FedEx reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(35,561 total reviews)
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55% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

FedEx has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 35,561 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FedEx employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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36K reviews
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).

3.0
Apr 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working for the best in the business. Even in tough times, they are trying to take care of their people first.

Cons

Micromanaging is taking manager's focus away from the "real" problems. We are spending tons of hours chasing down "what happened yesterday" instead of planning for tomorrow.

3.0
Apr 7, 2010

Limited Advancement Opportunities

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent work life balance Generally nice people through out the organization Comprehensive Benifits - 401k match, dental,health, tuition reimbursement

Cons

- For those who are career oriented and trying to quickly move up this is not the place to work. There are limited opportunities for advancement. - It is nearly impossible to develop new ideas into programs, products or services from the bottom up. Everything requires large project teams and sign offs from multiple departments with conflicting political interests. The only way anything moves forward is if SVP or CEO forces it through. - Pay is well below industry average for all salaried positions

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