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<blockquote data-quote="raceanoncr" data-source="post: 165563" data-attributes="member: 6408"><p>Tie, your post struck a nerve with me. I USED to be very proud! When I was interviewed (off the street for a FT position) almost 30 yrs ago, out of more then 100 in the interview room, only 2 of us made it! </p><p> </p><p>I was told, upon hiring, that our service and drivers were our advertisement. Well, in short, our service, at least locally, is going down the tubes. I started in PC (now in feeders) and loved it when we had to get a signature for everthing (except releases, of course). When that was changed to dump everything on the porch and run (yeh, I know it's sposed to be hidden, but how much is?) a part of my pride was left on the porch too. Now, we're just like the PO or ever other outfit. </p><p> </p><p>PC's are now washed on an optional basis? You outta see the lineup here in the morning! I'd be ashamed to hop in one! </p><p> </p><p>A couple yrs ago we got stopped by a huge storm in Southern IL, IN and KY. We eventually made it to Louky but a couple mos later, the quarterly report came out and said that we didn't make the projection BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER! FDX said, "We didn't have a problem". How embarrasing!</p><p> </p><p>I remember the day when stuff was missed off a trailer, the PT supes had to drive the stuff in their OWN car to the intended hub! Wow! What incentive to get the job done, huh? Now, at least here, if it missed the trailer, "We'll get it tomorrow". </p><p> </p><p>How about when some of our drivers (not me) were instructed to drop off a NDA package at a fuel stop for immediate P/U only to return a few days later and have the fuel desk person ask what they're supposed to do with that red and white envelope still under the counter? </p><p> </p><p>How about when FDX trailers are moving at a rate I've never seen before? Or when FDX institutes a service that guarantees faster service from point A to point B and UPS counters with the same thing? How about here, when asked if we're gonna be the service that starts overnight service between as many as 6 cites, our manager quickly says, "Because FDX hasn't done it yet!".</p><p> </p><p>Tie, I'm not anti-company, it's just not the same as when I started and I DID have pride.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raceanoncr, post: 165563, member: 6408"] Tie, your post struck a nerve with me. I USED to be very proud! When I was interviewed (off the street for a FT position) almost 30 yrs ago, out of more then 100 in the interview room, only 2 of us made it! I was told, upon hiring, that our service and drivers were our advertisement. Well, in short, our service, at least locally, is going down the tubes. I started in PC (now in feeders) and loved it when we had to get a signature for everthing (except releases, of course). When that was changed to dump everything on the porch and run (yeh, I know it's sposed to be hidden, but how much is?) a part of my pride was left on the porch too. Now, we're just like the PO or ever other outfit. PC's are now washed on an optional basis? You outta see the lineup here in the morning! I'd be ashamed to hop in one! A couple yrs ago we got stopped by a huge storm in Southern IL, IN and KY. We eventually made it to Louky but a couple mos later, the quarterly report came out and said that we didn't make the projection BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER! FDX said, "We didn't have a problem". How embarrasing! I remember the day when stuff was missed off a trailer, the PT supes had to drive the stuff in their OWN car to the intended hub! Wow! What incentive to get the job done, huh? Now, at least here, if it missed the trailer, "We'll get it tomorrow". How about when some of our drivers (not me) were instructed to drop off a NDA package at a fuel stop for immediate P/U only to return a few days later and have the fuel desk person ask what they're supposed to do with that red and white envelope still under the counter? How about when FDX trailers are moving at a rate I've never seen before? Or when FDX institutes a service that guarantees faster service from point A to point B and UPS counters with the same thing? How about here, when asked if we're gonna be the service that starts overnight service between as many as 6 cites, our manager quickly says, "Because FDX hasn't done it yet!". Tie, I'm not anti-company, it's just not the same as when I started and I DID have pride. [/QUOTE]
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