hdtvtechno
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Im told you can work for two companies at same time
but one job must be seasonal temporary
but one job must be seasonal temporary
whats a DOT position ? and whats the differance ?
After attending the FedEx location to fill out an application when would I expect to receive a phone call or email saying if I'm hired or not? I filled out and completed the application on Monday the 28th.
I also applied for a part time Dockworker position for FedEx National LTL. Does anyone know what dockworkers for FedEx do on a daily basis?
Very Informative!Given the amount of people that were at the interview, they'll get back to you within a month if they are going to offer a job. The time between any potential notification and when they want you to start would be almost nothing (start early next week sort of thing). They may also place you into a "pool" of potential employees. If you meet the requirements but others are deemed "better applicants" the other applicants will be given offers first. Who they chose first has a variety of criteria. The most important is usually who meets the background check requirements first (whose check comes back first). The other is any attempt to maintain gender and race diversity within the location.
You cannot work for two FedEx companies at the same time. If you take one position, you will not be able to take the other.
Contrary to what another poster stated, you cannot maintain employment with a competitor of FedEx, or any company that directly provides services to FedEx. This includes UPS, USPS, a local courier/delivery service, a contractor for FedEx or any company that has a business relationship with FedEx directly. This obviously doesn't include "customers" of FedEx. This is classified as a conflict of interest. I looked into this when I started with Express and attempted to have employment with the USPS as a "part-time flexible" employee. I had to choose - at times I do regret the choice...
Don't "wait" for FedEx to call you back with an offer. Continue your job search as if FedEx didn't even interview you. If you find work and are later offered a position by FedEx, you will have a choice to make regarding which job you really want. FedEx will wait if you have found other employment in the time between interviewing and any potential offer to allow you to give two weeks notice or to alter your work schedule with any pre-existing employment. The majority of FedEx part-time employees hold other employment or are students, so they know to expect this.
However, once you start any work with FedEx, there are no allowances made for conflicting schedules. If you cannot meet the assigned work hours as scheduled and on-time, you'll be better off turning down the employment. Express will involuntarily terminate new employees for failing to maintain adequte attendance and punctuality requirements without regard to any "excuses". I've seen this happen many, many times. Even employees that are doing good work will be let go if they do not meet the attendance and punctuality requirements.
In your first month, don't be late, you wouldn't have enough days worked to keep your rate from falling below 95%. In your first 90 days, don't be late more than 4 times. I think I've beaten that horse to death.
Dockworkers basically load and unload trucks. You'd be using pallet jacks or fork lifts to move freight around a warehouse. This is like the work that is done in Express "RT" locations. Freight is palletized and loaded onto trucks in the PM, and it is received from the ramps in the AM to be broken down to be loaded into trucks for delivery to customers. In my opinion, this type of work is preferable to being a package handler. This type of work is also more marketable if you would be looking to go some place else.
A Courier position in a station is a decent gig for a part-timer looking for a small income and some insurance coverage while they go to school or grad school (my situation). Taking a full-time Courier position now is akin to signing your life over to Fred for a song. Think long and hard before you do that. When pay raises existed, they were marginally over the inflation rate and are a joke compared to UPS compensation rates. If you are young and looking for a career at driving a truck, I'd have to recommend that you hold out for UPS.
FedEx pays more $$/Hr for package handlers then UPS
But UPS pays more $$/Hr for Delivery Drivers then FedEx
If one were to assume current pay differentials and business models (which realistically one cannot, but for comparision sake must), the UPS employee will make just over double in total compensation over a career than if they worked for Express. This includes all forms of compensation including benefits, wages and retirement plans.
After 5 years of employment, how much does a package handler at FedEx make in this day and age? What are the typical raises for those people per year?
At my 5th year as a handler with UPS in 2005 I was making almost 15/hr.
In the short term, yes, I can see FedEx STARTING with higher pay. But in almost every facet, I cannot see FedEx paying more down the road a few years.
There is a husband and wife team that both drive for Express locally. He is FT while she is PT and sells real estate on the side. They were both working there FT before they got married but she decided to go PT and loves it.
UPS needs to address the starting wage for PTers.
The last sentence is the reason why I applied to both UPS and FedEx shortly afterwards is due to the starting wage of part time package handlers. The starting hourly wage for UPS package handlers is $8.50 an hour while only working 3.5 to 4 hours a day and from the tour its obviously a physically demanding job. While the FedEx part time handlers start at $12 something an hour but work around the same amount of hours. From reading some of the posts on here it seems FedEx is the better company for new hires but UPS is more career oriented.
Standing and holding your ankles!!