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This division is a sinking ship. Enter at your own risk. Most employees are leaving for equal or better pay with similar or better benefits. For experience it may be a stepping stone, that is all. Yes, lots of benefits, but they are also very expensive and corporate chooses the least expensive plan company wide. Management has gone from supportive and encouraging to literally threatening. PTO yes but you can’t take it, they discontinued providing coverage for your work unless you can get another employee to take your work on top of theirs. So many talented people are leaving in droves. Philosophy used to be to attract and maintain talent and now they are focused on the cheapest employees they can find that have limited industry knowledge and are expected to do several employee’s work. Director level management is completely green in the industry and lack leadership skills focusing on all the wrong numbers. Exec level only cares about speaking engagements your just a number otherwise. The sales division is shrinking week by week in a market that should be growing. Director even said they don’t care about customers on a department wide call. Management is absolutely clueless! Every week there is more negativity and more bad decisions by leadership causing chaos and confusion. When there is department or team meeting it is only to discuss more negative impacts to your position. If youre looking for an ever changing environment with constant changes to your compensation you’ve found the perfect company! Direct leaders avoid questions pretending they don’t know the answers when they’re just too embarrassed to say avoiding confrontation. Any concerns or suggestions are completely disregarded. The fact is they make employment so unbearable they want talent to leave it’s obvious. If you do well you’re punished, if you do poorly you’re applauded. Don’t be fooled by the beautiful bubble wrap building. It’s also going away. Lease is up. It’s even rumored the entire division will close due to poor management.

I started driving with Fed ex and have made many changes and gained a wealth of knowledge while employed there. I have gained experience in white glove, explosive and radioactive materials all while having an opportunity to travel and see 48 of the 50 United States.  
A typical day with Fed ex is two member team driving , each 11 hours per day delivering high end, medical or temperature controlled freight across the states. My team member and myself were responsible for inspecting our truck and equipment daily and minor maintenance. We as a team were also responsible to greeting clients as well as completing all paper work and keeping detailed logs of loads. 
The best part about the job was being able to deliver much needed loads promptly and safely. since we transported pharmaceutical items i know this freight was required to arrive on time and greatly needed by someone , and I enjoyed being able to be apart of the solution. The worst part about driving 7 days a week , 11 hours per day is being away from fiancée.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Knowing what my pay was Before I did the job. The freedom to choose which job I wanted to do. And the support system was incredible. 👍🏽. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working for FedEx CC was awesome, but I was a subcontractor for someone else, so my pay was delayed MANY times. But that wasn't FEDEX CC's fault.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Awesome. And when I was there, they rebuild the cafeteria and employee hang-out area.  I love it. And the cafeteria food was awesome as well. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wake up early, (no problem for me). Look for loads, when I find someone that's pretty good, do my quick analysis to see if I can fulfill the deadlines and requirements, which most of the times I did. Except the load, get a quick bite and GO MAKE MY MONEY by driving. I love that as well.

What is the best part of working at the company?
No forced dispatch. No heavy 3 skid loads.   Only need 8ft of cargo space needed and up to 2500 max weight on loads. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes you may not get a load because of the set speed limit they have set. They have you set at 45 or 55 mph I think so that's how they judge if you can make a delivery on time. Most speed limits are 70 are higher in some other areas. I've seen 75,80 and 85 out in west Texas. Some dispatchers will give you a load when others won't. It's frustrating 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I like doing what I do. Most dispatchers are great. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Lot of driving. Depends on the load I get. Easy work if you like to drive.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Possess problem solving skills
Adapt to change
Create an outstanding customer experience
Work hand in hand with other States and Countries we don't normally work with such as Alaska, Canada and Mexico to assure delivery
Handle and file paperwork correctly
Use a system called DOS to maneuver through multiple screens at a time
Have to be extremely flexible
Possess multitasking skills
Work with a team side by side on issues to assure our customers have the absolute best experience with our company.
Must be able to work any shift and accommodate training at any moment

What is the best part of working at the company?
Wish my truck was in service to go back excellent professional company who cares about the drivers they work snart

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Great company to work for but the miles are less frequent so you may sit every other day but the pay is great and consistent 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Friendly and relaxing with numerous perks professionals facilities


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A great company to work for everything is preset for drivers the operations and staff work well with drivers

A typical day included pick up and delivery of customer freight across the country. I enjoyed the freedom to continue my private consulting which kept my brain and technical skills active and really helped put the long highway miles behind me. 

While meeting deadlines and interacting with every type of customer you can imagine, I enjoyed traversing America the Beautiful. 

The open road has it's challenges, but by learning my atlas, alot of them were easily avoided. In my opinion, the perks of seeing the country far outweighed any daily struggles.

I've worked here fora year and I can say I've had way worse jobs than this. The pay is great when you can get loads but when the load board is dry after a holiday you will find yourself waiting. If you can get a job locally paying $25 an hour then stay home because OTR isn't worth it but if you want to see the US and sit around once in a while then this is the company you are looking for. 7/10   is what I'd rate this job so far. There are way worse jobs out there for you and I can say with confidence fedex isn't horrible. The lack of loads especially when a load cancels on you sucks.

Living in north Florida is not really ok for this company.  When i was hired i was told i there are opportunities everywhere because it's a part of Fedex. Well after coming on that's not the case. I want about to run for the Thanksgiving holiday due to insurance lapse they provided  because they switched providers. I was so charged. When i did run after my check was less that $100. They told me sorry nothing i can do about it. They then said to me living in Florida is not good for our freight and, Florida is not a trucking market and I'd have to relocate more north if i want to really see loads. Also you still get charged equipment fees if your running or not. But i live here.....idk....smh

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good paying "fedex" loads, company let's you run how you want to run for the most part and leaves you alone.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting the good fedex loads because they are scarce and are mixed with the team load board.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
OTR and company leaves you alone for the most part.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fighting to get a good load from the fedex board but most likely taking a junk load from the outside brokered load boards.

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Truck driver 10 salaries reported	$1,760 per week
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Solo driver 5 salaries reported	$1,150 per week
Account specialist 3 salaries reported	$18.67 per hour

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