I've learned a lot. - Cashier Pilot Flying J Employee Review

2.0
Jul 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun environment when management allows it. Fast paced and plenty to learn. The regular customers brighten your day.

Cons

I've been an employee of the restaurant inside of my pilot and now a cashier on the store side. Both are very bad jobs. You are constantly understaffed (I've often been the only cashier for 2-8 straight hours) I've learned how to run just about everything (the kitchen, register, Cinnabon, maintenance, put the order up, etc.), have been in the top three for up selling since I started, and even trained a manager on how to basically run the store yet after 9 months I still haven't gotten a single raise. I can and have done everything a manager does yet the only thing I hear from upper management is to "greet the door or be fired" as I have been greeting the door. Pilot is only about keeping up appearances when district or corporate comes around. They really don't care about their staff or customers.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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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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