Fedex is the best and most secure job in freight - Materials Handler FedEx Employee Review

4.0
14 May 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have many reasons for working at Fedex. The pay is good and raises are much better then working for a DHL company (which I have). Which that brings me to the point of how much better Fedex is then DHL or UPS. The work conditions are great! Management knows how to do their jobs and because they start at the bottom, they know how to do your job as well! That says a lot there. At DHL they hired their management from outside. Nobody likes to be told how to do their job by someone that has never done your job! But most important is the chance to work on and around great aircraft and equipment with no prior experiance!

Cons

The only downside is that you start out part time and getting to full time status is hard due to a lack of full time jobs.

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5.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lot of responsibility and help with questions

Cons

Daily changing volume makes it hard to plan a day.

4.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good consistency in pay, caring bosses, solid yearly raises, consistent/regular routes, not a lot of floating between routes after gaining minimal seniority. I was given a route to myself after only 5 months of work, even before then I was usually given that route with minimal floating to other routes for the day. I have loved working here. So much consistency and you are just basically driving all day, bringing cool people their packages (my route is a mix between in town and countryside). I highly recommend this company through a contractor, working for FedEx corporate/Express has mixed reviews. Not much micromanaging at all from my contractor.

Cons

Contracts between third-party and FedEx corporate are not always great or reasonable financially leading to occasional and temporary surprise increases in workload due to contracts with companies like Walmart, Costco, Amazon without much increase in base pay as a result, although contractors do compensate their drivers out of their profits. It would be nice if they received more from the third-parties as a result. The trucks take a beating but they do pretty well with what we give them, they still stay comfortably drivable and contractors are always ready to repair them. Sometimes the trucks struggle with A/C, not critically but still not always crispy and not extremely comfortable in mid-western heat.

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