You can't make this stuff up

[Mr. 7]

I noticed texts back from disp. were slow.
I also think that sometimes you have to enter a first initial when typing in the last name of who signed. Or, you cannot press "go".

 

[Operational needs]

I noticed texts back from disp. were slow.
I also think that sometimes you have to enter a first initial when typing in the last name of who signed. Or, you cannot press "go".

The first initial is a new PITA feature of the new software.

 

[Mr. 7]

If your last name is Mossberg, I usually just hit the letter M twice and now your first initial is M and last name Mossberg.

 

[overflowed]

pretty bad for us, no one could sign on at all.

 

[Route 66]

If your last name is Mossberg, I usually just hit the letter M twice and now your first initial is M and last name Mossberg.

and if their last name is Nuss just hit first initial 'A'

 

[Cactus]

I suppose Fred got these software updates from Big Lots or something?

 

[Fred's Myth]

I suppose Fred got these software updates from Big Lots or something?

We're getting a substantial discount on them from a nearby technical school. We get frequent updates, they help pay their first year students tuition. Win/win.

 

[Mr. 7]

and if their last name is Nuss just hit first initial 'A'

If I forget to get your name at a business I just type in
First initial:A
Last name:Employee

 

[Operational needs]

SM at my station put out his monthly communication yesterday saying that poor attendance and punctuality is effecting our station operations and "there will be increased focus going forward". Bunch of call outs today. LMAO! Love it!

 

[outtatime]

SM at my station put out his monthly communication yesterday saying that poor attendance and punctuality is effecting our station operations and "there will be increased focus going forward". Bunch of call outs today. LMAO! Love it!

Yeah I love it when a SM tries to put his/her foot down on some topic and the employees just kick 'em in the nuts instead.

 

[El Morado Diablo]

SM at my station put out his monthly communication yesterday saying that poor attendance and punctuality is effecting our station operations and "there will be increased focus going forward". Bunch of call outs today. LMAO! Love it!

Our SM had to have a special meeting to cover policy on this during the summer. Our staffing is higher than it's ever been at our location but they haven't made any adjustments to the number of people who can be off at any given time. We have people right now who have been waiting 3+ weeks for a response to personal day requests they've submitted. You can guarantee they will call in sick if management fails to address their requests in time.

 

[Mr. 7]

Just don't ever tell anyone that you will be calling in sick.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Just don't ever tell anyone that you will be calling in sick.

We had a less senior driver who bragged that he would be calling in "sick" on a Friday. He did and was greeting with a warning letter upon his return to work on Monday.

 

[59 Dano]

Yeah I love it when a SM tries to put his/her foot down on some topic and the employees just kick 'em in the nuts instead.

I love it when a SM responds with paper.

 

[MrFedEx]

I love it when a SM responds with paper.

Thanks, Mr. Weasel!! Go to IamFedEx.com and tell us how hard you suck on it.

 

[outtatime]

I love it when a SM responds with paper.

Except it's usually empty scare tactics that the employees see right through. It just causes everyone to lose respect for all the managers. The name of the goal is right in your job title, to MANAGE. If you think the only way to be a leader and get the best possible productivity out of people is by fear and threats then you have no business being in that position. But that's the type of people FedEx keeps giving the job to. The current Op's manager and SM are simply "yes men" who really have no say in how they run their operation or manage the employees. They simply pass along the want's of the DM and MEM.

Why do they have to try and re-invent the wheel every week with their silly goals and reports? You're not hitting your RTB times, the OT hours are too much this week, your GAP report looks like crap etc. It's the same exact job it was the first night in business 40 years ago, pick up package from one location and take it to another location. But management has to make it so difficult and painful to do this.

 

[Cactus]

Except it's usually empty scare tactics that the employees see right through. It just causes everyone to lose respect for all the managers. The name of the goal is right in your job title, to MANAGE. If you think the only way to be a leader and get the best possible productivity out of people is by fear and threats then you have no business being in that position. But that's the type of people FedEx keeps giving the job to. The current Op's manager and SM are simply "yes men" who really have no say in how they run their operation or manage the employees. They simply pass along the want's of the DM and MEM.

Why do they have to try and re-invent the wheel every week with their silly goals and reports? You're not hitting your RTB times, the OT hours are too much this week, your GAP report looks like crap etc. It's the same exact job it was the first night in business 40 years ago, pick up package from one location and take it to another location. But management has to make it so difficult and painful to do this.

 

[Fred's Myth]

I love it when a SM responds with paper.

Ambiguous response ... Sarcasm or actual glee?

 

[Fred's Myth]

Except it's usually empty scare tactics that the employees see right through. It just causes everyone to lose respect for all the managers. The name of the goal is right in your job title, to MANAGE. If you think the only way to be a leader and get the best possible productivity out of people is by fear and threats then you have no business being in that position. But that's the type of people FedEx keeps giving the job to. The current Op's manager and SM are simply "yes men" who really have no say in how they run their operation or manage the employees. They simply pass along the want's of the DM and MEM.

Why do they have to try and re-invent the wheel every week with their silly goals and reports? You're not hitting your RTB times, the OT hours are too much this week, your GAP report looks like crap etc. It's the same exact job it was the first night in business 40 years ago, pick up package from one location and take it to another location. But management has to make it so difficult and painful to do this.

One particular manager I knew (and didn't care for) made ONE statement that I totally agreed with. "FedEx has taken the simple process of getting a package from shipper to its destination , and made it into a ungodly complicated mess". ANY first year industrial engineer will tell you the BEST way to improve productivity is to SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY !!

 

[Operational needs]

Except it's usually empty scare tactics that the employees see right through. It just causes everyone to lose respect for all the managers. The name of the goal is right in your job title, to MANAGE. If you think the only way to be a leader and get the best possible productivity out of people is by fear and threats then you have no business being in that position. But that's the type of people FedEx keeps giving the job to. The current Op's manager and SM are simply "yes men" who really have no say in how they run their operation or manage the employees. They simply pass along the want's of the DM and MEM.

Why do they have to try and re-invent the wheel every week with their silly goals and reports? You're not hitting your RTB times, the OT hours are too much this week, your GAP report looks like crap etc. It's the same exact job it was the first night in business 40 years ago, pick up package from one location and take it to another location. But management has to make it so difficult and painful to do this.

The primary job of FedEx management USED to be to assist us in doing our job better and as safely as possible. Now, it's to babysit us and make it more difficult.