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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 453754" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>I've never said you don't "physically work harder"...you do. What I <em>am </em>saying is that the pay gap isn't equitable. Nobody at FedEx expects to be making what UPS does, but we do want a fairer pay scale, starting with reduced top-out times. I'd be happy with our current top-out rates, but only if they brought back the retirement plan.</p><p> </p><p>I'm too old to switch over to UPS, but I would if I were younger...you made a smart move. FedEx has never had the pounding physical demands of UPS in most cases, but we do run our asses off all day long. You guys go in and out of the package car many more times than your FedEx counterpart. My point is that we work hard too, and it's plenty stressful trying to be at 10 pickups who have all made on-calls for 1600 before they close on you. You're probably in and out of your car 5 times for every 2 times I am, but at least you can do your route in a linear logical fashion because so many of your pickups are house stops.</p><p> </p><p>Add-in route consolidations, positive-pull, and all the other BS, and most every day is a major grind, just like UPS.</p><p> </p><p>And what about Feeder pay? Our RTD guys actually do more physical work than your Feeder guys do...many even deliver after they do their run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 453754, member: 12508"] I've never said you don't "physically work harder"...you do. What I [I]am [/I]saying is that the pay gap isn't equitable. Nobody at FedEx expects to be making what UPS does, but we do want a fairer pay scale, starting with reduced top-out times. I'd be happy with our current top-out rates, but only if they brought back the retirement plan. I'm too old to switch over to UPS, but I would if I were younger...you made a smart move. FedEx has never had the pounding physical demands of UPS in most cases, but we do run our asses off all day long. You guys go in and out of the package car many more times than your FedEx counterpart. My point is that we work hard too, and it's plenty stressful trying to be at 10 pickups who have all made on-calls for 1600 before they close on you. You're probably in and out of your car 5 times for every 2 times I am, but at least you can do your route in a linear logical fashion because so many of your pickups are house stops. Add-in route consolidations, positive-pull, and all the other BS, and most every day is a major grind, just like UPS. And what about Feeder pay? Our RTD guys actually do more physical work than your Feeder guys do...many even deliver after they do their run. [/QUOTE]
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