Understaffed, unappreciated, and under paid. - Shift Leader Pilot Flying J Employee Review

1.0
20 June 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The staff and management are friendly, customers are run.

Cons

Constantly lied to about raises, severly underpaid, company only cares about their profits and not the staff or management. It is a very crooked company deep down, the only people who make enough to make a living are the corporate and CEOs. All other staff are underpaid, especially management. You CANNOT live off their pay. They are under staffed constantly and work is extremely busy and stressful, they expect too much from such a small staff for what they pay, not worth the stress at all.

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5.0
5 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing co-workers and leadership in the company.

Cons

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2.0
12 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is decent for Knoxville Benefits are good Coworkers are the only thing holding this place together

Cons

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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