Completely incompetent upper management. - Anonymous employee Pilot Flying J Employee Review

1.0
20 Jul 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've met a few cool people while working here.

Cons

Almost everything. Horrible pay, uneducated hiring, etc. I could write an entire book about this but the gist of it is that the upper management is lazy and incompetent , and they don't seem to care. If any concern is brought up with them they very obviously tune out and just wait for their turn to speak., and ignore everything said to them.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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