Maybe you are a "spy"....I don't know. Here's what I do know. Over the years FedEx execs have perpetuated the myth that FedEx is a "different" company, and that they do care. Unfortunately, a lot of idiot employees have bought into this and honestly believe that FedEx has their best interests at heart. Top management is invested in keeping the myth alive so they can keep the union out and depress wages and benefits.
OK, try this -- go find that "better" job, the one where the execs "care" more than ours do, or even as much. I looked, and I couldn't find it. Now it's your turn.
I'll wait.
Including hourlies (and lower management) in festivities like the 777F roll-out are neither token nor meaningless. This was another opportunity to show that employees other than the top dogs were important, and they chose to squander it and make it a party for themselves instead.
UPS execs at least make an attempt at appearing that they have some level of understanding of life in the field. They don't have private jets, and the whole company forbids meals or coffee at desks in deference to the drivers in the field. Perhaps it's just symbolic, but it's a lot more than we get at Fedex.
Fine. We'll tell them to stop drinking coffee at their desks. You won't be any better off as a result, but maybe you'll stop whining about it.
Progessive organizations understand that frontline employees actually are important members of the "team" and have valuable input, ideas, and strategies that can help a company move forward and increase market share. FedEx no longer understands this concept and depends on engineers and middle managers in MEM who have no idea what a courier really does or how field ops really function. You appear to agree with this concept wholeheartedly.
:::sigh::: Why don't you grow up? Seriously. Your whole schtick is that the company won't do what you think they should. You think that you have all the answers. Nearly every suggestion --rather, demand-- you post seems to have the tone of "This would make me happy, so it would make everyone else happy, so it would be good for the company, so they should do it. I don't know why they don't submit their ideas to me for approval."
What's your management experience, Mr. FedEx? Let's hear about it. How about at the executive level? I'm dying to know! Done any of it at that level for a multi-billion, multinational company?
I know this much -- working at that level is beyond anything either of us could really comprehend. Not to sound cliche, but popularity doesn't put you into those positions. Those guys have to make decisions that can cost the compnay millions of dollars (or generate that much extra revenue). Some are decisions that can affect things for years to come. Those aren't easy decisions to make and I'm kind of happy that I don't have to make them. I don't know that I could, even if I had years of preparation for that type of responsibility.
You seem to think that you're in a position to make them. Too bad you haven't demonstrated any of that skill or insight to rise beyond an hourly position.
Go ahead, be a brick...Fred likes ignorant employees.
So *that* is why you haven't been fired yet!