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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 292016" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>For TieGuy and everyone else who thinks FedEx people don't have any links to UPS, I'd say about 15% of FedEx employees are ex-UPSer's, many with 10 or more years of service. If you focus on management only, it's more like 25%. We get a lot of your leftovers and burnouts, so we also deal with UPS techniques and philosophy, even if it is residual. As for me, I put in 4 peak seasons in the Feeder Dept doing everything from running Air to the ramp, hostling trailers at my local center, to picking-up trailers all night long from the UP and BNSF. Management could and did slot me into any task they needed and I always did it right and on-time, often better than the regulars. They still call me every year even though I can no longer work for them. So, whatever you think of me, I do have some Brown in me and know the Feeder job well. I would have liked to work for UPS, but I couldn't afford to go PT as a loader and I didn't want to wait 20 years to get into Feeders. I spent most of those 4 peaks in one of those great single-screw International COE's with the rock-crusher 7-speed, so you know I earned my money in comfort.</p><p> </p><p>I remain very interested in UPS because, for the most part, they have their act together as a company. I like to compare and contrast them with FedEx because UPS continues to get it right most of the time while we do not. My intent in posing the "constructive dissatisfaction" question was to see if it was just lip service. "Driving Change" seems to think it's still a valid philosophy.</p><p> </p><p>So TieGuy, you can flame me all day long, but I do have some Brown cred and could probably drive circles around you in either a package car OR a feeder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 292016, member: 12508"] For TieGuy and everyone else who thinks FedEx people don't have any links to UPS, I'd say about 15% of FedEx employees are ex-UPSer's, many with 10 or more years of service. If you focus on management only, it's more like 25%. We get a lot of your leftovers and burnouts, so we also deal with UPS techniques and philosophy, even if it is residual. As for me, I put in 4 peak seasons in the Feeder Dept doing everything from running Air to the ramp, hostling trailers at my local center, to picking-up trailers all night long from the UP and BNSF. Management could and did slot me into any task they needed and I always did it right and on-time, often better than the regulars. They still call me every year even though I can no longer work for them. So, whatever you think of me, I do have some Brown in me and know the Feeder job well. I would have liked to work for UPS, but I couldn't afford to go PT as a loader and I didn't want to wait 20 years to get into Feeders. I spent most of those 4 peaks in one of those great single-screw International COE's with the rock-crusher 7-speed, so you know I earned my money in comfort. I remain very interested in UPS because, for the most part, they have their act together as a company. I like to compare and contrast them with FedEx because UPS continues to get it right most of the time while we do not. My intent in posing the "constructive dissatisfaction" question was to see if it was just lip service. "Driving Change" seems to think it's still a valid philosophy. So TieGuy, you can flame me all day long, but I do have some Brown cred and could probably drive circles around you in either a package car OR a feeder. [/QUOTE]
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