MrFedEx
Engorged Member
A friend in Seattle tells me that many of the Memphis high and mighty flew to Seattle to attend yesterday's roll-out the first FedEx 777F. While this is certainly a milestone, it bothers me that it took 3 jets of the FedEx executive fleet to fly them there and that so many of our big cheeses absolutely, positively had to attend. Wouldn't Uncle Fred and Dave have been sufficient?
Remember, this is the same company that says we can't afford bottled water, cups, coffee, or anything else extraneous. If I want a drink of water I have to walk to the bathroom half way down the building to get water out of the faucet and provide my own cup. No water fountains in the whole building.
We can still afford to maintain our large fleet of business jets, pay almost $600,000 per year for the protection of Fred S, and continue to pay lavish salaries and bonuses to these "invaluable" leaders who keep the company afloat.
This isn't exactly sharing the pain of the recession equally, is it? Other than their token 5% pay cut, life hasn't changed at all for the Memphis elite. Why? Because we've taken a defacto 15% cut in terms of hours, 401k elimination, and the end of the real retirement plan.
I wonder if there was any food on those planes, or do you suppose they grabbed some McDonald's on the way to the airport? If they stayed in Seattle, it was at the same crappy places they make us stay, right? And there weren't any limos to shuttle their fat butts up to the Boeing facility, were there?
More hypocrisy and gamesmanship from your "friends" in MEM. Sickening...
Remember, this is the same company that says we can't afford bottled water, cups, coffee, or anything else extraneous. If I want a drink of water I have to walk to the bathroom half way down the building to get water out of the faucet and provide my own cup. No water fountains in the whole building.
We can still afford to maintain our large fleet of business jets, pay almost $600,000 per year for the protection of Fred S, and continue to pay lavish salaries and bonuses to these "invaluable" leaders who keep the company afloat.
This isn't exactly sharing the pain of the recession equally, is it? Other than their token 5% pay cut, life hasn't changed at all for the Memphis elite. Why? Because we've taken a defacto 15% cut in terms of hours, 401k elimination, and the end of the real retirement plan.
I wonder if there was any food on those planes, or do you suppose they grabbed some McDonald's on the way to the airport? If they stayed in Seattle, it was at the same crappy places they make us stay, right? And there weren't any limos to shuttle their fat butts up to the Boeing facility, were there?
More hypocrisy and gamesmanship from your "friends" in MEM. Sickening...