Definitely a huge learning experience!!!! - GSL2 Pilot Flying J Employee Review

2.0
8 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The customers are pretty well balanced. They make it worth coming to work. It is nice to be the reason a trucker has a good day, when they are overwhelmed by all the rules, regulations, and stress of their under appreciated jobs.

Cons

Its always a different problem to be "dealt with" each and every month by management. They can never stay focused on the things that truly need to be addressed. We get you sales management teams, decided to pad their wallets and Pilots as well. Taking money from the stores to help balance things, when you are having to drop $90-100 million to make people happy, really isn't help put the optimal profits in the stores.

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5.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing co-workers and leadership in the company.

Cons

Nothing really. I have had a great time at Pilot.

2.0
12 Jun 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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