If your looking for a career, keep looking! - General Manager Pilot Flying J Employee Review

1.0
May 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are always many job opportunities. They have great tools for management to utilize. It is very fast paced.

Cons

The reason they have continuous openings is that this company runs too tight on payroll. They burn out their employees. Management seldom has time to utilize any tools available to them. It is a study in continual crisis management. Their unwillingness to address pay necessitates hiring those that will leave shortly. Definitley not a good career stop for most. There is no family/work life balance regardless of what your told while interviewing.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing co-workers and leadership in the company.

Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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