Not a family friendly company. - GSL2 Pilot Flying J Employee Review

2.0
Jul 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people I worked with and my regulars made the job worth it.

Cons

I worked with pilot for 2 years this time around. I got maternity leave with 0 pay. I came back after having my daughter only THREE weeks earlier. Came back and was obviously not working full time yet, as I have an infant. They recently decided I was not deserving of the GSL title and told me I was demoted. I should barely be getting back from maternity leave. So now I'm a stay at home mom, because I won't work for them if it means my daughter or my job. Pay is worthless. They hired cashiers on after me making the same OR MORE than I was making as a GSL. Our store was falling apart. Barely any staff and people walking out all the time, coming back when they felt like with no consequences for leaving their shift. The same people get called over and over to cover shifts and feel obligated to do so. I LOVED my job. But after having everything I worked for, and worked my butt off for (even while pregnant) ripped out from under me, I was heartbroken.

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