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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1268554" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>As a former RTD with many years of experience, I can tell you with a great degree of certainty that FedEx has calculated that it is cheaper to train RTDs and watch them walk out the door, rather than changing the pay progression in order to retain them. For awhile, they were threatening to charge RTDs who left within a year the cost of their training, but that apparently didn't work out well for them in-court.</p><p></p><p>RTD school is 3 weeks, with both pre and post training with a Driver Developer (supposedly). That is a fairly substantial cost, but since Fred insists on paying very little, what he gets is a revolving door of RTDs who don't really know what they're doing. It's analogous to what's happening with couriers, but the skillset to be a good RTD is quite different, and tractor-trailers can do a lot of damage in wrecks. Personal injury attorneys love accidents where they can prove an inexperienced driver was behind the wheel.</p><p></p><p>You get what you're willing to pay for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1268554, member: 12508"] As a former RTD with many years of experience, I can tell you with a great degree of certainty that FedEx has calculated that it is cheaper to train RTDs and watch them walk out the door, rather than changing the pay progression in order to retain them. For awhile, they were threatening to charge RTDs who left within a year the cost of their training, but that apparently didn't work out well for them in-court. RTD school is 3 weeks, with both pre and post training with a Driver Developer (supposedly). That is a fairly substantial cost, but since Fred insists on paying very little, what he gets is a revolving door of RTDs who don't really know what they're doing. It's analogous to what's happening with couriers, but the skillset to be a good RTD is quite different, and tractor-trailers can do a lot of damage in wrecks. Personal injury attorneys love accidents where they can prove an inexperienced driver was behind the wheel. You get what you're willing to pay for. [/QUOTE]
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