Worst job I've ever had. Wouldn't recommend it. - Package Handler FedEx Employee Review

1.0
Jan 18, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The hours might be nice for a student or someone looking for part time.

Cons

My dad and older brother worked for Fedex Express. They both loved it. Fedex ground is a different story. I worked for Fedex ground. No breaks unless you work more than 8 hours. I could work 7 1/2 hours and not get a break. It can be heavy work. Which I love physical work. I've worked in other warehouses. After just a few weeks of working there I was trained as a lead. Half the managers had very thick accents and my fellow employees did as well. Having different cultures in the workplace is awesome. It did make communication very difficult, especially when I was put in a lead position. I didn't get any extra pay for the extra work. It felt like the hardest working employees got the most work. Almost like a punishment for working hard. Then you would have the lazy people spending large amounts of time walking around or sitting in the bathroom at times for 30 minutes. No one seemed happy to be there.

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Cons

Fellow employees will unionize to get you out of your route. Employees will make up stories to pit employees against one another. Fellow employees will threaten other employees for being friendly to one another. The management is willing bend over backwards to give you a bad review if leaving for another job. Co-workers are extremely bored and in most cases workload differs dramatically depending on where you are on the sort.

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