freight handler

driver

diesel mechanic

truck driver

operations supervisor

FedEx Freight



RNO-SAC BID 
 (This review is in no way biased, this is a detailed review of my experience over the past 5 years) 
The good: 
-Good pay 
-Good Benefits 
-Good Equipment 
-New Trucks 
-Excellent Technology, makes everything easier
-Get paid for just about everything you do.
-Chaining you get paid 2 hours to chain then an hour to take them off at your hourly rate. 
-You get paid to fuel (15 mins) and hourly rate (30min) for each drop/hook. 
-Road Delay? Get paid right when you call central dispatch at your hourly rate. There’s no waiting an hour for free like other companies. 
-Shop Delay? Paid by your hourly rate however long it may take. 
-When you get your raise your drop/hook/fuel also go up in pay based on your hourly rate. 
- Operation Managers are cool and chill most days, some days they are stressed out but that’s normal human behavior. 
-Always have new chains on deck in the winter. 
-You can get paid for a chain delay in sac or Reno for 1 hour to switch out any broken/ground down used chains.
 -If someone with lower seniority than you gets offered a better run while you’re still in the yard or you get skipped over somehow you can file a claim on those miles and get paid for those miles that you didn’t drive because you have higher seniority so you should have been offered first. 

The BAD: 
-RNO terminal has some cry babies and nosey drivers wanting to know where you’re going everyday and if you’re on the dock or not. It really feels like high school. You’ve been warned! 

-There’s some favoritism between driver and dispatcher at the Reno terminal, I’ve seen it. And called it out when it happened to me because I read policies and knew it was wrong. Then they’ll fix it. 

-Be ready to work 12 hour days everyday especially if you’re last in sac, that’s the worst spot to be in.... you’ll find out why. 

-Seniority doesn’t matter! It only matters during bid season and truck bids, and better run opportunities if one opens up randomly or have extra freight. I’ve seen people get screwed out of other runs because of the cry babies of Fedex, and the favorites of Dispatch. Oh and be ready for the lower seniority drivers to be “bumped” ahead of you all the time when more guys start coming in behind you. That means for that day they leave Reno and Sac earlier than you for that day or week depends on how many drivers call out. They’ll take the guys from the bottom and move them to a higher gate spot. 

-RNO-SAC is the ONLY bid run for low seniority drivers.... and yes you’ll be running that bid for probably 10+ years because nobody really leaves or retires. Takes a long time to move up. Think about it.... 10+ years going over the hill = 10 years of chaining and dealing with snow covered roads and dealing with Sacramento and their lazy management. 

-You HAVE to work the dock in sac, the only time you don’t have to work the dock is when you have a delay in Reno for a while or are driving over 401 miles for that day or obviously break down for a considerable amount of time. If you’re routinely on the dock you can take days off here and there. 

-SAC is terrible! This terminal is why everybody despises this place, this is why everyone calls out on Friday.... they don’t care what gate time you are out of sac they WILL hold you either to your gate time, 30min after, or all the way up to 2 hours after you’re supposed to leave..... really makes drivers mad big time. Longest I’ve been held there was 3 hours passed the time I should have left.  
 
-Sac uses the Reno drivers as dock workers because they are the largest workforce that go down there, so guess what that means??? That’s when they hold all the Reno drivers to use them as dock workers to get their work done and trailers loaded.

-The only chance you have to run another route is if you get cut because lack of work or if you’re on extra board. Extra board they send you anywhere such as: Carlin meet, Tonopah meet, Elko meet, Independence meet, or Sac.

-Fedex is really really really corporate ran. Enough said. 

-Oh. one more thing, if someone cuts you off and you can’t stop, hit them. They disqualified me because I left my lane of travel using the emergency lane to avoid hitting a car that cut me off, then proceeded to slam on her brakes in front of me while I was trying to pass a plow in the snow/rain, I’m glad it happened because I don’t miss dealing with this AT ALL. Have fun, and again.. you’ve been warned (: 

If after reading this you do decided to work here as a Line Driver keep your head down, do your work and go home, and speak up when necessary.  

