FedEx reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(35,498 total reviews)
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Raj Subramaniam

55% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

FedEx has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 35,498 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FedEx employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transport de biens et de personnes industry (3.5 stars).

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35K reviews
3.0
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

It's better than most places I've worked but it's no where near as good as what you read in the Forbes rankings and the like.

Cons

It's located in Memphis. First line managers are nothing more than paper pushers. They are afraid to make decisions.

1.0
Jun 12, 2008

Listen?

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Pros

The general public respect the quality of work we do. A sense of fulfillment in delivering packages, that are so important to our clients: i.e. medical, financial, administrative, clerical, and retail. Name brand recognition and the level of respect that family and personal peers perceive from this.

Cons

Our work ethic is constantly in question through these “stops per hour” quotas. Management doesn’t fairly asses the stops per hour via FedEx’s own “Courier Best Practice Policy Manual”. Frivolous reports cluttering our mailboxes with “stops per hour compliance data” that doesn’t adequately reflect on-road obstacles or in-building obstacles that hinder our jobs daily. Unfair pay performance reviews. Sales leads quotas per month that lower courier review score; no resources available to adequately turn-in sales leads due to 3rd party intervention and FedEx policy. FedEx data systems don’t adequately work in sequence with one another to get the “Big Picture” of what is really going-on with couriers. OSHA and DOT hazardous materials violations are imposed onto couriers daily without adequate CDL licenses with H endorsements or DG that is dangerous in contact with static electricity (other than ORM-D and Dry Ice) but travels down rubber conveyor belts anyways. Rookie management can’t answer simple questions and are too easily frustrated; resulting from the management buyout taking the higher quality personnel out of the operation. New hire couriers have to go to (non-management) senior couriers or customer service agents for policy advice on Leaves of Absence, attendance, workers compensation, pay grade or scales, and customer interaction.

5.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

FedEx sticks to the no layoffs policy and does truly stick by it's People-Service-Profit philosophy. I've never seen a company where there is so much recognition if individual contributors. Additionally, there is an open atmosphere for approacheing VP's, etc... If you can do a good job and are willign to work hard and be flexible (non-union attitude) you will have a place here as high performers are recognized and given opportunities and projects of interest.

Cons

Current economy is difficult and causing "freezes" in expenses. Plus, such a big company some things take too much time to institute. Somewhat Memphis centric mindframe.

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