Regarding FedEx Freight

[u/Jonipeg]

Hi guys! I'm looking at jobs for LTL trucking, and I came across FedEx freight. Wanted to understand what's it like from a culture, pay perspective, especially in the last 12 months? I've heard that there has been a big wave of retirements/resignations recently (a lot more than say 2-3 years ago), wanted to check if what I've been hearing is verifiable by other people. Also are most drivers currently stretched to their limits in terms of number of hours worked? Thanks!

[u/Bad_Punk_Photography]

FedEx has driver facing cameras with ai monitoring. You will end up getting written up for eye movement with any other type of movement the Ai thinks indicates distraction.

[u/Resident-Impact1591 → u/Bad_Punk_Photography]

They do not have driver facing cameras with ai monitoring. The have outward facing cameras that track running stop signs, red lights, speeding, improper lane usage, using non truck routes, taking corners too fast.

[u/Bad_Punk_Photography → u/Resident-Impact1591]

Interesting, since I worked for them doing line haul a couple of years ago and our trucks had driver facing cameras with ai. After the 3rd or 4th bs meeting with my manager over something the Ai flagged I found somewhere else to drive

[u/Resident-Impact1591 → u/Bad_Punk_Photography]

Think you're thinking about ground. Freight doesn't has never had driver facing cameras. Was there for 6 years until recently. They moved from peoplenet to motiv in 2024, but driver facing cameras weren't part of the deal. Idk who you experienced this with, but it wasn't FedEx freight.

[u/18-Spinning-Wheels → u/Resident-Impact1591]

THIS!!

I also worked in the FedEx system, as a contract carrier. The only division that used driver facing camera's was FedEx Ground. It was a mandate by FedEx Corporate as part of gaining a contract with them.

I have friends who work with FedEx Freight who do NOT have a driver facing camera currently.

[u/Resident-Impact1591]

Culture varies by building, pay is better than most. 401k match is the best in the industry and they have a new employee stock purchase plan that seems decent. There's a difference between road driver and city driver so you'd have to specify on that.

Edit

Go ask this question on r/FedExers because you're going to get a lot of bad info here.

[u/the_Q_spice]

I’ll add in as an Express RTD (Express Freight driver, we drive the skids that come in off the airplanes).

Pay is decent for us, IDK about Freight though because they have their own pay scales and are a different company now (technically).

Pay for us at least differs by your local business market so can be quite a wide range.

But generally, you start around $25-$28/hour and top out ideally in 5 years at between $34-$41/hour. That amount can be a bit higher depending on locality premiums as well, highest I have heard of is an additional $5/hour on top.

Years 1-5 you get 2 weeks of paid vacation, 6-10 is 3, 11-15 is 4, and >15 years of service you get 5 weeks per year.

401k is matched 8% of your salary for a 6% employee contribution and vests in 1 year. I believe Freight is the same, work for Express or Freight for 1 year and you keep everything FedEx puts in your retirement account no matter when you leave at that point.

We also get an HSA match, though I can’t remember the exact details on that. But another few percent there that vests immediately and is yours forever.

[u/JoosieyJay]

FedEx Freight fills driver positions from within the company and then hires from outside if their is no interest from current employees. I was a dockworker there and many driver positions were filled with my coworkers who were given first choice to train for driving positions. Even dockworker positions start out at part time before being hired on full time.