A word of advice, read the policy it WILL save you and prove people wrong. Be careful if truck cameras sometimes they go off randomly for no reason! 

I did enjoy my time here, I was here for 5 years so I knew everyone which made it a little better. I didn’t want to quit but after what they did to me I did not want to stay. You’re just a number here anyway and after all, this is just a job. Work for yourself. Don’t make someone else rich. 








The North Salt Lake Location (NSL) has very low morale.

This is because this location has a 6.4 bill per hour quota for this location. Meaning all freight handlers are expected to move 6.4 bills an hour regardless of how many handling units (palettes i.e. skids) are on the bill.

Bills can have 1 handling unit or anywhere up to 24+ but they are treated the same. You get the same amount of credit for moving the 1 vs moving 24.
Other service centers have a lower and more reasonable bills per hour such as 4. 

Bills per hour are treated here like the end all be all.

Managers pay lip service to safety procedures and securing freight properly but at the end of the day the only thing that matters to them is the bill count number next to your employee name in the computer (they monitor your performance by the hour).
If you are falling short of the 6.4 bills per hour expect to be confronted multiple times throughout your shift by a junior manager expecting an explanation for your low performance.
(Note for Fulltime employees: mandatory overtime is sprung on them in the final hours of their shift multiple times a week.)
Recent changes to the North Salt Lake Service Center as of November 2018:
The Old manager that was well liked and respected recently transferred out of state.
(Upper management mentioned he was too nice and things are going to change around here!)
NEW RULE is you must get permission from a supervisor and sign in/out for your ONE and ONLY 10 minute break! Not to be confused with your lunch break which is mandatory to take at 6 hours into your shift. If you do not clock out before 6 hours of work you will be formally written up. This is true for part-timers also, work 1 minute past 6 hours and you will be written up. (You will get the feeling quickly that every move you make, every second you are clocked in is being monitored and scrutinized).
Upper management will call out low performing employees in front of the entire group during daily dock meetings and want them to explain themselves to the group why there bills per hour is low.
Overtime and weekend work has been mentioned as a threat during the daily meeting by upper management if bills per hour are not increased.

I worked there for many years and dealt with daily frustrations but I knew how to look past it in order to succeed in getting the job done right. After many years I felt like I was the only one who cared about doing things right and did do things right from day one. I had things down to the split second and could accomplish a lot more without someone coming along and destroying my plans on loading trailers. Consistently I would bring to a supervisors attention about how poorly someone loaded freight and didn’t do the job right. Pretty much all the time instead of calling the person back to fix it and do it right, they would ask me to do it instead. This was several times a day and extremely counterproductive. I don’t know how many thousands of trailers I had to rework because of incompetence there. Another bad thing is they want to load trailers fast but they get loaded like slop with nothing organized and nothing staged in order to load freight properly. They should have bay loaders who could direct freight to either load it or bay it or assist with building decks. Bad micromanagement there and the elements of tire particles are toxic. Forklifts are hit and miss but the majority are uncomfortable to sit on for long hours and you have to arrive at least 30 minutes early to get a good one. Weather there is horrible and forget about having a life outside of work because you won’t have one. Consistently understaffed with people not showing up so that means you will be working longer. I went in with a good attitude each day but after 12 hours I was pretty upset usually. It turned into buddies get buddies hired there and it turned the place into a total disaster. My story is true, I was there over 15 years and left because it just kept getting worse. This story never ends either.

Overall a decent place to work, though it does take a lot of mental and physical 'getting used to,' and is not for the easily-tired or frustrated. The work is laborious, but the pay is good enough to where you actually can build a savings if you're smart. Overall, it doesn't require much, and doing the job is easier than explaining it.

