When that old courier was young he had a $100 annual deductible on his insurance, everything else paid by the company. He had a traditional pension and real wage progression. A nice bonus system. He had jumpseating privileges as well as some incredible commercial airline discounts. His future was bright, and he saw it being slowly taken away over time while being lied to constantly. So his attitude isn't great. But that young guy coming in works in a different world and all he really sees now is an expectation to work hard with no rewards, no real perks. He soon realizes he'll never make the money the old couriers are getting and his mgr's attitude is it's good enough for him so don't complain. And word is out about FedEx now. Very few applicants are the same quality workers of times past and the few who are leave quickly. I set up guys with 25 stops in a fairly condensed area with a good map and they didn't get back to the building until 1500-1600. It was absolutely pathetic and the mgrs were so desperate to hang on to part-timers that they said very little. We had so much turnover of young part-timers at one station that I'd get the FedEx Office pup dumped on me after running a heavy extended route all day while part-timers were heading back to the station. Why? It was Friday night and they all bitched about working late and having to work Saturday too. Most of those newhires aren't just like us only they haven't honed their skills yet. They are Walmart McJobbers who are thrilled to make $15hr because they never thought they would but don't have the wherewithal to perform at the level the company demands. That's what the company is trying to overcome with DRA because they don't want to pay for quality.
