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FedEx Freight reviews

3.2
(30)
$350 - $3,846/week

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Equipment and Maintenance

Dispatchers and Managers

Salary Surveys

$350 $1,606 $3,846
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Current Employee - Oct 23, 2024

New hand held eld. Had questions after using it 1 night. The manager claimed I had more training in it than he did. Very rude and unprofessional. Equipment only fixed after it breaks. Forklifts in most docks are in extremely poor condition

Pros

Pay check cashes. Pay is decent

Cons

Management poor attitude Poor maintenance Benefits aren’t the best

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Current Employee - Sep 1, 2024

FedEx Freight could be a wonderful company if FedEx would allow it. The pay is good but the benefits are mediocre at best. Our company used to be one of the top when it came to compensation but has since fallen to near bottom when compared to our competitors. Ive been with the company for 20 yrs and feel our better days are behind us. Our specific terminal has been losing line haul runs like crazy. Several years ago (pre covid) we had over 140 line haul drivers and almost 100 bid runs. Today we have less the 60 line haul drivers and 45 runs total, AM and PM. The yard I run out of is one of the largest in the NE and the company. This is both from freight rerouting, the economy, and the companies insistence of putting almost all of our freight on the train and outside carriers. If you are looking for a job at FedEx Freight, try to talk to a driver from the specific yard you want to get hired at b/c it seems there is a satisfaction discrepancy based on location. After 20 years and having great seniority I, along with many other senior drivers, find ourselves contemplating driving for another LTL company.

Pros

Pay is good Our lower management is awesome and care about the drivers. Our dispatcher is loved, how many drivers say that about dispatch

Cons

Benefits are mediocre and it seems like the company is always finding new was to take. Upper management and the company as a whole could care less about the drivers. Micro managing abounds As of Oct '24 we will be getting AI powered cameras and ELDs. Drivers will should expect coaching for 1 mph over speed limit and a litany of other "offenses". Also as per Forbes and Daily Mail reporting ALL FedEx vehicles will have these cameras and will be used for mass surveillance of the American publi

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Current Employee - Jul 6, 2024

Equipment is very good some guys take care of it some don't just like any were else new trucks about every 5 yrs

Pros

Great pay good miles driver 100 percent in charge once out the gate

Cons

Insurance needs to get back to what it was

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Current Employee - Jun 29, 2024

This is my first trucking job and I’m disappointed ☹️ they make me ride with other drivers and just help unload ???? tubes .i ride around for 8 to 10 hours with someone else and they have not worked me a full week at all they also hired new drivers after me and gave them a new route and there own truck , now that’s discrimination to me and tell me be patient. They are trying to push me out the door ???? but I’m writing down everything on my note pad because they are favoring other people there ELD computers don’t work they give there new trucks ???? to 70 year old drivers they rush us for delivery ???? and always late and even withholding me from my hourly pay rase. Garbage ????️

Pros

There is none

Cons

Your hire you then your lied to about everything ?

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Current Employee - Jun 6, 2023

Good company. Good pay, hard to get in. Line haul runs are 99% at night. Home every day and weekends are off. Pays more than otr

Pros

Pay, equipment, and pay is generous. Benefits are decent. Pto and vacation

Cons

Lack of work for lower seniority drivers. Management occasionally, and inconsistent schedule unless have years of seniority in a good spot

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Salary Surveys

Company Driver - In CDL School CDL Experience

Surveyed in City of Industry, CA 91748 on Mar 24, 2025

$769 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Ohio on Oct 23, 2024

$2,115 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in on Sep 1, 2024

$2,115 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in St Charles, MO on Jul 6, 2024

$2,500 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 4 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Livermore, CA on Jun 29, 2024

$1,200 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Discussions

Fedex Freight, Applying Different State

speedyk

Apr 15, 2016

Fedex Freight, Applying Different State

Starting off on the docks is a good way to get your foot in the door, so maybe apply for both dockworker and city driver to better your chances. Fed Ex Freight promotes at lot from within, especially if your moving from P&D to linehaul. And usually it can take over a month before someone gets back to you, because as I mentioned before, a lot of people want to work for Fed Ex or UPS, and usually the guy with the most experience, or someone who has done LTL before gets the job.

Fedex Freight, Applying Different State

speedyk

Apr 15, 2016

Fedex Freight, Applying Different State

I started line haul runs right after I went through apprentice program. On the road every night (5 nights) and drive 300 miles a night. Depending on vias, 545 miles for the night.

