Overworked, Overwhelmed, and Underpaid - Courier Team Lead FedEx Employee Review

Underpaid, considering their top competitor’s pay… poor organization… lack of structure and communication, unless you’re being reprimanded… no work- life balance, just all work… they give you a schedule frame upon hire (ex: Route 123, Mon- Fri 8a-5p) but there is only a scheduled time to come in and work until load is complete, no matter the time. If they don’t have enough Tues-Sat employees, they start to draft Mon-Fri employees involuntarily. If you refuse, they do underhanded things like cut your hours. Extremely hot and cold weather conditions. Managers only look out for their individual work groups, instead of pushing collaborative company teamwork. Micromanagement is unbearable, through installed vehicle cameras monitoring your every move, immediately sending video notification to management if you “blink” wrong. The company stresses no cell phones while on road, when it’s the only source of GPS, as well as management calling and texting your personal phone throughout the day while on road. Management will overwhelm you with meeting 3-4 different commit times, despite mishaps on the company’s part. If they don’t enough bodies to cover all routes, management divides the load with the loop, with no consideration to your life or plans outside of work. They don’t ask, they tell you. And sometimes your load is so heavy, you have to work though your lunch, yet still put it in the system as if one was taken. If you don’t, you get written up and possibly terminated. If you’re looking to advance, it can be done but many have left due to stagnation. Some managers will give you a “Team Lead” title but only use you to do tasks they don’t want to bother with, so you become stuck. You still have to run a full route on top of taking on leadership responsibilities. So it’s early mornings and late nights. Oh yeah, you don’t get paid for extra training hours put in and you don’t get a raise for moving up to Lead.