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<blockquote data-quote="snackdad" data-source="post: 946745" data-attributes="member: 30266"><p>I feel the true measure of your earnings is how much you are able to save every year. I always say if you are not worried about money then you are not saving enough. </p><p> In my first year of hire in 1990 I quickly realized that FedEx was NOT a company to be trusted. I saw how they used discipline to keep employees in line and in a state of fear to keep from speaking up too much.</p><p> The corporate tactics that FedEx uses daily are pathological. I thought it was normal to work 11 hours a day without a break or a drink of water. Everyone operated that way. The more you did the more the company wanted. They were never satisfied. It was always just one more, just a little faster.</p><p> Because of this mistrust I took my vacations every year at the very end of the fiscal year in case the machine turned against me and I was terminated like so many before me. I would have that cashed in vacation pay as a back up. I also saved a lot and always maxed out my contribution to 401k. I sold back a week or two of vacation every year.</p><p> In the past we used to get a lot of overtime, it was lucrative but those days are over forever. I used to work six days a week for 10 to 12 weeks in a row. Looking back I do not know how I did it but I am glad I did and I am glad I saved it and lived within my means.</p><p> Did any of this matter on the day of my termination when a final check was slid across a table to me after more than 20 years in the heat, rain, working through breaks, being the best I could be for my customers, hell no. You are as good as your last delivery. You are a number, a unit and your spirit, personality and value mean nothing to FedEx. And now FedEx calls us team members, what team acts like this.</p><p> The problem is that employees get stuck in the position because they do not even have the time to think outside the box and take a look around. We operate in a theater of constant threat, fear of retaliation, unnecessary change, intimidation and complete ineptitude of management. It is a dysfunctional company that promotes those that lack moral compass and conscience.</p><p> I agree with Mr. FedEx, get out now. Use your current job to keep income coming in while you look around for better work for a better employer. There are major changes coming to Express in the next year. I would be surprised if full timers ever get over 40 hours in the future. And you senior people watch your back. You are the targeted, your contributions to the company mean nothing. Management only sees today and tomorrow, never yesterday. </p><p> I could tell you amazing stories about the manager that fired me but I do not want to jeopardize my current lawsuit against FedEx. And I am the one escorted to the door while she is still doing the dirty work of her senior manager, protected by that senior, and still turning a blind eye to the mass falsification in our station that I was complaining about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snackdad, post: 946745, member: 30266"] I feel the true measure of your earnings is how much you are able to save every year. I always say if you are not worried about money then you are not saving enough. In my first year of hire in 1990 I quickly realized that FedEx was NOT a company to be trusted. I saw how they used discipline to keep employees in line and in a state of fear to keep from speaking up too much. The corporate tactics that FedEx uses daily are pathological. I thought it was normal to work 11 hours a day without a break or a drink of water. Everyone operated that way. The more you did the more the company wanted. They were never satisfied. It was always just one more, just a little faster. Because of this mistrust I took my vacations every year at the very end of the fiscal year in case the machine turned against me and I was terminated like so many before me. I would have that cashed in vacation pay as a back up. I also saved a lot and always maxed out my contribution to 401k. I sold back a week or two of vacation every year. In the past we used to get a lot of overtime, it was lucrative but those days are over forever. I used to work six days a week for 10 to 12 weeks in a row. Looking back I do not know how I did it but I am glad I did and I am glad I saved it and lived within my means. Did any of this matter on the day of my termination when a final check was slid across a table to me after more than 20 years in the heat, rain, working through breaks, being the best I could be for my customers, hell no. You are as good as your last delivery. You are a number, a unit and your spirit, personality and value mean nothing to FedEx. And now FedEx calls us team members, what team acts like this. The problem is that employees get stuck in the position because they do not even have the time to think outside the box and take a look around. We operate in a theater of constant threat, fear of retaliation, unnecessary change, intimidation and complete ineptitude of management. It is a dysfunctional company that promotes those that lack moral compass and conscience. I agree with Mr. FedEx, get out now. Use your current job to keep income coming in while you look around for better work for a better employer. There are major changes coming to Express in the next year. I would be surprised if full timers ever get over 40 hours in the future. And you senior people watch your back. You are the targeted, your contributions to the company mean nothing. Management only sees today and tomorrow, never yesterday. I could tell you amazing stories about the manager that fired me but I do not want to jeopardize my current lawsuit against FedEx. And I am the one escorted to the door while she is still doing the dirty work of her senior manager, protected by that senior, and still turning a blind eye to the mass falsification in our station that I was complaining about. [/QUOTE]
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