FedEx is resting on its laurals, but is still a go company to work for. - Professional FedEx Employee Review

4.0
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

FedEx still has many of the benefits that other companies have thrown away, although not as "rich" as they use to be. FedEx Express has never laid off an employee. FedEx promotes very largely from within. FedEx treates customers much better than others in industry and therefore has a brand that gives an employee clout. Most employees get along with each other and work together.

Cons

There is the "FedEx way" and the wrong way. This manifests itself in Purple-Correct thinking. The company doesn't take serious ideas that come from "outsiders" who are hired. Your opinion is valued inverse proportially to the number of digits in your employee number. Except for Fred Smith, no one above the rank of Sr. VP understands the airline part of the company, so airline type issues do not get priority except in the view of eliminating cost. Also, since the company has never laid off any workers, there are a lot of dead weight leeches entrenched inside the company. Lot of people doing their nails in their cubes and taking 20 minute smoke breaks each hour. Finally, if the company's salary exempt pay structure is near immoral. No adjustment for cost of living. Merit increases cap at 3.5% for a 4.0 employee. This causes talented employees to leave while the leaches stay on.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Easy to apply, fast to get hired (no interview process) and the pay

Cons

Very rude management, lack of care for safety, no drinkable water (all filters are in the red and have been since I started) They have cameras everywhere and are constantly watching you but say you can’t bring your own phone in because “people steal them”? There is junk everywhere. Lots of trash everywhere (employees drinks and food). They want you to work and eat on the line instead of giving you breaks to do so. They get upset when you use the bathroom or fill your water bottle even if you’ve been working for 3 hours straight but if you clock in at an area 2 min walking distance from your work area you’re “stealing time” I’ve noticed people of color get treated differently. The HR department has some of the most prejudice employees so there’s no real equality if you have conflict with someone. I’ve never been, but it feels like a prison to go in and out of the building and lastly you don’t work a consistent schedule. You leave when they say you can.

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