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<blockquote data-quote="FedEx2000" data-source="post: 740596" data-attributes="member: 13621"><p>Yes MrFedEx, everything that YOU feel is wrong with FedEx is my fault, simply b/c I chose to be a manager. It's attitudes like yours that will do more damage than I could ever hope to do. I try to give a manager's viewpoint to some of these discussions, but they are instantly described as more Company propaganda and BS. If you actually read any of my posts fully, I think you would see that I give full credit to the 80% or so of the couriers that bust their hump and carry the other 20% that are too busy complaining about everything to actually do any work. You say that you do your part and that you are a "7" courier....and that may very well be true, I just don't see too many people that claim to be such model employees doing everything they can to bring the company down. How is doing that going to help your cause of getting better pay/benefits?</p><p></p><p>Actually, yes, I have been to multiple smaller ramps and observed the sort. It's one of the joys one gets to partake in as a PM manager.....and almost everyone I have been to has cameras for security/theft purposes. Some are more inconspicuous than others though. Mainly the very small ones that do not have them thee days. Unfortunately, due to the theft of Ipods/Iphones/Ipads, we have had to install them in more and more locations, including stations.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what districts/stations you have worked in.....I'm guessing East Coast only b/c I haven't worked there and the Pro-Union attitude, but I have not had the amazingly poor experience you seem to have had here. I have worked in 2 regions, 4 districts, and 6 stations.....never have I been treated poorly by mgmt, threatened by mgmt, or many of the other experiences that you have described. Nor have treated my employees this way. Maybe you have just had bad luck, I don't know, but you seem to have run across every corrupt/unethical/selfish manager in the company in that time. But to convey FedEx in such a way that your experience is what every person/customer should expect at FedEx is just plain wrong. I truly feel sorry that you feel the way you do and that you have to come to work each day at a place you so despise. </p><p></p><p>When you generalize and blame "mgmt", I will take offense every time as I fall in to that generalization. It wasn't that long ago that I was a courier, so to say that i think all couriers are dumb wouldn't make much sense for me.....I enjoyed being a courier very much, I was just ready to do something a little more challenging and I didn't want to ruin my back/knees/shoulder before I turned 40, so I went in to mgmt. There are a lot or poor mgrs and I thought I could do better, that was a big reason for doing it too. I have probably made some comments that I could have clarified a bit so that it didn't seem like I was referring to all couriers, so for future reference if I say something negative about a courier, I am referring to the ones that don't carry their weight.</p><p></p><p>As far as judging from the results, I'd say we've done pretty damn well. We are consistently voted as one of the best places to work all over the world, SFA results have improved each of the last 3 years, and in a very poor economy we have minimized job losses and remained profitable. But according to you, those numbers are all rigged, so take them with a grain of salt. </p><p></p><p>Also, whether you like/believe it or not, FedEx managers find it very easy to get jobs elsewhere as FedEx has a very respected management program and we deal with quite a bit more than most managers at other companies. BK and KFC probably pay better too, so it wouldn't be all that bad.....not everything is about money, sometimes just liking what you do is worth less pay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FedEx2000, post: 740596, member: 13621"] Yes MrFedEx, everything that YOU feel is wrong with FedEx is my fault, simply b/c I chose to be a manager. It's attitudes like yours that will do more damage than I could ever hope to do. I try to give a manager's viewpoint to some of these discussions, but they are instantly described as more Company propaganda and BS. If you actually read any of my posts fully, I think you would see that I give full credit to the 80% or so of the couriers that bust their hump and carry the other 20% that are too busy complaining about everything to actually do any work. You say that you do your part and that you are a "7" courier....and that may very well be true, I just don't see too many people that claim to be such model employees doing everything they can to bring the company down. How is doing that going to help your cause of getting better pay/benefits? Actually, yes, I have been to multiple smaller ramps and observed the sort. It's one of the joys one gets to partake in as a PM manager.....and almost everyone I have been to has cameras for security/theft purposes. Some are more inconspicuous than others though. Mainly the very small ones that do not have them thee days. Unfortunately, due to the theft of Ipods/Iphones/Ipads, we have had to install them in more and more locations, including stations. I don't know what districts/stations you have worked in.....I'm guessing East Coast only b/c I haven't worked there and the Pro-Union attitude, but I have not had the amazingly poor experience you seem to have had here. I have worked in 2 regions, 4 districts, and 6 stations.....never have I been treated poorly by mgmt, threatened by mgmt, or many of the other experiences that you have described. Nor have treated my employees this way. Maybe you have just had bad luck, I don't know, but you seem to have run across every corrupt/unethical/selfish manager in the company in that time. But to convey FedEx in such a way that your experience is what every person/customer should expect at FedEx is just plain wrong. I truly feel sorry that you feel the way you do and that you have to come to work each day at a place you so despise. When you generalize and blame "mgmt", I will take offense every time as I fall in to that generalization. It wasn't that long ago that I was a courier, so to say that i think all couriers are dumb wouldn't make much sense for me.....I enjoyed being a courier very much, I was just ready to do something a little more challenging and I didn't want to ruin my back/knees/shoulder before I turned 40, so I went in to mgmt. There are a lot or poor mgrs and I thought I could do better, that was a big reason for doing it too. I have probably made some comments that I could have clarified a bit so that it didn't seem like I was referring to all couriers, so for future reference if I say something negative about a courier, I am referring to the ones that don't carry their weight. As far as judging from the results, I'd say we've done pretty damn well. We are consistently voted as one of the best places to work all over the world, SFA results have improved each of the last 3 years, and in a very poor economy we have minimized job losses and remained profitable. But according to you, those numbers are all rigged, so take them with a grain of salt. Also, whether you like/believe it or not, FedEx managers find it very easy to get jobs elsewhere as FedEx has a very respected management program and we deal with quite a bit more than most managers at other companies. BK and KFC probably pay better too, so it wouldn't be all that bad.....not everything is about money, sometimes just liking what you do is worth less pay. [/QUOTE]
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