Terrible upper management - Guest Service Team Member - Cashier Pilot Flying J Employee Review

2.0
24 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers were amazing and i loved the customers,

Cons

You can not trust upper management, the DM in the store runs it like a high school, the rules change in that store on a daily basis to benefit her. She can’t make a schedule the store is always short staffed especially on the weekends. If you complain about her and her actions she will retaliate by cutting your hours. Its all about favoritism, i will never work for another store that has a DM that can get away with the things that she has gotten away with, she will lie straight to your face and when you correct it with the truth she will find away to retaliate. Its an awful place to work at, its the most toxic environment and it never changes

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Pilot Flying J Response
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Thank you for taking the time to relay your concerns about the management. We'd like to discuss more if you could follow up with an email to pfjhr@pilottravelcenters.com.

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