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<blockquote data-quote="fedx" data-source="post: 3270794" data-attributes="member: 64891">I think most of the discontent, bitching, whining, anger, etc. on here comes from the fact that FDX used to be a top notch company to work for.&nbsp; We are still under the same legendary CEO who founded the company that changed history.&nbsp; It&#039;s not like some new CEO(s) came in and changed everything for the worse.&nbsp; No, it&#039;s still under the &quot;founding father&quot; who signed off on all the cuts they made to employees.&nbsp; OF is fortunate enough that he got in on FDX when it was still a great place to work and he was grandfathered in to keep his perks.&nbsp; At some point a few decades ago, FDX made the business decision to have 2 groups of employees.&nbsp; The grandfathered employees got to keep their topped out status that took anywhere from 3 months to 36 months to achieve, while everyone else after that point would take 20+ years to top out.&nbsp; Not 5 years, not 10 years, not even an insulting 15 years.....but 20 years.&nbsp; FDX might as well have rolled out a plan that took 40 years to top out.&nbsp; I mean when you&#039;re talking 20 years, you might as well make it 40 while you&#039;re at it.&nbsp; Twenty years is a ridiculously and insultingly long time to work to reach top pay.&nbsp; Now had those same grandfathered employees been told way back when, &quot;we have a new pay structure and you&#039;ll be losing your topped out status and will be included in the new system that takes you 20 years to reach top out pay&quot;, I can guarantee you OF (had he not quit FDX right then and there) would be on here complaining along with everyone else how FDX is a POS place to work.&nbsp; I have no disrespect for OF whatsoever.&nbsp; He feels privileged that FedEx let him keep his perks.&nbsp; He feels loyal to the company.&nbsp; It&#039;s just human nature.&nbsp; If I worked for a company that let me keep all my perks while all new hires from that point got screwed over, I&#039;d feel lucky or privileged too and might feel a sense of loyalty to that company since they let me keep my status.&nbsp; So for old timers at FedEx Express, FDX is a terrific company to work for.&nbsp; For everyone else, not so much.&nbsp; It would be like UPS having 2 driver groups.&nbsp; One group that makes $35/hr while the other group makes $14/hr.&nbsp; You&#039;d scratch your head wondering what went wrong for the second group.&nbsp; Well that&#039;s the business model FDX has implemented for themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fedx, post: 3270794, member: 64891"] I think most of the discontent, bitching, whining, anger, etc. on here comes from the fact that FDX [B]used[/B] to be a top notch company to work for. We are still under the same legendary CEO who founded the company that changed history. It's not like some new CEO(s) came in and changed everything for the worse. No, it's still under the "founding father" who signed off on all the cuts they made to employees. OF is fortunate enough that he got in on FDX when it was still a great place to work and he was [I]grandfathered[/I] in to keep his perks. At some point a few decades ago, FDX made the business decision to have 2 groups of employees. The grandfathered employees got to keep their topped out status that took anywhere from 3 months to 36 months to achieve, while everyone else after that point would take 20+ years to top out. Not 5 years, not 10 years, not even an insulting 15 years.....but 20 years. FDX might as well have rolled out a plan that took 40 years to top out. I mean when you're talking 20 years, you might as well make it 40 while you're at it. Twenty years is a ridiculously and insultingly long time to work to reach top pay. Now had those same grandfathered employees been told way back when, "we have a new pay structure and you'll be losing your topped out status and will be included in the new system that takes you 20 years to reach top out pay", I can guarantee you OF (had he not quit FDX right then and there) would be on here complaining along with everyone else how FDX is a POS place to work. I have no disrespect for OF whatsoever. He feels privileged that FedEx let him keep his perks. He feels loyal to the company. It's just human nature. If I worked for a company that let me keep all my perks while all new hires from that point got screwed over, I'd feel lucky or privileged too and might feel a sense of loyalty to that company since they let me keep my status. So for old timers at FedEx Express, FDX is a terrific company to work for. For everyone else, not so much. It would be like UPS having 2 driver groups. One group that makes $35/hr while the other group makes $14/hr. You'd scratch your head wondering what went wrong for the second group. Well that's the business model FDX has implemented for themselves. [/QUOTE]

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