The batshit crazy workplace of Cogoport

Working at the Tiger Global-backed freight logistics startup comes with undue restrictions at the workplace and an arbitrary performance ratings system.

Cogoport is turning out to be a workplace nightmare. Nearly 10 employees, both current and former, whom The Morning Context spoke with allege that the freight logistics company has the most bizarre and brutal work policies they have seen, experienced or heard of. All of them requested anonymity.

For the uninitiated, Cogoport is an online marketplace that connects importers and exporters with freight carriers, and offers services such as booking and tracking shipments. Founded in 2016, the Gurugram-headquartered company has so far raised about $65 million from the likes of Tiger Global and Accel Partners. “We want to do things …

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Samiksha Goel

Samiksha covered all things startups at The Morning Context. She joined us from The New Indian Express, where she wrote stories on the retail and food sectors. Prior to that, she had covered startups and written various business features in the Deccan Herald.

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