Bad work to home life ratio, low pay for the field - CT LEAD Pilot Flying J Employee Review

3.0
Mar 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Always something to do , always 40 hrs a week. Upper management treats employees as everyone should be treated when being spoken to.

Cons

not much in OT, someone is to be on call 24/7 which hinders family time when you're low staffed. Health benefits are not good for site level personal. We can't afford to get sick with the way they have their deductible setup. Tele doc is okay,but they can't give you anything for pain if you're actually sick.

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