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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 980730" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>If there is an Office location within 20 miles (or so) of a closing location, any remaining wage employees at the closing location will be offered positions at one of the locations within that 20 mile radius. Office obviously tries to move them to understaffed locations, but if all locations are up to manning levels, Office will over-man the location to ensure they won't have to offer unemployment. From what I've heard, the tactic is to offer a position at another location and if the employee turns down all offers, then the employee is considered to have voluntarily terminated their employment and FedEx is relieved of any unemployment consideration. Most employees don't understand this at the moment the announcement (for their closing location) is done - they think they are eligible for unemployment, they are not.</p><p></p><p>Many of the entry level workers at Office locations are college students (much like the Kinko's of old). These students don't have the ability to commute to locations distant from the location where they live. For others, the added time and expense in commuting to a location which may be 10 to 20 miles more distant from where they are living simply isn't worth the added effort for a part-time job. These employees then simply work up until the store closes and "quit". I do know a store which closed which offered positions at a store right at the 20 mile radius - I think all of the employees took the offer, since there were and are no jobs in the area for them to take. Their saving grace was the existance of mass transit which enabled them to get to the location without too much hassle. </p><p></p><p>I believe that Office offers a tuition reimbursement package of $5,000 a year (compared to Express' $3,000/yr) - this is what is keeping the employees in - particularily the part-time college students. Their actual wage rate is actually very close to an Express handler's, Office wouldn't be able to keep people around for long at that wage rate considering the hectic pace at which they run these employees - if it weren't for the "boosted" tuition reimbursement. </p><p></p><p>What FedEx is doing, is keeping total hours at the subsequently over-manned locations relatively constant, and "spreading out" the hours assigned to their part-time employees. They then rely on the expected gradual attrition (yes, that is a FedEx wide tactic) to bring any overstaffed locations back down to planned manning. </p><p></p><p>The managers of the locations which close are offered positions at other stores on a nationwide basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 980730, member: 22880"] If there is an Office location within 20 miles (or so) of a closing location, any remaining wage employees at the closing location will be offered positions at one of the locations within that 20 mile radius. Office obviously tries to move them to understaffed locations, but if all locations are up to manning levels, Office will over-man the location to ensure they won't have to offer unemployment. From what I've heard, the tactic is to offer a position at another location and if the employee turns down all offers, then the employee is considered to have voluntarily terminated their employment and FedEx is relieved of any unemployment consideration. Most employees don't understand this at the moment the announcement (for their closing location) is done - they think they are eligible for unemployment, they are not. Many of the entry level workers at Office locations are college students (much like the Kinko's of old). These students don't have the ability to commute to locations distant from the location where they live. For others, the added time and expense in commuting to a location which may be 10 to 20 miles more distant from where they are living simply isn't worth the added effort for a part-time job. These employees then simply work up until the store closes and "quit". I do know a store which closed which offered positions at a store right at the 20 mile radius - I think all of the employees took the offer, since there were and are no jobs in the area for them to take. Their saving grace was the existance of mass transit which enabled them to get to the location without too much hassle. I believe that Office offers a tuition reimbursement package of $5,000 a year (compared to Express' $3,000/yr) - this is what is keeping the employees in - particularily the part-time college students. Their actual wage rate is actually very close to an Express handler's, Office wouldn't be able to keep people around for long at that wage rate considering the hectic pace at which they run these employees - if it weren't for the "boosted" tuition reimbursement. What FedEx is doing, is keeping total hours at the subsequently over-manned locations relatively constant, and "spreading out" the hours assigned to their part-time employees. They then rely on the expected gradual attrition (yes, that is a FedEx wide tactic) to bring any overstaffed locations back down to planned manning. The managers of the locations which close are offered positions at other stores on a nationwide basis. [/QUOTE]
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