But, that being said, I'd be dishonest if I didn't include incompetent coworkers, and even less competent supervisors. As I said, it's like a cross between a high school locker room and a plantation, because the word "professionalism" has little to no actual meaning on the work floor, but "nepotism" certainly does. You honestly have to wonder how any of these people not only still have jobs, but if they actually need help getting dressed in the mornings/evenings before they start their shifts. Everyone's constantly talking about everything *except* the job, and you get labelled "anti-social" or whatever if you just show up and actually do what you're paid to do, instead of chatting incessantly about sports and other inappropriate topics, including various forms of harassment. Supervisors and higher-ups don't care; most are actually in on it! Bad attitudes, arrogance, hubris, and childish behavior all around. If you have a short fuse, I would highly suggest not debasing yourself here, but if you're willing to tough it out long enough until you can do better, certainly do so. Just don't expect any recognition for actually doing the job well consistently, and be prepared to have to deal with people who clearly peaked in high school.

It was alright for a bit till you start getting walked all over by fellow employees and especially superiors. As a former supervisor of operations who was wrongfully discharged for being a victim of fraud having my phone being compromised ( all reported to their head or security which I haven't the slightest clue how he gets paid) reported the department and that has said case number attesting my phone was compromised. whomever did such ended up soliciting drugs to my family, friends, and associates resulting in my termination after being victimized.

If you do manage to end up in this operational sinkhole stay away from pm/hub the operations manager is easily overwhelmed and over delegates tasks to all his subordinates indicating an inability to prioritize and organize said tasks demanded of him and also enjoys passing his job off into others so he can make his money and not be held accountable for his responsibilities which; he miraculously seems to never been in the wrong anyways. Terrible communication, they always thought they were generating more solutions when primarily adding more stress to their staff and dividing them as opposed to building a team making people dread attending there. And abuse the point system and fail to report to work. Not much teamwork, a lot of animosity. I felt I worked under a hostile work environment. In addition my Assistant Service center manager  demanded knowledge of what medications I was taking without an ROI (Release of Information form) from my doctor which I illegal. This is not a place to work for if you want to be a part of a team and be happy making a difference.

HORRIBLE. Understaffed. Unprofessional. 

Barely any bathroom breaks. You get so busy and approached constantly, you feel like you can barely breathe.

Yelled at and/or swore at constantly. It's borderline harassment.

No true management. Supervisors on power trips. They ALWAYS play the blame game, pointing fingers at anyone to be the scapegoat. No sense of responsibility there. Very immature and disrespectful in that aspect. 

Mostly everyone is a backstabber, besides arrogant. No teamwork. 

Expect you to do everything at once and in little time with no help. Keep claiming they will hire more people, but never actually do. But are supposedly seen interviewing.

BEWARE of getting cheated on pay!! You have to record your hours in case they short your check!! They're constantly trying to save for the budget, so they will do crooked things.

FORCED to do overtime because they are so severely shorthanded or you will be written up. Then will bark at you for something else. Seen multiple coworkers have mental breakdowns.

They bribe you with a cook out one day and a few cent raise to not join an union.

Management will break computers when angry! Talk about feeling unsafe.

You will end up extremely sleep deprived because they over work you!!!!!!!  It is literally ABUSE.

I feel so bad for customers.... THEY LOSE THEIR FREIGHT!!! or barely get it delivered.

For a multi-billion dollar company, you would think they would run things more professionally and care about the true operations of the facility, but they FAIL on every aspect.  It's quite disturbing that they don't properly take care of or protect employees via OSHA laws.

FedEx Freight has many upsides for its employees. The benefits are some of the best I’ve seen available in any company. The downside is that depending on the location, there is little room for advancement.

At the Madison location, many of the employees have been there for 10-20+ years. This means that unless someone retires, there is not a slim chance that advancement opportunities will become available. 

The atmosphere is pretty laid back. This is both a positive and negative. While it is great that management does not micromanage, it can also cause the employees to become lax with doing what needs to be done. This is especially true in regards to the drivers. They are invaluable to the company with their certifications, but they also get into the habit of neglecting all of their responsibilities as no one holds them accountable unless a large error is made. 

