FedEx Office reviews

3.4

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,312 total reviews)
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FedEx Office has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,312 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FedEx Office employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Apr 6, 2010
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Pros

Fedex Office is a part of FedEx, a Fortune 500 Best Company to Work For. I find the management helpful (for the most part), and the upper management willing to listen to problems and concerns and take the time to help. The work is extremely easy and there is a ton to learn which keeps the dedicated worker on their toes. The benefits are good and most management is pretty lenient on missing days for personal reasons and like to accommodate to their employees needs.

Cons

The pay is pretty low and raises are few and far between (at least in the past couple of years). Also, the company is messy. There has been a lost of transition and changes in the last couple of years and the small print shops that used to be known as "Kinkos" are now supposed to follow strict guidelines and have become extremely "corporate." Many customers express their dislike for the new way things are. Cheaper products to save the company money and expensive prices for the customers and problems for workers trying to figure out how the new materials work with machines that aren't made for them equal a pain for employees. Also, lack of hands on training hurts newer employees who are given tons on online training and then thrown out on the counter to help customers when they have no idea what they're doing. This bad habit that stores tend to have makes many customers think all "Kinkos" employees are stupid when it's simply lack of proper training at fault. Also, the uniforms are way too similar to FedEx Shipping and many customers don't understand the difference. I personally think the uniforms are ugly and not very professional.

1.0
Mar 20, 2010
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Pros

It's better than being unemployed and even part-time employees can get benefits.

Cons

FedEx Office promises customers things (and forces employees to promise things - employees are not allowed to say no to something they know they can't do) that can't be delivered, and then don't provide enough staff or good working equipment to succeed at what they promise. Consequently, everyone always has to work harder than they should and while under enormous pressure - not to mention having to apologize to customers about a dozen times a day. FedEx Corporate gives individual stores arbitrary "plan" numbers to meet every month and all of the individual managers (being former employees who failed to get a better job for a long enough time that they became managers) think they can meet this "plan" by cutting payroll, not realizing that, as a consequence, customers then have to stand on line all the time and receive their print jobs incorrect and late. Most center managers know how to sweep problems under the rug and juke the stats so upper management doesn't know the real done late/done wrong record of these stores. The customers are another thing: You can't imagine how much bullying FedEx Office employees have to suffer from mean, arrogant, self-important customers who tell you you're going to do what they want NOW. People must think FedEx Office employees are the lowest life form on the planet because someone could be the assistant to the assistant to the assistant or someone nobody's ever heard of, and when they walk into a FedEx Office, they take on this bully attitude and treat the people who work there like utter crap. The only reason to work for FedEx Office is if you are unemployed. It's a step-down from almost anything else.

2.0
Mar 6, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The opportunity to develop your professional and sales skills. However, after you have some skill sets under your belt- move on! Other companies have better working environments and more competitive pay. Benefits are good.

Cons

Horrible "work-life" balance with very little reward for your efforts. There are two different worlds between management and team members. Your not "in the club" until your a manager or in another professional position.

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