It could happen, but why worry. When I was hired a question was asked at my interview, " CAN YOU HANDLE CHANGE?" Because this company will CHANGE by the minute. Some of my coworkers throughout my career have panicked with change. For instance, when Zap mail went away, they freaked out, "now what are we going to do" and when SOS and Saturday Service was launched, "There is no way we can do this" and when trackers came out, "They are trying to get rid of us, we cant use this" and the list keeps going. DRA is now launched in certain markets. The only problem I have is reading the maps, lol... Bottom line, I do think some changes will be happening but my question to you is, Are you ready for Change and can you handle Change?
It's hard to believe you are serious, but I'll play along and assume you've just consumed a gallon of purple Kool-Aid. First, your interview was almost 30 years ago. Federal Express and FedEx are two very different animals, somewhat akin to comparing a sleek race horse with a burro. Federal Express and everything it represented is GONE...sorry. You need to realize this. All that was progressive and different about Federal Express has been replaced with a lean, mean, profit machine...FedEx.
This is more than just "some changes happening". It is a total restructuring of the Express system, where XS and E2 will be shifted over to Ground and Express will be gutted like a fish on the cleaning table. That means huge split shifts for full-timers willing to accept "change" (another screwing), or switching over to PT in order to meet the needs of the company. In other words, be ready for a major hit to your wallet, because you and your fellow employees are going to be the major means of financing Fred's new 10% profit initiative.
Blind obedience as exhibited by yourself (and others) is troubling, because it is completely obvious even to industry outsiders what Fred is about to do. It almost borders on religion, where you "worship" a corporate leader who you think is going to do right by you no matter what because he "cares" and "will do the right thing". How many times does Mr Smith have to demonstrate that he does
not have your best interests at-heart before you figure this out? FedEx has relentlessly taken away everything they could from employees and kept wages and raises low through various schemes and games that I have explained
ad nauseum for several years. Smith has been working at this for years, buying-off politicians as he rose in power and influence within the GOP. Did you know that Fred is a GOP "Pioneer" who is one of the top fund raisers for the Right Wing? He has
purchased the means to control his workforce and prevent any sort of backlash (union) against takeaways. There is little to nothing we can do about what is going to happen in October. As Ricochet1a says, you can quit or bend over once again. That's about it.
Here's the bottom line.
They are trying to get rid of you, and if they can't, your hours are going to be slashed. Can you handle that kind of change, and do you want to just accept it passively with a smile on your face? Fred S could care less about you or anyone else who can't help him make more money. Read some of my posts about who this man really is, and how his personal ethics (or lack thereof) directly mirror his business ethics. Fred wants us to be like Wal-Mart, where low wage employees work their butts off for very little in return. His Republican brain sees life through a lens in which labor is a cost, not an asset, and we are all disposable...including you.
I really hope you pull your head out of the sand and see this for what it is...another massive takeaway. Maybe you're just posting to pull my chain, because it's really hard to believe that anyone can be so utterly blind to what's going on. But if you're serious, you and your employee husband need to educate yourselves as to what is really happening, because your fairy tale world is about to be turned upside-down. Fred is a fraud.
