Company only cares about "their" money - Anonymous employee Pilot Flying J Employee Review

2.0
21 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay if you like working A LOT OF HOURS, free soda (what a pro), you get holidays off well kind of. The day after that is, or when your regional allows it. Vacation oh not allowed June 1rst - Aug. because winter vacations are so much fun (NOT)

Cons

Customers get to treat you terrible! they can call you names, curse at you, be just flat out rude to you then they can complain about having to be rude to you and as the GM i give them free food for their troubles. Pilot flat out lies to ALL of their employees! They make promises they never keep. Make you do things that you do not want to do. ====

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
12 Jun 2026
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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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