Because as another thread on BC points out the purpose of of a business entity in a free market society is to make money. It is not to provide a living for it's workers, or health care, or any other perk. So if Fedex deems union scale pay and benefits more costly than they care to pay and they are satisfied with the resulting net income, why on earth should they pay more?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Fedex have a total revenue of about 38 billion compared to UPS having about 46 billion? Doesn't UPS have about 150-200,000 more employees they have to pay than Fedex? Also something to think about, is why was it ok for Express to put up the money to start Ground but now we can't enjoy any of the profits they make over there?
That 26.9 billion must be Express only.Looking at the market cap on Scottrade....UPS 64.9 billion....FDX 26.9 billion
That's not using his logic. Plus you are not free to sit on your ass as you are being paid to perform a task. Whether or not you are getting paid what you feel you are worth is a different discussion. You are not a business entity, you are an employee and, like it or not, your employer does indeed have a right to dictate how you perform that task.
Do as you will. Fact is if Fedex doesn't want to pay what you want them to, you are the one who is S.O.L. I don't really see what you find so insulting by the facts I posted. It's simplest form a business exists to make money. All else is process to that one single end. That is not "free market" anything. Businesses in every other nation of the world have that same aim "free market" or otherwise.
While I may not agree with you on many issues, I do understand the points you are trying to make and I can understand why you make those points. However, this post is just wrong. I specifically said that whether you are paid what you feel you are worth is a different discussion. While you are on the clock and being paid, your employer, any employer, not just FedEx, has a right to dictate how you perform that task. You are not required to take whatever your company offers as you are free to seek other employment. Whether that is practical, right, just, moral, ethical, or whatever, is again another discussion.
That's not how an employer/employee relationship works. In general, a business is free to pay its employees whatever it wants. An employee is then required to perform whatever tasks at whatever pace the employer sets as long as there's no illegal activity etc. It doesn't make it right or fair but it is what it is. You, as an employee, don't get to tell your employer that you are going to work at the pace you decide.
Analogies often don't work well however just to clarify, as you seem to have misinterpreted mine, if you call a repairman and he tells you he charges $xx/hour, your expectation (as his "employer") is that he will work at an acceptable pace. If he's sitting on your couch drinking beer and still charging you $xx/hour, I doubt that you are going to be ok with that just as FedEx isn't going to be ok with you setting your own pace.
