Prepare To Be Sucked Dry And Spit Out - General Manager Pilot Flying J Employee Review

1.0
Jul 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Active job with many different facets to keep you busy. Good job stability for crew members who can show up to work.

Cons

Ridiculous labor standards. Incredible favoratism from upper management. What have you done for me lately means in the last week. A great manager is someone who works more hours than anyone else. Pathetic, almost non-existant training hours available to develop crew. A "human resources" department that exists to defend upper managements whims. Politics, politics, politics...brown nosers please apply. A company culture that could care less about the employees outside life and if they burn out...well there are always more desperate people out there to use up!

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 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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