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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1077336" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>The employee to manager ratio used to be about 18 to 1. Now it's more like the 30 to 1 you mentioned most of the time, so even a good manager has their hands full. I agree that there are very few good ones, and those that are young enough and bright enough simply leave and do something else. Most of the ex-managers I know found jobs in transportion or distribution because most employers know that if you can survive the FedEx grinder, you'll probably do just fine with a more normal employer.</p><p></p><p>Fred has mentioned in print that FedEx has trouble attracting the best and brightest. No wonder, given the low starting pay and long top-out times for them. Factor-in the large span of control, and it's a burnout job. If they offer buyouts to ops managers, many of them are going to take them, and that 30 to 1 could become 35 to 1 or higher.</p><p></p><p>Even though most of our managers are idiots, you have to feel for them. This peak, ours were coming-in at 0430 or 0500 and staying until 2200 every night. I can only imagine what that was like for their families. Some days, they just turned out the lights in their offices, locked the door, and wouldn't answer the phone...probably trying to get a nap. Most days they were on the road being couriers, simultaneously trying to do the management function as well. No fun there.</p><p></p><p>Planning was minimal at best this year, and that just isn't for peak. Management is so focused on the almighty budget that they miss the forest for the trees. Common sense flies out the window, and I think you can blame MEM for this. All they see is cost, and nothing else, even if they spend a dollar to save a penny.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1077336, member: 12508"] The employee to manager ratio used to be about 18 to 1. Now it's more like the 30 to 1 you mentioned most of the time, so even a good manager has their hands full. I agree that there are very few good ones, and those that are young enough and bright enough simply leave and do something else. Most of the ex-managers I know found jobs in transportion or distribution because most employers know that if you can survive the FedEx grinder, you'll probably do just fine with a more normal employer. Fred has mentioned in print that FedEx has trouble attracting the best and brightest. No wonder, given the low starting pay and long top-out times for them. Factor-in the large span of control, and it's a burnout job. If they offer buyouts to ops managers, many of them are going to take them, and that 30 to 1 could become 35 to 1 or higher. Even though most of our managers are idiots, you have to feel for them. This peak, ours were coming-in at 0430 or 0500 and staying until 2200 every night. I can only imagine what that was like for their families. Some days, they just turned out the lights in their offices, locked the door, and wouldn't answer the phone...probably trying to get a nap. Most days they were on the road being couriers, simultaneously trying to do the management function as well. No fun there. Planning was minimal at best this year, and that just isn't for peak. Management is so focused on the almighty budget that they miss the forest for the trees. Common sense flies out the window, and I think you can blame MEM for this. All they see is cost, and nothing else, even if they spend a dollar to save a penny. [/QUOTE]
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