Fedex Freight - New "Driver"

TC722

Aug 6, 2015

Fedex Freight - New "Driver"

Been with FXF 3 years. In my opinion, Road Driver is the way to go. 

The biggest advantage to the City Driver position is working days, and it sounds like you don't even have that. Road Drivers tend to make a lot more money than city drivers. Most road driver work is done at night as well, but there are many terminals with daytime linehaul runs. As a new driver don't expect to be driving days unless you are on the extra board. Day runs are gobbled up by the drivers with the most seniority.

To transfer from city to road here are a few requirements:

1. There actually has to be a road position available
2. You have to be on the job 6 months. However, if there is an open position and they do not have any other internal candidates they will allow someone with these than 6 months to transfer before they hire someone from the outside.
3. You cannot be on corrective action.(write up, probation, etc.)

Even as a road driver you will likely have to work the dock at the terminal you are hauling to depending on the mileage you are driving.

If you are driving under 200 miles one way you can expect to spend some time on a forklift. If may be lass than an hour or it could be four.

You can still make excellent money with a short run and dock work. I just came a bid where I drove 74 miles each way and worked the dock at the terminal I drove to. I still averaged $1400/wk gross pay.

I would take a road position over city everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.

Fedex Freight Baltimore

Newdriver2015

Apr 9, 2015

Fedex Freight Baltimore

FedEx Freight pays very well. A lot of dock guys there make good money on the dock without risking their job on the street dealing with the city. Easier to get fired having incidents on the street. FedEx Freight pays one of the best but with the better pay comes more rules and a tight ran ship. I've heard of city guys topped out making 70k in the city and Linehaul making 90-100k topped out in my area. That's all I know.

Fedex freight or ground ?

6 Speed

Aug 30, 2014

Fedex freight or ground ?

I worked for fed ex freight for a year as a road driver. When you start there they put you on what they call an extra board. You are an extra driver and they will call you as needed. You will start out working nights,probably doing a 150 to 200 mile run working the dock for 5-6 hours then driving back to home terminal. You will be at the bottom of the board for years and work nights for a long time. The reason is the people that are already there have a lot of seniority. You bid on runs and you bid with seniority if you are the new guy you get what is left after everyone else is done. my dad has worked for them for 25 years good pay but a bunch of be to put up with. Its they are looking for a reason to fire you.

FedEx Freight Transfer Question

slyman90

Sep 28, 2014

FedEx Freight Transfer Question

Q: My husband is a driver apprentice who was recently put through the ddc program. I was just curious whether he has to stay at the terminal he currently works for or is he free to transfer? Does he have to stay because this terminal paid for his training?

 

A: He has to be one year in his current position, in this case, once he gets a city driver position, before he can transfer, but there are always exceptions, if he is the only one who applies or has good references he will get it, he doesn't have to stay in that terminal, but pretty much is a case to case scenario.

UPSF,Fedex freight,Old dominion or ABF

Unodos

May 11, 2016

UPSF,Fedex freight,Old dominion or ABF

Go with Fed Ex Freight. Starting pay is a lot more than ABF, and they pay OT after 40. 

Location does have a lot to do with if you get consistant work or not, but FXF and UPSF try to keep you busy on slow times, from my experience. They'll either have you work the docks, or work a couple hours a day, rather than being laid off, or miss a couple days here and there. FXF and UPSF don't really lay you off.

fedex freight

Trentforbes

Mar 3, 2016

fedex freight

I'm not sure what the pay rate would be in Louisiana, but over in Jersey, Fed Ex Freight city drivers start off around $24. I would imagine cost of living would determine nationwide payrate. I know a couple Fed Ex guys working in Delanco, Nj, and it's your typical LTL job. One of them moved from city to road driver/linehaul and is making a hell of a lot more than he did as a P&D driver. I think payrate also depends on if it's union or non union as well. Delanco, Nj is non union, where as Newark, Nj is union. So I would imagine the union drivers get paid a lot more than nonunion.

FEDEX Freight

Forsale845

Apr 9, 2016

FEDEX Freight

Q: Does FEDEX Freight hire CDL grads as drivers? Do you have to start out on their docks first?

 

A: The have a DDC program called Driver apprentice. Driver development course. You need safe record and 1+ current class A experience or need to go through this class WHEN they are hiring for it. You can apply for city or Driver possition. With experience or apprentice with none and they will even get you your cdl.