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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1186532" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>While I agree that Express is a dead duck for the most part, you and your fellow contractors are operating with a major misconception in-mind, the same one that infects Express upper management. <strong>Everyone </strong>at any FedEx opco is easily replaceable at any time, but that's not the misconception. You are dead-wrong if you think DRA is the answer at Express. Just because it works at Ground, it doesn't mean it will work over here. So far, it has been an utter disaster that is costing huge money, not saving it. The added level of job complexity at Express precludes successful implementation of DRA, <strong>unless </strong>they will be content with low-functioning Ground-level productivity and reasoning. And they are <strong>not happy </strong>with the results. </p><p></p><p>You can "fine-tune", or rework DRA forever and the complexity issue will still remain. The current group of new hires at Express are basically Ground-type hires, and that means most simply aren't capable of the higher level of function Express requires. That, plus the low pay and other factors that contribute to high turnover and never progressing very far down the learning curve, means that Express will have to be satisfied with the tattooed box monkey who has a lot of accidents, never gets above 7 or 8 SPH, and can't do anything unless his/her PowerPad directs them to do so. They will WAD, not intentionally, but because that is all they are capable of doing. That doesn't bode well for productivity or profit.</p><p></p><p>The net result will be a low-profit/no-profit Express, and a high-profit Ground that will keep Express afloat. Because FedEx is s systems integrator, they need to offer customers a whole range of services, just like UPS, even if they are money-losers (like Kinkos and eventually, Express). Perhaps they (upper management) will be content with this. I doubt it. They will never figure it out, Express will continue to decline, and they'll just keep pushing people out the door because they think anyone with a pulse and a driver's license can do the Express job efficiently. They cannot.</p><p></p><p>We are led by morons. If you buy into their crap, you're right there with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1186532, member: 12508"] While I agree that Express is a dead duck for the most part, you and your fellow contractors are operating with a major misconception in-mind, the same one that infects Express upper management. [B]Everyone [/B]at any FedEx opco is easily replaceable at any time, but that's not the misconception. You are dead-wrong if you think DRA is the answer at Express. Just because it works at Ground, it doesn't mean it will work over here. So far, it has been an utter disaster that is costing huge money, not saving it. The added level of job complexity at Express precludes successful implementation of DRA, [B]unless [/B]they will be content with low-functioning Ground-level productivity and reasoning. And they are [B]not happy [/B]with the results. You can "fine-tune", or rework DRA forever and the complexity issue will still remain. The current group of new hires at Express are basically Ground-type hires, and that means most simply aren't capable of the higher level of function Express requires. That, plus the low pay and other factors that contribute to high turnover and never progressing very far down the learning curve, means that Express will have to be satisfied with the tattooed box monkey who has a lot of accidents, never gets above 7 or 8 SPH, and can't do anything unless his/her PowerPad directs them to do so. They will WAD, not intentionally, but because that is all they are capable of doing. That doesn't bode well for productivity or profit. The net result will be a low-profit/no-profit Express, and a high-profit Ground that will keep Express afloat. Because FedEx is s systems integrator, they need to offer customers a whole range of services, just like UPS, even if they are money-losers (like Kinkos and eventually, Express). Perhaps they (upper management) will be content with this. I doubt it. They will never figure it out, Express will continue to decline, and they'll just keep pushing people out the door because they think anyone with a pulse and a driver's license can do the Express job efficiently. They cannot. We are led by morons. If you buy into their crap, you're right there with them. [/QUOTE]
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