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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 749995" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Great post. This is the reality that the Kool-Aid crowd would rather not acknowledge. Let's say you're a hypothetical 2-year courier making $15.50 per hour in a market where top wage is $22.50 per hour. You're a top-notch courier with glowing reviews and a positive pro-FedEx attitude. Every day, you get done early because you're extremely efficient, bailing-out lesser couriers who aren't as good as you are. One of them is the 23-year employee on an adjoining route, from whom you grab 4 or 5 on-calls every day. He's topped-out and does as little as possible, calls-in sick whenever he wants and generally doesn't care. He's figured-out FedEx a long time ago, and is laughing at you every day while you do his work, thinking that you are the big hero.</p><p> </p><p>Management loves you, and you get positive OLCC's and paper BZ's all the time. Bottom line... what does all of this extra effort get you in a company that prides itself on being a "meritocracy"? <strong>NOTHING, </strong>unless you count worthless pieces of paper as meaningful. How about a raise or some <em>meaningful </em>award that has a real dollar value. Like $500 for being "employee of the month" or bumping you to top wage because you clearly deserve it. Nope, can't do that. </p><p> </p><p>Instead, management will now <strong>expect </strong>you to perform at this ultra-high level forever, and if you stop because there is no pay-off, then you have a "bad attitude" or are a "disgruntled employee". How much more evidence do you purple fools need to realize just how badly you are being USED?</p><p> </p><p>Wages have not even come close to keeping-up with the cost of living, and when you figure-in our joke "pension" compared to UPS, it's even worse. Even if you are topped-out, your purchasing power has dropped tremendously, and now that OT is often scarce, there are not many opportunities to make-up the difference. When will you "believers" ever get the fact that FedEx will use you up like a tube of toothpaste and toss you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 749995, member: 12508"] Great post. This is the reality that the Kool-Aid crowd would rather not acknowledge. Let's say you're a hypothetical 2-year courier making $15.50 per hour in a market where top wage is $22.50 per hour. You're a top-notch courier with glowing reviews and a positive pro-FedEx attitude. Every day, you get done early because you're extremely efficient, bailing-out lesser couriers who aren't as good as you are. One of them is the 23-year employee on an adjoining route, from whom you grab 4 or 5 on-calls every day. He's topped-out and does as little as possible, calls-in sick whenever he wants and generally doesn't care. He's figured-out FedEx a long time ago, and is laughing at you every day while you do his work, thinking that you are the big hero. Management loves you, and you get positive OLCC's and paper BZ's all the time. Bottom line... what does all of this extra effort get you in a company that prides itself on being a "meritocracy"? [B]NOTHING, [/B]unless you count worthless pieces of paper as meaningful. How about a raise or some [I]meaningful [/I]award that has a real dollar value. Like $500 for being "employee of the month" or bumping you to top wage because you clearly deserve it. Nope, can't do that. Instead, management will now [B]expect [/B]you to perform at this ultra-high level forever, and if you stop because there is no pay-off, then you have a "bad attitude" or are a "disgruntled employee". How much more evidence do you purple fools need to realize just how badly you are being USED? Wages have not even come close to keeping-up with the cost of living, and when you figure-in our joke "pension" compared to UPS, it's even worse. Even if you are topped-out, your purchasing power has dropped tremendously, and now that OT is often scarce, there are not many opportunities to make-up the difference. When will you "believers" ever get the fact that FedEx will use you up like a tube of toothpaste and toss you? [/QUOTE]
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