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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 946837" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>At FedEx, it's always on <em>their</em> terms. If you don't want to work 14 hours a day during peak, you have a "bad attitude", but if you won't leave the premises after only 4 hours the week after Christmas, your attitude is even worse. No matter how hard you work, how many flawed managers you "cover", and how much you sacrifice, you're nothing but a unit of production to the corporation. If and when you "break", you are just another part of the machine that needs to be replaced, hopefully (for FedEx) by a cheaper alternative.</p><p></p><p>Watch the mayhem when all of the OT goes away, and the suckups don't get their payoff. Some of them get satisfaction from paper BZ's or "attaboys", but the real goal of many of them is extra hours. If Ground takes away a big portion of Express volume, they can sniff management's butts all day long but there will be no longer be any "treat".</p><p></p><p>As snackdad said, your viewpoint isn't realistic when you're inside the maelstrom. It's only when you step away that you see just how ridiculous their demands are, how much favoritism there is, and what a fool you've been for busting your ass for a company that will eliminate you as soon as you are no longer useful to them. </p><p></p><p>As others have stated, FedEx Express now only gives service that is just "good enough". It is seldom outstanding, sometimes awful, but is generally passable. That is such a difference from the original "mission", which was to "make every experience outstanding". Most of us willingly went above and beyond every day, occasionally doing something that really sent a message to the customer that FedEx <em>was</em> something unique. Now, even if you save the day for a customer, it's rarely noticed, and even more rarely recognized and rewarded. Even if it is acknowledged, there isn't likely to be a monetary gain.</p><p></p><p>Again, why put forth the effort, and why stay? Talk with some 20+ year veterans and ask them if they'd choose FedEx again as a career. My bet is that about 90% would say "leave now". FedEx sucks, every day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 946837, member: 12508"] At FedEx, it's always on [I]their[/I] terms. If you don't want to work 14 hours a day during peak, you have a "bad attitude", but if you won't leave the premises after only 4 hours the week after Christmas, your attitude is even worse. No matter how hard you work, how many flawed managers you "cover", and how much you sacrifice, you're nothing but a unit of production to the corporation. If and when you "break", you are just another part of the machine that needs to be replaced, hopefully (for FedEx) by a cheaper alternative. Watch the mayhem when all of the OT goes away, and the suckups don't get their payoff. Some of them get satisfaction from paper BZ's or "attaboys", but the real goal of many of them is extra hours. If Ground takes away a big portion of Express volume, they can sniff management's butts all day long but there will be no longer be any "treat". As snackdad said, your viewpoint isn't realistic when you're inside the maelstrom. It's only when you step away that you see just how ridiculous their demands are, how much favoritism there is, and what a fool you've been for busting your ass for a company that will eliminate you as soon as you are no longer useful to them. As others have stated, FedEx Express now only gives service that is just "good enough". It is seldom outstanding, sometimes awful, but is generally passable. That is such a difference from the original "mission", which was to "make every experience outstanding". Most of us willingly went above and beyond every day, occasionally doing something that really sent a message to the customer that FedEx [I]was[/I] something unique. Now, even if you save the day for a customer, it's rarely noticed, and even more rarely recognized and rewarded. Even if it is acknowledged, there isn't likely to be a monetary gain. Again, why put forth the effort, and why stay? Talk with some 20+ year veterans and ask them if they'd choose FedEx again as a career. My bet is that about 90% would say "leave now". FedEx sucks, every day. [/QUOTE]
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