MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Our station used to promote the Station Picnic every year at a local park. I used to bring my reluctant wife along to show support for management that HAD to be there. My attendance was optional, theirs was not.
My wife asked me "why do you feel like you need to go to these things"? I told her because if nobody cared and nobody went to support management it would mean that complete Apathy had final come to the station. Every picnic we went to the attendance got lower and lower.
The last picnic only about 5 employees out of 70 showed up. All the managers were there as required along with cheap Costco burgers, generic brand hotdogs and absolute cheap junk food. They all stood around staring at each other. The fat, sweaty manager suffered over the grill cooking for phantoms. One employee showed up with a home cooked meal to add in but when he saw the attendance he threw it in the trash and left. I felt sad and embarrassed when I saw him do this. It was the LAST company event I attended. Any feeling of family and camaraderie has been bled out of the company I used to know. Management used to be involved with couriers when I started 20 years ago. It was not as much of US vs. Them as it is now. You are only as good as your last delivery in my station.
Everybody in the region knows that this station is the Armpit of FedEx!
Yep. This description fits so many "celebrations" and events at FedEx exactly. Recently, our station won some award and we were promised a "first class event" to recognize our efforts. Guess what? Same Costco crap and a couple of managers halfheartedly working the grill. Most people refused the food because the whole thing was insulting. I'd imagine most stations operate the same way.
Hot dogs motivate elementary school students...and a few stupid adults.