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<blockquote data-quote="Washu234" data-source="post: 677032" data-attributes="member: 10258"><p>We really need to come up with an idea of where everyone works.</p><p></p><p>People I've met in the South and the Midwest love Fedex - but the pay is actually pretty high for the region. People in the Northeast feel dicked by FedEx, but $16/hr in NY or New England over $12/hr Florida isn't enough of a differential. </p><p></p><p>What I'm trying to say is - in Florida this job is nice. You can buy a nice house for $200k and pull in $40k /year from FedEx. Not Bad. But in say New York you can make $65k /year but you can't get a house that you like for anything less then $400k. </p><p></p><p>Add that to the miserable weather, the early sunsets, the crappy work ethic, and the talk-back no respect for peers attitude of the Northeast and you get the 'I'm a sucker' feeling that many people in my region feel.</p><p></p><p>I've met plenty of people who aren't ass wipes who like this company. Sure it can suck - but so does everything else.</p><p></p><p>Beside - FedEx was recognized this year for its management of curbing the effects of the financial situation on its people. Regardless of if you believe it or not the truth is you have a job while thousands of layoffs have occurred at UPS to remain profitable. FedEx should be realized because out of 290,000 jobs how many did we lose!? 0.3% layoffs. Good job FedEx.</p><p></p><p>And while you bitch about your 2% raise please let me say one thing. I've mentioned on here before I'm a student and one of the classes I just completed was HR and Labor Management. You know what the global average of Salary Increase is this year? 2% to 3% Crazy weird how FedEx chose 2.2%.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/compensation/Articles/Pages/SalaryBudgets.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/compensation/Articles/Pages/SalaryBudgets.aspx</a></p><p></p><p>My ONLY major gripe about our compensation is the hikes in healthcare costs (which are still low but growing fast).</p><p></p><p>I will say this once. <strong>We are semi-skilled labor</strong>. We require no special background other then a high school degree. While unionized labor is paid more in our industry - just like other industry over priced union labor can bring the company down (just look at the auto industry). Fortunately for the Teamsters and UPS they seem to be allowing some give to allow UPS to still make money and keep drivers employed (BUT HOLY **** ARE THEY OVERWORKED!).</p><p></p><p>You know as well as I do that you can have a great route or a crap route. Your job can be super easy or super hard. To bitch and say FedEx is an awful company is short sighted but to say it does no harm is also ludicrous. </p><p></p><p>Last thing - when you bitch about Smith's pay - please remember the empire he's created in 35 years. $4.42 million in total compensation (2008) for the world's largest cargo airline doesn't seem so big. American Airlines CEO made $3.34 million in 2008 and their airline doesn't make the profits FedEx does. Smith unlike us is HIGHLY skilled. </p><p></p><p>If you want to be compensated better go to school and become skilled labor - but hold up you don't have to at FedEx. I know you're going to say its selling out but you can even make good money by climbing the latter at FedEx without a degree. My station manager did not go to college and he makes 100k+ a year. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps its awful for you, but there is only so much FedEx can spin. Our volume is down from what it used to be years ago and so is our revenue and thus compensation. As messed up and backwards as some things at FedEx are - the company does many things for its employees it does not have to including our '****ty' 1% bonus. </p><p></p><p>Yeah I know it sounds like a bunch of purple coolaid but as much as FedEx sucks there are much worse places for semi-skilled workers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Washu234, post: 677032, member: 10258"] We really need to come up with an idea of where everyone works. People I've met in the South and the Midwest love Fedex - but the pay is actually pretty high for the region. People in the Northeast feel dicked by FedEx, but $16/hr in NY or New England over $12/hr Florida isn't enough of a differential. What I'm trying to say is - in Florida this job is nice. You can buy a nice house for $200k and pull in $40k /year from FedEx. Not Bad. But in say New York you can make $65k /year but you can't get a house that you like for anything less then $400k. Add that to the miserable weather, the early sunsets, the crappy work ethic, and the talk-back no respect for peers attitude of the Northeast and you get the 'I'm a sucker' feeling that many people in my region feel. I've met plenty of people who aren't ass wipes who like this company. Sure it can suck - but so does everything else. Beside - FedEx was recognized this year for its management of curbing the effects of the financial situation on its people. Regardless of if you believe it or not the truth is you have a job while thousands of layoffs have occurred at UPS to remain profitable. FedEx should be realized because out of 290,000 jobs how many did we lose!? 0.3% layoffs. Good job FedEx. And while you bitch about your 2% raise please let me say one thing. I've mentioned on here before I'm a student and one of the classes I just completed was HR and Labor Management. You know what the global average of Salary Increase is this year? 2% to 3% Crazy weird how FedEx chose 2.2%. [url]http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/compensation/Articles/Pages/SalaryBudgets.aspx[/url] My ONLY major gripe about our compensation is the hikes in healthcare costs (which are still low but growing fast). I will say this once. [B]We are semi-skilled labor[/B]. We require no special background other then a high school degree. While unionized labor is paid more in our industry - just like other industry over priced union labor can bring the company down (just look at the auto industry). Fortunately for the Teamsters and UPS they seem to be allowing some give to allow UPS to still make money and keep drivers employed (BUT HOLY **** ARE THEY OVERWORKED!). You know as well as I do that you can have a great route or a crap route. Your job can be super easy or super hard. To bitch and say FedEx is an awful company is short sighted but to say it does no harm is also ludicrous. Last thing - when you bitch about Smith's pay - please remember the empire he's created in 35 years. $4.42 million in total compensation (2008) for the world's largest cargo airline doesn't seem so big. American Airlines CEO made $3.34 million in 2008 and their airline doesn't make the profits FedEx does. Smith unlike us is HIGHLY skilled. If you want to be compensated better go to school and become skilled labor - but hold up you don't have to at FedEx. I know you're going to say its selling out but you can even make good money by climbing the latter at FedEx without a degree. My station manager did not go to college and he makes 100k+ a year. Perhaps its awful for you, but there is only so much FedEx can spin. Our volume is down from what it used to be years ago and so is our revenue and thus compensation. As messed up and backwards as some things at FedEx are - the company does many things for its employees it does not have to including our '****ty' 1% bonus. Yeah I know it sounds like a bunch of purple coolaid but as much as FedEx sucks there are much worse places for semi-skilled workers. [/QUOTE]
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