Tell you what. I'll go back and simplify the information in a way that will help you to make something in the way of a "Mr Obvious" level analysis . In the meantime all you need to remember is the Golden Rule 21st century version......"Ye who has the gold rules".Rattling off random irrelevant numbers is not "insight" or "analysis" or "forward looking guidance."
I asked the same question at my skip level meeting and I was told ground had failed so bad this Christmas that Express was getting more ground by rate negations.I asked about the 2/3 day freight going to ground at our skip level meeting. I was told: “Ground and Express trucks run a lot of the same loops in our routes. We are in the process of figuring out how to divert some that volume over to ground in the essence of saving.”
Which is oddly plausible as well.I asked the same question at my skip level meeting and I was told ground had failed so bad this Christmas that Express was getting more ground by rate negations.
So there’s that
Again it's all part of the ongoing race to the bottom. The problem is that managers and executives don't want to be dragged down along with everyone else. They want to continue to enjoy the money and perks at the same level or higher but want somebody else to go out there in increasingly hazardous and hostile conditions and physically move that shipment from one point to the other ....and compensation wise do it for basically free.You imply that hourlies didn’t earn any additional compensation.
Again, you are part of what’s wrong with the company.
I saw numerous photos of inside ground terminals where they had boxes piled up so high that you couldn't even see the trucks parked there and even photos where boxes were even piled up outside and covered with tarps. The problem needless to say was that once again contractors couldn't find people willing to work for peanuts as evidenced by the hundreds of help wanted ads on the jobs boards offering the same pay as 4 or 5 years ago.....So how in the hell can Ground handle anymore boxes when their ability to take Smart Post back from the post office is being loudly doubted?I asked the same question at my skip level meeting and I was told ground had failed so bad this Christmas that Express was getting more ground by rate negations.
So there’s that
You imply that hourlies didn’t earn any additional compensation.
Again, you are part of what’s wrong with the company.
Tell you what. I'll go back and simplify the information in a way that will help you to make something in the way of a "Mr Obvious" level analysis . In the meantime all you need to remember is the Golden Rule 21st century version......"Ye who has the gold rules".
Which random are you referring to? You've got two of them posted here.You've posted reams of random of random nonsense and have never once tied any of it to anything that happened with FedEx.
All of them.Which random are you referring to? You've got two of them posted here.
I asked about the 2/3 day freight going to ground at our skip level meeting. I was told: “Ground and Express trucks run a lot of the same loops in our routes. We are in the process of figuring out how to divert some that volume over to ground in the essence of saving.”
Wouldn’t take a lot to move volume to well run Ground operations and not to others. It’s all just zip codes.I asked the same question at my skip level meeting and I was told ground had failed so bad this Christmas that Express was getting more ground by rate negations.
So there’s that
I think there’s going to be a lot of contractor turnover this year. The guys that would barely hang on in the past will fall off. It’s going to be a challenge for guys that haven’t been preparing for years. Similar to the ISP transition, the single route guys caught by surprise went away. This peak I had extra people to send to help other stations. Staffing will continue to be an issue until the next recession but it can be successfully managed now.I saw numerous photos of inside ground terminals where they had boxes piled up so high that you couldn't even see the trucks parked there and even photos where boxes were even piled up outside and covered with tarps. The problem needless to say was that once again contractors couldn't find people willing to work for peanuts as evidenced by the hundreds of help wanted ads on the jobs boards offering the same pay as 4 or 5 years ago.....So how in the hell can Ground handle anymore boxes when their ability to take Smart Post back from the post office is being loudly doubted?
Your X-ray just arrived. Just as we’ve known all along.Thanks for posting an x-ray of your head. Suspicions confirmed!
There's a reason Big Business doesn't like Big Unions, and that's because BU means big money wages and benefits. RTW is for Republican Cuckservatives who want to work for peanuts.
While you might currently have extra people and primarily due to location and good fortune, how long do you think it will be until you too will start to run out of people? After all you can't MAKE a person crawl into one of those tin coffins on wheels and by your own admission you're not offering much more than the going rate among contractors in general. In the end your growth will limited by the overall size of the labor pool in your sector and how much of it you can procure.I think there’s going to be a lot of contractor turnover this year. The guys that would barely hang on in the past will fall off. It’s going to be a challenge for guys that haven’t been preparing for years. Similar to the ISP transition, the single route guys caught by surprise went away. This peak I had extra people to send to help other stations. Staffing will continue to be an issue until the next recession but it can be successfully managed now.
The people who read my posts will decide whether or not it does. After all they've never been to the academy which means that they can still think for themselves.All of them.
None of them have anything to do with FedEx.
It’s been a few decades of finding people so I’m not too concerned. It’s not just luck, recruiting is a skill.While you might currently have extra people and primarily due to location and good fortune, how long do you think it will be until you too will start to run out of people? After all you can't MAKE a person crawl into one of those tin coffins on wheels and by your own admission you're not offering much more than the going rate among contractors in general. In the end your growth will limited by the overall size of the labor pool in your sector and how much of it you can procure.