Good place, benefits lackluster - Anonymous employee Pilot Flying J Employee Review

4.0
6 Dec 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good place to work for Knoxville. There is lots of growth happening in this company, which does allow does movement into other departments. Great place to learn a trade and move on to bigger role and pay elsewhere. The hours can be anywhere from 40-50 hours per week in the office depending on role and season plus on-call and work from home.

Cons

Company admits they pay below average rates for white collar roles as they benchmark themselves against retail and convenience store industry companies. Benefits are lackluster, with deductibles in the 1,500-6,000 range.

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Pros

Pay is decent for Knoxville Benefits are good Coworkers are the only thing holding this place together

Cons

The culture has taken a nosedive. The new CFO sets the tone, and that tone is basically “I don’t care.” That attitude trickles down through leadership and it shows in every decision being made. The return‑to‑office mandate is a perfect example. It’s not about productivity — it’s about control. People with long commutes are burning hours of their lives just to sit in the office on Zoom calls they used to take from home. Morale is the lowest it has ever been. Entire teams have been gutted because people are quitting faster than they can be replaced. The workload dumped on whoever stays is unsustainable. Communication from leadership is cold, dismissive, and out of touch. Feedback goes nowhere. Concerns are brushed off. Decisions are made with zero regard for how they impact employees. Constant reorganizations create chaos. Roles change overnight, expectations shift constantly, and employees are expected to absorb more and more with no support. The company used to feel people‑focused. Now it feels like a machine that’s grinding down the very people who keep it running.

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