You are trying to dispel myths and untruths? Topped out employees ARE guaranteed a 3% raise as long as as they get a 5 or better on their review. Of course guaranteed is a loose term as in they may choose to not give a raise this year or give a 2% raise, etc, etc. Since they came out with the current pay scheme name one year that they didn't give the 3% to topped out employees before 2009? I'm basing that on the terms they spelled out in print, not on some myth or misunderstanding.
Do you read what you write before posting it? How can you say that something is guaranteed and then in the next sentence imply that it's not guaranteed? And good luck finding where it says that topped out employees are guaranteed any raise, let alone a 3% one.
Nice try on the hatred bit. Can't beat them so marginalize them by claiming hatred. After everything I've seen here written by you I can only conclude that you are a mgr.
On a number of occasions including this post, you tell me I'm wrong when in fact, you are the one that is wrong. I can only conclude that you aren't interested in the truth and would rather attack what I say, hence the blind hatred.
You say the pay is unfair but shoot down any ideas on increasing pay. Try to make us think you are on our side while working against us. If you are a courier the only explanation I can find for your posts is that you are topped out and are worried a union will ruin your future. If that's so pretty sorry on your part that you'd throw us under the bus to keep your little bit.
I'm not shooting down any ideas. As I've said, I would love to see the in-range raises go up a few percentage points. Yes I'm topped out and no, I'm not so worried about my future with a union as I am some very good people who maybe just aren't quite courier material and some who are at the bottom of the totem pole. I'm worried about how much harder I might have to work with a union but I can live with that. It's the possibility of job eliminations that concern me the most.
We absolutely have no alternative but to vote for a union because FedEx has done nothing but fight the union, giving us absolutely no indication that they are willing to do anything substantial to improve pay. They expect us to just exist for their benefit and you seem fine with this because you got yours. Please leave the personal business out like I shouldn't have quit. This affects tens of thousands of people. I was perfectly willing and still am to work towards reaching top pay based on what I was told. I was even willing to put up with crap pay forever as long as I got a decent pension. Well I'm not getting either now, and you have the gall to say that the company's profit shouldn't be considered for future pay raises. They've got the money you company plant, they should pay us better.
That's fine if you want to vote for a union. I absolutely respect everyone's right to choose what's best for them. All I'm saying is make sure you have accurate facts when making that decision. Also, let me ask you, if you get a paycheck that is higher than your average, say due to some extra OT worked last week, do you go and spend every extra penny you made that week or do you save some of it in case a future paycheck is a little lower than average? Perhaps you do spend every penny but many people will at least try to save some. It's no different for any business. Just because a profit is made in one quarter, you don't go out and spend every extra penny. It's just not wise and is very fiscally irresponsible.
I'll give you the "performance" part, got side tracked with productivity. But I'll wait and see on how the review is scored. I've clocked in late once I believe since the last review, had food poisoning in June, out a day. I'm usually at 100% on vans, rarely have a late. Rarely miss a POD. And I'm betting I won't do better than a 6.4.
I guess you'll have to wait and see. One thing though, if you only missed 1 day, make sure that your manager gives you any bonus points on attendance that you are entitled to.
But you are missing the point. The review is designed to punish you for the mistakes made. Or if you get sick. Or if you get injured. Anything to lower the score. That they don't take into account how hard you work every day, that your rt may be considerably heavier than others, that you volunteer to do extra when asked(and by that I mean a range of things) says to me that they don't reward hard workers. They aren't interested in rewarding hard workers, they only want to hold pay down.
Unfortunately, I think it is you who is missing the point. A review, by definition, reviews your performance so of course it punishes you if you make mistakes or are absent. What else would you have a review do? If you aren't absent and don't make mistakes, you get a higher score. That's how it's supposed to work.
You say you are pretty happy with what they've done for you in 25+ years. Great for you. But when I look at what they've done for me in the last 11.5 years I can't say I'm happy with them. Simply put, you got a better deal than I and others are getting. And yet you come across as if we're just malcontents who don't really have anything legitimate to complain about. If you've got your 25+ years in you probably have a decent pension coming to you, probably have decent savings. Why then are you fighting us so hard on just wanting the same? We aren't going to get it unless we fight for it, or do you believe good ol' FedEx will come around eventually? I'd give anything if my mgr announced tomorrow that FedEx will shortly come out with a better pay system, hang in there, they are listening to your concerns. But for me personally it'll just be more of the same. Worked so hard for so long, constantly ripped off by bad mgrs(not my angry fantasy, many of them demoted or fired), put up with so much to get that pension, and now facing a poor retirement and too damn old to do much about it. Glad you got yours, forgive me if I don't love the company like you do.
Look, all of us have our crosses to bear and our beds to lay in and some of us are in a better position than others. That's the way life works. We make decisions and then have to live with the consequences. I chose to stay with FedEx from the day I started and you didn't. My situation seems to have worked out better for me than yours has. I don't mean that in a bad way, it's just what it is. I don't begrudge you the opportunity to better yourself and I understand your need to fight for it. Do I think you should have exactly what I have when I've been here longer than you and have committed myself to FedEx? No, you shouldn't as you chose a different path. But I do think you deserve more. Whether FedEx steps up to your plate or a union has to try and do it for you is the big question.
The fact that you've allowed managers to take advantage of you speaks to your attention to detail. I had it happen to me once and that was the last time it was ever going to happen to me. I made sure I knew the rules etc and exactly how things work to make sure I don't ever get taken advantage of. That's all I'm trying to do here. Make sure people know the correct information and facts. Then they can make an informed decision. In the big scheme of things, it doesn't matter to me what decision you make, just be completely informed when you make that decision.