"3 Strikes" has it's origins in 2 items..the end of Performance Reviews and the unwillingness of FedEx to pay Unemployment. Think about it. When you WAD, and it sounds like a lot of people are, there is no mechanism to hold you accountable. With the Performance Review, there was, and if you scored low enough, they could create "cause for termination". That meant they didn't have to pay Unemployment because you were fired for cause, and not laid-off.
Fred hates to pay Unemployment. Just ask anyone who has tried to collect some from Mr. Burns. This incredibly stupid "3 Strikes" move tells me a couple of things. One, that WAD is working or that people simply no longer care anyway and are performing defacto WAD. Two, they are throwing safety under the bus and opening themselves up to some big lawsuits. When Courier X hits that school bus going 80 trying to make SPH, think the lawyers are going to introduce "3 Strikes" as evidence? Three, that they are doing everything in their power to eliminate employees.
Could Express possibly be more of a craphole? Yes, it can. Watch for more of this type of idiocy in the near future.