Fifth Wheel Freight Reviews

I worked at FWF for several years, and it was the worst decision I made..... Let's start at the top - the owner likes to come in and yell at not only top level management, but the entire office multiple times per month, if not per week. One tier down you have your VPs and C-suite people - aside from one member of this group, the rest were promoted from within.. Sounds great, right? Wrong. They all fundamentally lack leadership experience as they came directly out of college and worked their way up based on who the owner liked... Now, not a single one will stand their ground against the owner as he will not give a second thought about firing one if they don't agree with everything he says. How does that affect them? Well, other than firing people because the owner thought they looked at him funny one day, they will micromanage every single person in hopes that it will ensure maximum efficiency; like having someone check your numbers 5 times a day and ask you details about everything you do, and if you aren't hitting the exact numbers you may just get fired. That brings me to my next point... You can be fired for any reason... I have seen people get fired on their first day because they weren't paying good enough attention when the owner was talking about his childhood, when they requested a day off for a family event, because we weren't 'hitting our numbers' even though basic finance would tell you we were earning a very large amount of profit even with all the operating expenses, and so many other reasons. This brings me to some details about working there and how it will affect your life… Like having a job where you work 8-9 hours a day? Don’t work here. Based on how the owner feels the company is performing (not how it is actually performing) you may have to come in at 7am, only get a 30 minute lunch, and leave at 7pm. And to answer your question, no, there is no flexibility. Your lunch is 12:00-12:30…. You cannot leave before 12:00 and cannot come back after 12:30, or guess what? You’ll be fired. Lastly, the pay they always claim is so great? I saw it decline by almost $10k/year over my tenure, and the commission percentage declined as well…. They even went as far as to fire half the company when COVID hit in order to, “Prepare for the losses” - fun fact, those losses never came and when people didn’t agree to come back when FWF reached back out to them the owner bad mouthed every single one of them saying they were lazy and just would rather live off the government, when in fact I knew at least half of them already got new positions at other companies and the other half was looking. The marketing department is going to respond to this review and state their same copy and paste response explaining how they provide so much opportunity and are a great company to work for, but don’t be fooled, that is something they have to say because if they don’t they will all be fired. Just avoid this company if you care at all about having a decent job or having a work/life balance in the slightest.

DO NOT WORK HERE!!!!! We work in fear daily for our jobs. The amount of people that I have come in, work their BUTTS off for you guys and then be fired is absurd and disgusting. But management will always say 'Oh they weren't hungry enough! Steel sharpens steel!' or some other 'motivational' quote. Everyone on the floor knows it. The executives are all incompetent and are a boys club, refuse to actually act on their mistakes, and make a huge deal over how they will fix stuff but never act on what they say. I talk to a few former employees still. Some that have been recently fired are still out of work. They have families and are stressed that they can't find new jobs. Why? Because management continually hires and fires without a care about the human side. They get some easy labor and overwork them at least, right? It is a routinely sickening and disrespectful culture and the ONLY reason why myself and other employees have stuck around is that the job market is dreadful right now. When I speak with other employees away from the ears of management, we all FEAR for our jobs, even if we are producing. Congratulations, you have made a work environment built on fear. I would genuinely not be surprised if this makes you happy. I just had to say it to protect some poor college grad from getting caught up in the false promises and cool outer-layer that FWF portrays. You have ping pong tables! A game room! Wow! That certainly balances out the lives you routinely screw up when you over hire then fire weeks later!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Shameful, disgusting, and pathetic. I genuinely can write countless more paragraphs but it will fall on the deaf and ignorant ears of those who make decisions. But again, THEY WELCOME THIS. Brian Bennett would love to find out who I am leaving this and personally fire me. Because to them, they only want obedient non questioning drones working for FWF. And if that's what it seems, just know. All your employees see the incompetence and if you somehow have already forgotten, a large number of us continue to work for you because quite literally, NOBODY is hiring and the job market is abysmal. None of this even mentions the ongoing lawsuit the company is facing which I recommend looking up if you want a good read.