the worst place i have ever worked. - Anonymous employee Pilot Flying J Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

good life experience on how I Don't want to treat people and how I Don't want to be treated.

Cons

I wish I could talk to someone high up and let them know what was happening. but let's face it, he must know. the language is horrendous, people make up all their own rules, they train you to do things one way for corporate and you can do it totally different when they aren't looking. it's really a sad way to dun a company.

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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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