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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 954449" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Everyone has obligations, but if they want to improve their lot in life, they can't be passive and expect someone else to hand them a better life. Freedom is great - part of freedom is taking responsibility for improving ones fortunes with the tools available and not waiting for someone else to do it for them. No one in this world hands out a better standard of living just because they "should" - people have to work together and use the tools available to them to GET a better life. If you want to go through life being passive and being led around by the proverbial collar - then Express would be a good place to call home. I learned real quick that Express wasn't the place I wanted to be - so I busted my butt to get out and am better for it now. It would've been "swell" if the wage employees would've waked up and prevented the downward slide of Express (as a place to make a career) - but that didn't happen and I wasn't going to let my life get sidetracked with the trainwreck Express was becoming. </p><p></p><p>A few months ago, a UPS employee essentially stated (in response to Express employees "crying" about why the Teamsters aren't being more proactive in helping Express to organized) that Express employees are going to have to do it themselves and when they have met critical mass (signed rep cards), then the Teamsters will step in (lots of paraphrasing there).</p><p></p><p>Well, he was absolutely right.</p><p></p><p>Most Express employees have what I'd describe as a form of cognitive dissonance when it comes to FedEx. They despise how they are treated on the job and how they are compensated, but they create "excuses" when it comes to having to deal proactively with the situation (the "bendover" option), since dealing with the situation would cause even more stress for them. They bitch and moan to reduce stress, but if they are confronted with a situation/opportunity of actually having to do something about the situation (leave or organize options), they get even more stressed out and frantically try to either distance themselves from the topic or make even more excuses - or even switch to believing that Express isn't really that bad. They begin to regurgate FedEx talking points, and after awhile, they are caught in a situation of bitching and moaning while drinking the purple KoolAid at the same time. They become a FedEx lifer. </p><p></p><p>Corporate America has lost all respect for the employees which they employ to create profits for their shareholders. There is plenty of blame to go around as to who is responsible, but in the end, the employees who put up with such antics hold the most blame. The tools to organize are available, but most want the benefits handed to them without expending the effort of going through the process to achieve equitable compensation and work conditions. </p><p></p><p>So don't try to pass off blame on everything out there excepting the wage employees. Fred is doing what the shareholders want (while he enjoys the perks of being CEO FedEx). The shareholders get a return they expect, executive management has their cushy arrangement and the wage employees keep on plugging away. Meanwhile, their real compensaion is steadily eroded year after year while FedEx uses the monies that should've gone out in compensation to expand their company and "contract" more employees who are compensated even less than the Express employees. If one can't see the cycle by now, they are truly clueless. </p><p></p><p>Everyone in Express knows what is going on (save a few special education cases) - but they all just keep on plugging away, thinking that maybe... someday... Fred will grow a heart (or a bolt from the blue will hand them union wages without actually having to expend the effort to unionize). Keep dreaming. </p><p></p><p>Nothing will change because of this (shift pay issue). I was expecting a near riot when the defined benefit pension plan was gutted and replaced by that joke they called a pension plan. A lot of people were pissed off for awhile, but they still did their job without making any effort to even sign a single representation card - even in protest of what happened. </p><p></p><p>That is why I continue to post here on occasion (a lot in the past couple of weeks) - to help those with a functioning brain to realize that they are in a sinking ship, and they'd best be served getting the hell out before they are dragged under. </p><p></p><p>If Express ever does decide to pull the trigger on conversion of non-overnight delivery - there will be a lot of passive people with a blank expression on their faces wondering what the hell just happened to them. Those who manage to get out before that day happens will be better off for it. </p><p></p><p>In the wildly remote chance that 50% of Express employees do decide it is time to organize, then they might be able to prevent the steady erosion of their earnings and planned career prospects - by having a contract which prevents outsourcing of movement of Express volume to start....</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't bet on that happening - given the past actions of the collective whole (sheep) of Express wage employees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 954449, member: 22880"] Everyone has obligations, but if they want to improve their lot in life, they can't be passive and expect someone else to hand them a better life. Freedom is great - part of freedom is taking responsibility for improving ones fortunes with the tools available and not waiting for someone else to do it for them. No one in this world hands out a better standard of living just because they "should" - people have to work together and use the tools available to them to GET a better life. If you want to go through life being passive and being led around by the proverbial collar - then Express would be a good place to call home. I learned real quick that Express wasn't the place I wanted to be - so I busted my butt to get out and am better for it now. It would've been "swell" if the wage employees would've waked up and prevented the downward slide of Express (as a place to make a career) - but that didn't happen and I wasn't going to let my life get sidetracked with the trainwreck Express was becoming. A few months ago, a UPS employee essentially stated (in response to Express employees "crying" about why the Teamsters aren't being more proactive in helping Express to organized) that Express employees are going to have to do it themselves and when they have met critical mass (signed rep cards), then the Teamsters will step in (lots of paraphrasing there). Well, he was absolutely right. Most Express employees have what I'd describe as a form of cognitive dissonance when it comes to FedEx. They despise how they are treated on the job and how they are compensated, but they create "excuses" when it comes to having to deal proactively with the situation (the "bendover" option), since dealing with the situation would cause even more stress for them. They bitch and moan to reduce stress, but if they are confronted with a situation/opportunity of actually having to do something about the situation (leave or organize options), they get even more stressed out and frantically try to either distance themselves from the topic or make even more excuses - or even switch to believing that Express isn't really that bad. They begin to regurgate FedEx talking points, and after awhile, they are caught in a situation of bitching and moaning while drinking the purple KoolAid at the same time. They become a FedEx lifer. Corporate America has lost all respect for the employees which they employ to create profits for their shareholders. There is plenty of blame to go around as to who is responsible, but in the end, the employees who put up with such antics hold the most blame. The tools to organize are available, but most want the benefits handed to them without expending the effort of going through the process to achieve equitable compensation and work conditions. So don't try to pass off blame on everything out there excepting the wage employees. Fred is doing what the shareholders want (while he enjoys the perks of being CEO FedEx). The shareholders get a return they expect, executive management has their cushy arrangement and the wage employees keep on plugging away. Meanwhile, their real compensaion is steadily eroded year after year while FedEx uses the monies that should've gone out in compensation to expand their company and "contract" more employees who are compensated even less than the Express employees. If one can't see the cycle by now, they are truly clueless. Everyone in Express knows what is going on (save a few special education cases) - but they all just keep on plugging away, thinking that maybe... someday... Fred will grow a heart (or a bolt from the blue will hand them union wages without actually having to expend the effort to unionize). Keep dreaming. Nothing will change because of this (shift pay issue). I was expecting a near riot when the defined benefit pension plan was gutted and replaced by that joke they called a pension plan. A lot of people were pissed off for awhile, but they still did their job without making any effort to even sign a single representation card - even in protest of what happened. That is why I continue to post here on occasion (a lot in the past couple of weeks) - to help those with a functioning brain to realize that they are in a sinking ship, and they'd best be served getting the hell out before they are dragged under. If Express ever does decide to pull the trigger on conversion of non-overnight delivery - there will be a lot of passive people with a blank expression on their faces wondering what the hell just happened to them. Those who manage to get out before that day happens will be better off for it. In the wildly remote chance that 50% of Express employees do decide it is time to organize, then they might be able to prevent the steady erosion of their earnings and planned career prospects - by having a contract which prevents outsourcing of movement of Express volume to start.... I wouldn't bet on that happening - given the past actions of the collective whole (sheep) of Express wage employees. [/QUOTE]
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