I try to make the best of it but wish I could change many things.. - Anonymous employee Pilot Flying J Employee Review

1.0
Nov 26, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are opportunities for advancement if you have the qualifications & are willing to live & breathe your work & put it before anything else.

Cons

Minimal to 0 communication or feedback between management & employees. The place is much like a factory which expects its employees to be workaholics & not be compensated fairly for it. Overtime is not tolerated & somehow disappears if you end up going hrs. Employees are underpaid compared and not compensated fairly for # of yrs worked. Management makes no time to make sure their employees are fully trained but yet excepts them to perform to superior standards.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Pay is decent for Knoxville Benefits are good Coworkers are the only thing holding this place together

Cons

The culture has taken a nosedive. The new CFO sets the tone, and that tone is basically “I don’t care.” That attitude trickles down through leadership and it shows in every decision being made. The return‑to‑office mandate is a perfect example. It’s not about productivity — it’s about control. People with long commutes are burning hours of their lives just to sit in the office on Zoom calls they used to take from home. Morale is the lowest it has ever been. Entire teams have been gutted because people are quitting faster than they can be replaced. The workload dumped on whoever stays is unsustainable. Communication from leadership is cold, dismissive, and out of touch. Feedback goes nowhere. Concerns are brushed off. Decisions are made with zero regard for how they impact employees. Constant reorganizations create chaos. Roles change overnight, expectations shift constantly, and employees are expected to absorb more and more with no support. The company used to feel people‑focused. Now it feels like a machine that’s grinding down the very people who keep it running.

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