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Anyone see official Buyout letter today ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 1009412" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Back in 2009 when Express panicked (at the sudden drop off in volume) - stations that saw dramatic drops in their volumes had targeted reductions made in their staffing levels. Couriers in these stations were given an option of either taking a buyout (which was pathetic), accepting a position in JCATS within 90 days of being notified their position was being eliminated - or shown the door. This was a knee jerk reaction by Express to the situation. </p><p></p><p>The volumes have dropped since then to a degree, but things have stabilized. If a station is overstaffed by 20% now, what they are doing is cutting all full-timers down to minimums, and running part-timers strictly for P1 in the AM or doing pickups in the PM. The full-timers in such a station know if they don't want to continue working for minimums - they had better put in for a position in JCATS and take it. There is also a natural turnover among part-timers as college students complete their studies and leave. So within a year, most stations have about a 10% turnover occur naturally. So what district management does, is to place a freeze on replacing Couriers in stations with extreme low volumes, and wait for the natural turnover and transfers out to catch up with required staffing levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 1009412, member: 22880"] Back in 2009 when Express panicked (at the sudden drop off in volume) - stations that saw dramatic drops in their volumes had targeted reductions made in their staffing levels. Couriers in these stations were given an option of either taking a buyout (which was pathetic), accepting a position in JCATS within 90 days of being notified their position was being eliminated - or shown the door. This was a knee jerk reaction by Express to the situation. The volumes have dropped since then to a degree, but things have stabilized. If a station is overstaffed by 20% now, what they are doing is cutting all full-timers down to minimums, and running part-timers strictly for P1 in the AM or doing pickups in the PM. The full-timers in such a station know if they don't want to continue working for minimums - they had better put in for a position in JCATS and take it. There is also a natural turnover among part-timers as college students complete their studies and leave. So within a year, most stations have about a 10% turnover occur naturally. So what district management does, is to place a freeze on replacing Couriers in stations with extreme low volumes, and wait for the natural turnover and transfers out to catch up with required staffing levels. [/QUOTE]
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