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<blockquote data-quote="quadro" data-source="post: 272741" data-attributes="member: 12850"><p>No, it's not. Look up the definition of mandate. Auto-enrollment with no opportunity to opt out would be mandating participation.</p><p></p><p>Holy cow! How bitter do you have to be to put a negative spin on this? If you don't want to participate, you opt out. If any money was withheld, it's returned. You end up exactly where you were before 1/1/08. It's a non-event. Why bother getting worked up about it? Now, why have the auto-enrollment in the first place? Because employees (not just FedEx employees, as this occurs at other companies too) are too lazy, uneducated, not informed enough, not looking down the road far enough, etc, etc, to start saving enough on their own. It's human nature and not specific to FedEx. Whether you agree that the PPP is good or bad, relying on a sole pension to take care of your golden years, isn't good fiscal responsibility. A 401K can be a good savings vehicle as you've pointed out. FedEx is just trying to encourage employees to save and giving you up to 3.5% of your gross salary just for participating.</p><p></p><p>Been there, done that. Accepted responsibility for what I did wrong, paid the price, and I'm still here, thankful that I was given a chance to prove that I deserved to keep my job.</p><p></p><p>I always encourage my peers to avail themselves of the systems in place to challenge management decisions if they feel they've been treated unfairly. I would equally encourage them to hire a lawyer, where appropriate, if they weren't able to resolve the issue to their satisfaction. That would be true no matter where I worked. I can also tell you that I've never seen a business where it is so hard to fire someone as at FedEx. You have to really, really suck at what you do over and over again to lose your job over a performance issue. Conduct issues are another matter, as they should be. Give me an example of a non-issue that you know someone has been fired for. </p><p> </p><p></p><p>Unlike you, I'm not trying to convince you that you'll come around and see things my way. All I've tried to do was show you that you're not fully informed and that will hurt your credibility when you try to convince others. And living in the past doesn't help much either. The industry and the world has come a long way in the last 22 years. Having a union isn't going to bring back double digit growth that we experienced back then. We could do nothing wrong back then. The money couldn't be spent as fast as it was coming in. It just isn't that way any more.</p><p> </p><p>Again, it comes down to this: I'm not willing to give up everything I have and hope that I get something better. You are and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not calling you names, I'm not belittling you. I'm just encouraging you to get your facts straight so that you can make an informed and educated decision and you don't mislead others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quadro, post: 272741, member: 12850"] No, it's not. Look up the definition of mandate. Auto-enrollment with no opportunity to opt out would be mandating participation. Holy cow! How bitter do you have to be to put a negative spin on this? If you don't want to participate, you opt out. If any money was withheld, it's returned. You end up exactly where you were before 1/1/08. It's a non-event. Why bother getting worked up about it? Now, why have the auto-enrollment in the first place? Because employees (not just FedEx employees, as this occurs at other companies too) are too lazy, uneducated, not informed enough, not looking down the road far enough, etc, etc, to start saving enough on their own. It's human nature and not specific to FedEx. Whether you agree that the PPP is good or bad, relying on a sole pension to take care of your golden years, isn't good fiscal responsibility. A 401K can be a good savings vehicle as you've pointed out. FedEx is just trying to encourage employees to save and giving you up to 3.5% of your gross salary just for participating. Been there, done that. Accepted responsibility for what I did wrong, paid the price, and I'm still here, thankful that I was given a chance to prove that I deserved to keep my job. I always encourage my peers to avail themselves of the systems in place to challenge management decisions if they feel they've been treated unfairly. I would equally encourage them to hire a lawyer, where appropriate, if they weren't able to resolve the issue to their satisfaction. That would be true no matter where I worked. I can also tell you that I've never seen a business where it is so hard to fire someone as at FedEx. You have to really, really suck at what you do over and over again to lose your job over a performance issue. Conduct issues are another matter, as they should be. Give me an example of a non-issue that you know someone has been fired for. Unlike you, I'm not trying to convince you that you'll come around and see things my way. All I've tried to do was show you that you're not fully informed and that will hurt your credibility when you try to convince others. And living in the past doesn't help much either. The industry and the world has come a long way in the last 22 years. Having a union isn't going to bring back double digit growth that we experienced back then. We could do nothing wrong back then. The money couldn't be spent as fast as it was coming in. It just isn't that way any more. Again, it comes down to this: I'm not willing to give up everything I have and hope that I get something better. You are and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not calling you names, I'm not belittling you. I'm just encouraging you to get your facts straight so that you can make an informed and educated decision and you don't mislead others. [/QUOTE]
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