.
Transport to the company is provided for employees from Bolesławiec and the villages adjoining it, as well as from Chojnów and Legnica. Longer-term plans include expanding the transport network to places from which employees are recruited. There is also a bicycle parking area on the company premises for everyone who prefers and is able to commute to work in an environmentally friendly way.
Caring for working comfort and safety are priorities for the directors. Employees test the workwear themselves, and the items they approve are selected. The safety shoes and fleece jackets are of the highest quality and made by trusted, reputable manufacturers.
Investing in employees’ potential is a priority for management. Employees are the heart of XPO Logistics, and this is not merely a slogan but real action: the hot meals mentioned earlier and the company kitchen used to prepare them, high-quality workwear, water tanks placed every few steps so employees have easy access to water during physical work, care for a warm and friendly atmosphere, and the search for the best solutions based on employees’ own ideas.
These ideas later lead to the implementation of innovations, particularly in technology. It is with people that ambitious challenges are undertaken and responsibility for them is accepted. Creativity in thought and action characterizes the working style and methods at XPO Logistics.
Solidarity and equality as XPO Logistics values
People, technology, resources and knowledge help XPO Logistics succeed around the world. The company is guided by values such as commitment to the work performed, communication with the customer, entrepreneurship, a focus on safety, and solidarity and trust.
XPO Logistics employees are a global team working toward one goal in different countries and on different continents. That is why respect for difference and diversity, in the broadest sense of these words, is so important to the company. The company promotes an environment for everyone, without harassment, victimization or intimidation because of differences such as race, sexual orientation, age, skin color, gender, health status, nationality or religion. These are precisely the values that build the working atmosphere and a friendly environment.
A little history for the most curious
XPO Logistics, Inc. is an American corporation and one of the ten largest transportation and logistics service providers in the world. The company was founded in 1989 as Express-1 Expedited Solutions and specialized in the rapid transportation of perishable goods. Express-1 was purchased by Bradley Jacobs in 2011 and renamed XPO, after which it began acquiring other companies in the transportation and logistics sector.
Today, XPO is a huge logistics company with approximately 50,000 customers in 32 countries around the world, including 67 from the Fortune 100 list. XPO’s headquarters are located in Greenwich, Connecticut. Its European headquarters are in Lyon, France.
Facts and figures
- XPO has provided logistics services for the annual Tour de France bicycle race for 38 years. During the event, it transports 360 tons of official equipment over 270,000 kilometers, including the podium, barriers and gates, furniture, audiovisual equipment, sponsor products and marking paint. It also manages logistics for the Tour de France’s sister event, the Tour de France à la voile yacht race.
- Transport Topics listed XPO among the 25 best brokerage companies of 2012 and as the No. 1 logistics company in 2017 and 2018. Logistics Management placed XPO on its list of the 50 best transportation companies in 2016.
- In 2015, XPO received the SmartWay Excellence Award for improving the state of the environment worldwide.
- In 2016, Forbes ranked XPO 17th on its list of the Most Innovative Companies and 263rd on its list of America’s Best Employers.
- XPO took fourth place among transportation companies on the list of the world’s most admired companies in 2018.
- In May 2018, Gartner recognized XPO Logistics as a leader in the Magic Quadrant ranking for global third-party logistics providers.