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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 272596" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Quadro, I'm aware that the 3.5% is a 401k, but it must be considered part of your "PPP" retirement because you are REQUIRED to contribute a minimum of 3.5% by FedEx....there is no choice. You are now helping FedEx fund a portion of your retirement, a defacto subsidy. I'm also aware that FedEx contributes a pittance to my retirement that will vary according to my years of service etc. </p><p> </p><p>You've got to be in management to keep spouting the company line this way. Many, many FedEx people get shafted by the injury policy every day, and to claim you don't know anyone who has been screwed over is bunk. I've had several close friends be displaced because of injuries, and dozens harassed over legitimate claims for treatment. These were all safe, hard-working couriers who were 6.5 employees and had the world come crashing down on them when they got hurt. They busted their ass for FedEx for years and then got treated like dirt because they happened to get injured. It's amazing how quickly a great employee becomes a burden to FedEx when they get hurt.The whole concept of "Unsafe Acts" is BS because management arbitrarily determines what an unsafe act is. GFT it and the next level of management will simply uphold the decision of lower management.And please at least grant me the fact that the repetitive stress of this job will eventually get you in one way or another. Maybe your knees will give out, or perhaps your back, but you cannot go forever without having health problems being a courier. There's a good reason you don't see many 50+ UPS drivers...they've burnt out.</p><p> </p><p>Maybe you're just a Boy Scout who bleeds purple and thinks FedEx always has the best interests of it's employees in mind. They don't, and neither does UPS. It's all about making money. I don't claim to speak for Mr Brown, but perhaps he is alluding to the fact that FedEx drivers and UPS drivers are in the same boat when it comes to protecting our interests in dealing with management. Whatever you might think, it IS "Us versus Them", and management is kicking us while we are down right now. A unionized FedEx might make UPS corporate management happy because it eliminates a competitive advantage for FedEx, but it might also make the rank and file happy because they would be more strongly represented by a Teamsters Union that included FedEx drivers. More members = more power and an ability to negotiate from a position of strength.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 272596, member: 12508"] Quadro, I'm aware that the 3.5% is a 401k, but it must be considered part of your "PPP" retirement because you are REQUIRED to contribute a minimum of 3.5% by FedEx....there is no choice. You are now helping FedEx fund a portion of your retirement, a defacto subsidy. I'm also aware that FedEx contributes a pittance to my retirement that will vary according to my years of service etc. You've got to be in management to keep spouting the company line this way. Many, many FedEx people get shafted by the injury policy every day, and to claim you don't know anyone who has been screwed over is bunk. I've had several close friends be displaced because of injuries, and dozens harassed over legitimate claims for treatment. These were all safe, hard-working couriers who were 6.5 employees and had the world come crashing down on them when they got hurt. They busted their ass for FedEx for years and then got treated like dirt because they happened to get injured. It's amazing how quickly a great employee becomes a burden to FedEx when they get hurt.The whole concept of "Unsafe Acts" is BS because management arbitrarily determines what an unsafe act is. GFT it and the next level of management will simply uphold the decision of lower management.And please at least grant me the fact that the repetitive stress of this job will eventually get you in one way or another. Maybe your knees will give out, or perhaps your back, but you cannot go forever without having health problems being a courier. There's a good reason you don't see many 50+ UPS drivers...they've burnt out. Maybe you're just a Boy Scout who bleeds purple and thinks FedEx always has the best interests of it's employees in mind. They don't, and neither does UPS. It's all about making money. I don't claim to speak for Mr Brown, but perhaps he is alluding to the fact that FedEx drivers and UPS drivers are in the same boat when it comes to protecting our interests in dealing with management. Whatever you might think, it IS "Us versus Them", and management is kicking us while we are down right now. A unionized FedEx might make UPS corporate management happy because it eliminates a competitive advantage for FedEx, but it might also make the rank and file happy because they would be more strongly represented by a Teamsters Union that included FedEx drivers. More members = more power and an ability to negotiate from a position of strength. [/QUOTE]
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