Best Job Ever - Material Handler FedEx Employee Review

Good consistency in pay, caring bosses, solid yearly raises, consistent/regular routes, not a lot of floating between routes after gaining minimal seniority. I was given a route to myself after only 5 months of work, even before then I was usually given that route with minimal floating to other routes for the day. I have loved working here. So much consistency and you are just basically driving all day, bringing cool people their packages (my route is a mix between in town and countryside). I highly recommend this company through a contractor, working for FedEx corporate/Express has mixed reviews. Not much micromanaging at all from my contractor.

Contracts between third-party and FedEx corporate are not always great or reasonable financially leading to occasional and temporary surprise increases in workload due to contracts with companies like Walmart, Costco, Amazon without much increase in base pay as a result, although contractors do compensate their drivers out of their profits. It would be nice if they received more from the third-parties as a result. The trucks take a beating but they do pretty well with what we give them, they still stay comfortably drivable and contractors are always ready to repair them. Sometimes the trucks struggle with A/C, not critically but still not always crispy and not extremely comfortable in mid-western heat.

Job overall is fairly straight forward and not that difficult to understand. It’s also a way to get exercise. You load packages to and from trailers and belts and stay at your station u til the shipment is complete. During the busier seasons we would get a raise too which is nice. But that’s is likely to keep staff around. There are opportunities to work multiple shifts to get the full time hours and even some overtime. Before the work starts we do stretches and safety briefs and announcements. There are opportunities to grow and move up the chain and they announce these. There are light parties/activities too sometimes with snacks such as those bag tacos to help boost morale after a shift.

Late night and early morning hours can may take adjusting to. The job is fast paced and you need to pay attention to your specific packages. It’s looked down upon if you miss some and they move down the belt. You will load/offload at least two or three trailers so you have to stay on top of it and not get backed up. Be prepared to work more hours and work larger loads during holiday seasons. Don’t be surprised if other workers don’t come in and you may have to take on some of their load, but hopefully the line belt manager can help. The belt line managers may be impatient and some truck drivers may have specific layouts for the packages in accordance to their delivery routes.