Sourcing and Procurement - poor leadership. Stay away!! - Category Manager FedEx Employee Review

2.0
12 May 2021
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Pros

FedEx as a whole is a good company. Great benefits and recently has been doing great with revenue.

Cons

The Sourcing and Procurement org has serious leadership issues. Morale is low and has been consistently so over the years as reported on the annual survey that team members complete. Leadership micromanages everyone's work which leads to people not feeling like their leaders trust them to do a good job and nothing is ever good enough. They will also grill, berate and demoralize team members on the weekly update calls with stakeholders during the meeting! I've never seen anything like it in all my career. This has contributed to a very high turnover rate in the last few years. They also keep piling work on to the team members that are still here. Not only will you work on your project but you will take over those that quit as well. And the expectation to complete these projects are the same no matter if you have to work all day and into the night. They don't care. If you want to work at FedEx, look for roles in other organizations in the company.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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