FedEx Reviews

Pros

People oriented, flexible. Benefits are average, willing to provide training. Allows for flexible work arrangements, working from home, flex hours.

Cons

Poor management competence, too mired in internal politics to progress. Pay is below industry standard, benefits are eroding. Not the workplace it used to be.

Pros

Corporate standards are kept worldwide

Cons

Favoritism is rampant yet well covered

Pros

Good salary, nice office, complementary fruits and coffee for employees.

Cons

Treating employees as children, disrespect. Involuntary overtime.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen more to your employees, treat them with more respect.

Pros

Autonomy.

Tuition Reimbursement.

Good wage for unskilled labor (great for students)

Paid to exercise.

Neat logo/uniforms/design.

Reputable.

I worked the PM sort alone at a small station through college--scanning and loading an average of about 750 packages in a 2.5 hour period. You're graded for accuracy each night by comparing your (outbound) scans to the pick up scans done by the CSAs and Couriers--I believe 99.4% was the minimum goal--which means out of 750 packages and documents, you could only miss four to meet goal. At my station, they don't randomly drug test handlers (unless you operate FedEx vehicles, or there is some type of accident). Advancing isn't that difficult if you're a competent, hard worker--although FedEx is vehemently anti-union so if you like the idea of being a courier and committing to a company, UPS will pay more in the long run. Express shipping is extremely expensive, so you're not unloading oddly shaped 140lbs packages all day (although it happens).

Cons

In the smaller stations, the amount of work required of you can border on insane.

Stressful environment.

They seem to go through low-level managers pretty quickly.

Can be odd hours (Ramp workers have shifts at 3am, drivers are usually in the door at 6am).

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

People focused
Brand recognition
Competitive
Global operations
Good benefits

Cons

Accountability
Some people have only worked here so don't understand real world

Pros

Excellent benefits, pretty good salary range

Cons

long hours and incompetent management

Advice to Senior Management

streamline the shipping process

Pros

Benefits are good for being part-time
It's a job
Part-time only for package handlers

Cons

Can't get enough hours
Get penalized for using sick leave
Pay
Promotion potential
Management
Morale
Exposed to radioactive products

Advice to Senior Management

Take a stand, stop being fearful of upper management & do what's right for you subordinates.

Pros

Great People and great hours

Cons

Had to leave for Chemical Engineering. Also in the cold, moving packages can get old

Advice to Senior Management

They did great

Pros

Good hours and decent pay

Cons

long hours and it can be quite boring during off times

Advice to Senior Management

Promote from within

Pros

-decent pay for the job
-college reimbursement
-job stability
-chances to move up

Cons

-bad management. (my first day I wasn't even told when I was suppose to leave. I ended up stay 30 mins to an hour longer)
-lack of on the job training (I had 5 mins of job training)
-all my coworkers who were around me didn't speak english. (couldn't ask questions)

Advice to Senior Management

Try to have more on the job training. It can be overwhelming at first.