Brutal, better pay than UPS - Unloader FedEx Employee Review

3.0
Apr 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

High pay for the industry. The lack of a union might seem like a bad thing, but fed ex pays more than UPS (which has a union) and you don't have to pay union dues to work there (amounts to hundreds of dollars).

Cons

Hot, brutal, physical work. I didn't really mind it, but there is almost no support such as ladders to reach high packages. Working like this for years might permanently disable you. The real expectations of the job are that you can lift 150 pound packages unassisted from below your feet (down in the belly of a truck). Very dangerous environment too, I would wear my glasses (the amount of dust in the air made contacts uncomfortable) and during my 2.5 months there I was hit in the head by boxes badly enough that it bent my glasses probably a half-dozen times. I also had a friend knocked out by a falling box, I was hit in the back by an entire wall of collapsing boxes, and on multiple occasions I nearly broke my toes with falling boxes (remember to buy steel-toed boots).

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Management Support always there Lot of learning resources and upskilling opportunities Promotion in 2-3 years or sooner Good work life balance Pay is competitive

Cons

Less FTE and more offshore vendors. Less time to collaborate Headquartered and majority of roles centralized in Memphis Less FTE means sometimes you are expected to wear multiple hats aside of your primary responsibilities Some processes are very lengthy(Example- Release, code reviews etc) Immigration delays- If you are a foreign national

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Beat the traffic to and from work. You get a combination of active work walking around the warehouse and office work at a computer.

Cons

When express and ground merged, some of the admins decided they weren't going to do any of the new express tasks that needed to be done. Management either didn't seem to notice or did not care as they never intervened or addressed this disparity. A coworker with my same job title was in the air conditioned office all day, working on tasks that were not a priority while I was getting slammed with work that was required for my position. If that is what management wanted, that is fine. But it was never addressed to the team. Management doesn't address or care about these things as long as someone does it.

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