Hot Dogs, Pizza, and Doughnuts

[MrFedEx]

Do you ever get tired of being "rewarded" for your hard work with cheap food items like pizza and hot dogs? Whenever we reach some sort of milestone or hit a targeted goal, out come the crappy Costco-sourced burgers and dogs for a "spirited" station BBQ that nobody could give a fart about. Wowee!! We bust our humps and all we get for our efforts is an effing hot dog or doughnuts or some other meaningless "treat" that costs FedEx next to nothing.

How about skipping this crap altogether? Or of they're going to do it, at least bring-in some quality food instead of the school cafeteria grade garbage they provide now. Sometimes I feel like a second-grader dealing with these people, and now I realize that's how they view us! As little kids who get "motivated" by these shenaniganans. Do you know what motivates me? Money and opportunity, that's what. And where am I going to find either at this cheap-ass company? Nowhere.

Pretty soon we'll have to start paying for these BBQ's too, just like the pot-luck Christmas Parties and the like. And for you haters out there, this is the way FedEx did it before the current economic crisis. So they've always been cheap SOB's.

[Fedex Driver]

I like Costco food.Its not garbage.Do you eat any of the food or are you that guy who refuses to take anything that Fedex gives out for free?

[Ricochet1a]

Well, it looks like the FedEx hamburger does indeed get its intended effect from some employees.

I can see it now, instead of a pay raise for the next 2 years, we all get a free FedEx supplied meal if we show up 10 minutes prior to our clock in time. Get a croissant and coffee for the AM or a burger and coke for the PM. They can have signage up in the break rooms, "FedEx Cares". A large poster with Fred's portrait can be posted alongside - like Chairman Mao's in Beijing.

On the otherhand, I shouldn't give suggestions like this, Fred might just make them policy. A $2 meal is cheaper than a 6% pay raise which will cost them $10+ a day per Courier.

[MrFedEx]

Originally Posted by Fedex Driver

I like Costco food.Its not garbage.Do you eat any of the food or are you that guy who refuses to take anything that Fedex gives out for free?

I'll take anything FedEx gives out for free. Unlike you, however, I refuse to consume the Kool-Aid. Like Ricochet1 said, the tactic has obviously reached it's target audience.

[DOWNTRODDEN IN TEXAS]

Originally Posted by Ricochet1a

, "FedEx Cares". A large poster with Fred's portrait can be posted alongside - like Chairman Mao's in Beijing.

ROFLMAO!! I never thought of it like that, but wow, it does appear to be hard core propaganda at work. (for the record, I AM one of those guys that doesn't usally take what's given, I want my money Fred, not a damn burger!)

Also, heard recently from a manager that BZ cashis making a comeback, only going to top out at about $50 a quarter per workgroup, to do with as the management pleases.

[BLACKBOX]

I'd be careful of what FDX is using for meat in those hot dogs and hamburgers.

[MrFedEx]

Originally Posted by BLACKBOX

I'd be careful of what FDX is using for meat in those hot dogs and hamburgers.

I've never seen any stray cats around my station...hmmm