A POEM of the end of Express.

SmithBarney

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"The Anniversary Betrayal."

In the boardroom of the Fortune 500,
Fat Freddy smiles, all sleek and smug.
His company turns 50, so let's party,
But soon he'll leave many without a hug.

The champagne pops, the music plays,
Employees cheer, their loyalty strong.
But little do they know Fat Freddy's plan,
To lay off workers, cut their life-line bond.

They dance and laugh, enjoying the night,
But the dark truth looms, not yet in sight.
For Fat Freddy's greed, a cold-hearted ploy,
To cut costs and profit, his workers to destroy.

With each party held in different towns,
The company celebrates, but employees frown.
Their jobs in danger, their future bleak,
Fat Freddy's betrayal, the ultimate sneak.
As the festivities come to an end,
The workers leave with their fake friend.
The pink slips soon to come, the fear sets in,
Fat Freddy's betrayal, the ultimate sin

In the end, the 50th anniversary,
A bittersweet memory, a tale of misery.
Fat Freddy's greed, the workers' loss,
A cautionary tale of corporate dross.



A Song Version:
Verse 1:
We gather 'round to celebrate,
Our company's 50th year to date,
We pop the champagne, raise a toast,
Our loyalty, we proudly boast.

Chorus:
But little do we know,
The plans that they've foregone,
Our jobs soon to be gone,
Our future, now unknown.

Verse 2:
We dance and sing, enjoy the night,
Our spirits high, our hearts alight,
We cherish all the memories made,
But little do we know the price to be paid.

Chorus:
But little do we know,
The plans that they've foregone,
Our jobs soon to be gone,
Our future, now unknown.

Bridge:
Our dedication, our hard work,
Thrown away, like an old shirt,
Their greed and profit, our loss,
Our loyalty, a meaningless gloss.

Chorus:
But little do we know,
The plans that they've foregone,
Our jobs soon to be gone,
Our future, now unknown.

Outro:
We leave the party, our hearts in pain,
Our trust in them, all in vain,
Our future, now uncertain,
Their betrayal, forever certain.
 
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fedx

Extra Large Package
I mean you really couldn't even write a movie script the way FedEx did it. About 2 weeks before their big 50th anniversary celebration and the company announces they are merging Express and Ground and many Express employees won't be left around to see it. Talk about irony. "Enjoy the celebration everyone, it will be the last for many, if not most, of you." Only some Wall Street movie demonizing some greedy corporation would have such a plot, yet this is how FedEx played it out. Even if there was a movie plot like that, most people would say it was too fake to watch, but this isn't a movie, it's reality. Well played FedEx. Well played.
 

bacha29

Well-Known Member
What is going on here at Fat Freddy Inc. is nothing new. It actually started back in the1980's when the steel mills started going down. But, in the Fat Freddy Inc. situation there are 3 forces in play that makes it a bit different.

1. The company is not suspending operations or filing for bankruptcy.
2. No American based FDX jobs are going to Mexico or off shore to Asia.
3. There just happened to be a cheap inhouse labor source readily available
that Fat Freddy believes has matured to the point where it can be entrusted
with more valuable shipments.

One similarity is that FDX Express people believed that a seemingly secure job
loss was something that happened to somebody else but never them. Well,
it's happening.

There are a pair of cold hard facts in play here.

1. There is no such thing as a secure job in today's economy.
2. A company will treat it's workforce only as badly as the
workforce will allow itself to be treated.
 

UnionStrong

Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
What is going on here at Fat Freddy Inc. is nothing new. It actually started back in the1980's when the steel mills started going down. But, in the Fat Freddy Inc. situation there are 3 forces in play that makes it a bit different.

1. The company is not suspending operations or filing for bankruptcy.
2. No American based FDX jobs are going to Mexico or off shore to Asia.
3. There just happened to be a cheap inhouse labor source readily available
that Fat Freddy believes has matured to the point where it can be entrusted
with more valuable shipments.

One similarity is that FDX Express people believed that a seemingly secure job
loss was something that happened to somebody else but never them. Well,
it's happening.

There are a pair of cold hard facts in play here.

1. There is no such thing as a secure job in today's economy.
2. A company will treat it's workforce only as badly as the
workforce will allow itself to be treated.
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Cactus

Just telling it like it is
What is going on here at Fat Freddy Inc. is nothing new. It actually started back in the1980's when the steel mills started going down. But, in the Fat Freddy Inc. situation there are 3 forces in play that makes it a bit different.

1. The company is not suspending operations or filing for bankruptcy.
2. No American based FDX jobs are going to Mexico or off shore to Asia.
3. There just happened to be a cheap inhouse labor source readily available
that Fat Freddy believes has matured to the point where it can be entrusted
with more valuable shipments.

One similarity is that FDX Express people believed that a seemingly secure job
loss was something that happened to somebody else but never them. Well,
it's happening.

There are a pair of cold hard facts in play here.

1. There is no such thing as a secure job in today's economy.
2. A company will treat it's workforce only as badly as the
workforce will allow itself to be treated.
We’ll see how far that trust with more valuable shipments is gonna benefit Raj and Fat Freddy. They’ll both be walking funny before too long.
 
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