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<blockquote data-quote="snackdad" data-source="post: 809196" data-attributes="member: 30266"><p>You being in the North East may have things different and I am glad for you. I go home every year to the North East where I am from and the differences in business practices can be seen everywhere. When I go into a Home Depot in Massachusetts there are many people who work there and are always asking "can I help you" every 5 or 10 minutes.</p><p> However in California you could die of starvation in our Home Depot if you happened to get lost and had no one to ask for directions. I often see 10 people cover a whole store where back East there may be 40. I cannot explain why the differences but it seems like in California companies try to get by with the bare minimums of investment into the work force. FedEx is included in this scenario.</p><p> We are daily required (during rainy,storm season) to call in for start times. Many times we are told to start later to save the company 10-15-20 minutes even though the freight is already in our station. Managers regularly lie about "Weather in Memphis", late planes, CTV traffic, etc., etc. to save their budgets (and bonuses). </p><p> Couriers are routinely forced to take more than they can handle. Intimidation and threats are common even though worded discretely. We all want to stay off the radar so we just try to get through our day any way possible without coming under the scrutiny of management. I see couriers all day, everyday working through unpaid breaks. Does management run a report to see this stuff, NO!</p><p> I even remember about 5 years ago when during Peak the last week before Christmas I worked 61.5 hours. When I got my paycheck it said 59.8 hours! Just under the magic 60 hour mark. I asked my direct manager what happened and he went into the system and it showed the last person who adjusted the hours was my Senior Manager. I confronted her with this and she said "Well we told everyone not to go over 60 hours!"</p><p> She had put longer breaks onto everyones timecards through peak to save her budget and over 60 hour violations. Can you believe it! We work like dogs in the dark, rain, cold, winding hills and she is taking money out of our pockets that we earned! It does not get much lower than that and stories like that are multiple, ongoing and documented.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snackdad, post: 809196, member: 30266"] You being in the North East may have things different and I am glad for you. I go home every year to the North East where I am from and the differences in business practices can be seen everywhere. When I go into a Home Depot in Massachusetts there are many people who work there and are always asking "can I help you" every 5 or 10 minutes. However in California you could die of starvation in our Home Depot if you happened to get lost and had no one to ask for directions. I often see 10 people cover a whole store where back East there may be 40. I cannot explain why the differences but it seems like in California companies try to get by with the bare minimums of investment into the work force. FedEx is included in this scenario. We are daily required (during rainy,storm season) to call in for start times. Many times we are told to start later to save the company 10-15-20 minutes even though the freight is already in our station. Managers regularly lie about "Weather in Memphis", late planes, CTV traffic, etc., etc. to save their budgets (and bonuses). Couriers are routinely forced to take more than they can handle. Intimidation and threats are common even though worded discretely. We all want to stay off the radar so we just try to get through our day any way possible without coming under the scrutiny of management. I see couriers all day, everyday working through unpaid breaks. Does management run a report to see this stuff, NO! I even remember about 5 years ago when during Peak the last week before Christmas I worked 61.5 hours. When I got my paycheck it said 59.8 hours! Just under the magic 60 hour mark. I asked my direct manager what happened and he went into the system and it showed the last person who adjusted the hours was my Senior Manager. I confronted her with this and she said "Well we told everyone not to go over 60 hours!" She had put longer breaks onto everyones timecards through peak to save her budget and over 60 hour violations. Can you believe it! We work like dogs in the dark, rain, cold, winding hills and she is taking money out of our pockets that we earned! It does not get much lower than that and stories like that are multiple, ongoing and documented. [/QUOTE]
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