Another benefit to working at this location is that nearly everyone will treat you as if you are family. The intermingling makes for less stressful workdays and feeling a deeper connection with fellow employees. There are ups and downs to this, but overall it makes for a more welcoming environment. 

Overall, I would recommend this company and this location to anyone looking to gain experience in the logistics or LTL industry. While you almost certainly won’t advance at this location, there are ample opportunities to transfer to further locations for advancement. The benefits and culture made it one of the best jobs I have ever had. 

As a former employee of FedEx Freight, I feel compelled to share my experience with the company’s rigid and often unreasonable internal policies. While the brand itself carries a strong reputation, the day-to-day reality for employees—especially on the dock or in operations—can be disheartening.

One of the most frustrating aspects was the clock-in procedure. Employees are required to follow a tightly controlled schedule, with virtually no flexibility. The system penalizes you for clocking in just seconds late, regardless of whether the delay is due to uncontrollable circumstances like malfunctioning time clocks, long lines, or management delays. There is little room for understanding or accommodation.

Even more concerning is the policy acknowledgment process. Employees are forced to electronically acknowledge new policies without being given sufficient time—or in some cases, access—to actually review them. You're essentially required to sign off on rules you haven’t had the chance to read, and if you don’t, it could result in disciplinary action. This feels more like a legal checkbox for the company’s protection than an effort to keep employees informed.

Overall, the environment feels less like a team and more like a system focused on compliance above all else. There's a clear lack of transparency and respect when it comes to how policies are communicated and enforced. If you're considering employment here, be prepared for a rigid corporate culture where convenience and fairness often take a back seat.

Working for FedEx Freight has genuinely been one of the best and most sustainable career decisions I've made in the transportation industry. From day one, the high level of professionalism and commitment to safety are evident, creating a reliable and organized work environment that sets a high industry standard.
What truly distinguishes this role, especially for experienced drivers, is the unparalleled work-life balance. In the freight world, getting consistent time off can be a challenge, but here, I am consistently home every single day. This commitment to getting drivers back to their families is a major quality-of-life upgrade that is hard to find elsewhere. Furthermore, having every weekend completely off allows me to dedicate my time fully to family, hobbies, and personal activities without the stress of missing important events or sacrificing my personal life for my career.
The compensation model is both fair and transparent. We are compensated through a robust structure that includes a stable hourly wage as well as a competitive Cents Per Mile (CPM) rate when operating a truck. This hybrid pay structure provides excellent financial security and ensures that the hard work put in on the road is properly rewarded. When combined with the comprehensive benefits package, this job offers true long-term stability. If you are a professional looking for great home time, financial security, and a company that values its team members, I highly recommend applying to FedEx Freight.

I was extremely excited when I first got hired by the company,since I came from a job with a horrible schedule and this job was Mon-fri with weekends off. I was hired as a full time driver with no over time guaranteed, which I was fine with just getting 40 hours a week, I also had no problem with a flex schedule, I would start at whatever time I was needed, but after a couple months of working here, they started putting me on call and not calling me into work, right now it is at the point where I am working less than 20 hours a week, They told me coming in that winter was slow but when I asked if I would be kept close to the 40 hours a week, they said I would, and that guys work around the dock when it's slow, so I jumped onboard thinking the worst that could happen is maybe a couple weeks throughout the winter at 32-35 hours which I can survive on, for the last 3 months every week I'm on call at least once or twice a week and not called in to work, they hire a bunch of people in the summer to be able to keep up with the workload with no plan for what to do in the winter, you would think a multi billion dollar company like this one would have a plan to keep all they're employees working year round. They're pay by the hour is great but it's no good if I'm not actually working, some guys have 12 hours worth work and the bottom 2 or 3 guys are always on call, why not split the work so everyone can work or something? I am currently looking for a job since I cannot afford to be here.

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