FedEx Office reviews

Where do I start? Most importantly, the entire company is basically lazy. They focus on "big picture" corporate standards, numbers, goals, etc. But then sweep everything else under the rug! All the smaller problems (which are what larger problems are made of) that team members deal with throughout their day to day is completely ignored. And when you mention the problems to management, even higher up mgmt, even HR, nothing is done about anything! Everyone wants to "pass the buck" and no-one is held accountable for anything they do wrong. This is great if you just want to slack off and you don't really care about your job. THIS JOB IS PERFECT FOR SLACKERS! But if you're the kind of person who wants to do a good job at work, to figure out ways to make things better, or if it's important to you to do things in a LOGICAL MANNER, then you will hate this company. I have complained about the way things are done so many times and nothing was ever done about it, that I am now basically worn down. The laziness/ lack of accountability finally rubbed off on me. And now when the millions of things that are done wrong happen throughout the day, all I can do is sigh, roll my eyes, and get on with my day. I started out with tons of motivation, ready to be great at my job. But now I hate it! And I haven't even mentioned yet how the customers are the worst customers in ANY industry! And I used to be in food service, not even hungry people are this bad! Basically people who know nothing about technology in general come in and want you to hold their hand through EVERYTHING. Whether it be sending a fax, sending an email from their own email account, designing their flyers from scratch (which we are not even supposed to do cuz that's graphic design and they get paid WAY more than we do), or mailing a package, EVERY customer wants their own personal team member to stand by and do everything for them. And they get angry when you suggest that they use the self service area to do it themselves. I'm sorry but there's no way we can hold each customer's hand for an hour while answering emails and phones, running Jobs, editing ppl's files, cutting stapling and binding booklets, and everything else in between simultaneously with only 3 people behind the counter and a line of people waiting! It's a super-human job that is impossible! Oh and did I mention we get paid the same as any simple retail store. It's just not worth the pay.

Company consistently comes up with terrible ideas, using intimidation and and negative reinforcement instead of rethinking them. Example: Product of the Month evolution - Introduces idea (make $1 for every flashdrive sold) -> Idea performs badly (low POM sales because customers don't jive with nagging) -> Company creates contests with POM sales -> Idea still bad -> Company takes away only other incentive to care about company profits(sales bonus) "Now you HAVE to! TAKE THAT!" -> Idea still failure -> Upper management cracks down on lower management to employees as it's obviously the individual's fault -> Intimidation,negative reinforcement and firings instead of pulling terrible idea (People aren't buying silly products because the wages of said people who purchase silly products does not match current inflation rates. This company (among others) kills it's source demographic and punishes said demographic with less money to buy silly products then punishes them for not selling enough silly products with threats of termination. Repeat.) CRAP FLOATS UP Also... -Literally no reason to care about company as any incentive to sell more, do a better job, enjoy your position has been taken away. (No bonuses outside base pay that rarely increases) -Increasingly poor health insurance (deductible not payable on wage offered) -An environment of fear, paranoia and intimidation from management - who I'm sure experience fear, paranoia and intimidation from upper management then corporate. -Machines that constantly break down (several machines down on weekly basis) resulting in irate customers who think you're just incompetent. Phenomena seen after company switches to cheaper Canon machines. -Irate customers (from previous statement) blame employees for companies shortcomings. -Be prepared to never move up. (Tried four times and was rejected for seemingly made-up reasons that proved to be outdated or inaccurate.) -Raises are 1-3% of current pay a year unless manager likes you. -Company overall very condescending to so-called "low-skill" employees. -Nixed title system completely unless you're a supervisor. (No distinction in pay between roles) -No training. You teach yourself everything. -Management continues to pass down management responsibilities to lower employees without increased incentive. -FedEx continuously showcases profits to employees despite cuts all over. (Bullying?) The result of above has made my morale EXTREMELY LOW and near constantly depressed in the workplace. (FedEx responds with fake small talk, outlandish smile and kick to groin.)