Once again, if a person must broadcast the donations of his time and $, he might just be doing it for the wrong reason. I donate plenty of both but don't discuss it and if people want to question my efforts, that will just have to be their problem.
I'm sure you're a good guy, what pisses (pees when this is censored) fellow employees off is you're not aware that we won't enjoy the same benefits that were conveyed to us that you will. That is why I say you are a creature of time, not accomplishment. Try as many might to explain this to you, you still don't get it.
Is that the best you can do, "Likes of me?"
I totally understand the Traditional going away. As far as pay, I don't. I made about $4 hr when I started with the company. That was just above minimum wage. I believe minimum wage is $7.50 or so now. Handlers start at about $12.50 or so. BIG difference. I didn't wake up one day and make what I make now. Sure I topped out quick but topped out meant I was making about $10 or so an hour. That wasn't a lot of money back then. I was there when Zapmail almost bankrupted the company and we got no raises and benefits were frozen. I was there when we bought Tigers and money was tight and no raises. I was there before we even did 25k packages a day and money was tight because we got laws changed and we bought our first 27's, 37's. I spent many nights loading Falcons and barely making $60 a week. I saw many of my friends move on to other companies and make more money right away. I stayed and I finally busted $30 hr and feel like I am close to being paid a fair wage. I never understood the pay scale before they came out with the 10 steps because I never asked others what they made. Many on here have made comments because I don't discuss other people's salaries. That is just my way. I know the Portable did me a favor and did no favor to less senior people. I can't help it and neither can anyone else. Tex whines, bitches and cries everyday over that. It does no good except he lives everyday miserable thinking about it. Like I say, if the pay sucks and benefits suck, go find another job. Companies are begging for people with CDL's and driving experience. I know others on here started not long after me and had the same experiences that I had. We have made a decent living and finally started making a good living.
First, I read every single word you wrote. That's Old Farts story. Individually we have stories also. You bust Van's balls for telling his, and because his doesn't coincide with yours, he becomes a whiner or complainer in your mind. One day you will come around, I won't put you on ignore and I don't think Van will either. We're all just silly old men. I think you can actually figure it out though.
The reason I bust his balls is because he whines about stuff that happened 10 to 15 years ago. Let it go. He doesn't even work here anymore, yet he spends his days on here bitching. Get a life, a hobby or something. Why be miserable talking about stuff that happened in the last century? My fist girlfriend did me wrong, 50 years ago. I didn't spend the rest of my life crying about it. Why would anyone that no longer works at a company stay on a message board all day bitching about how bad that company did him. He retired, quit being miserable.
I've deduced all of that long ago. Freudian slip above?
Fart tell Mrs. Fart hello
I was making over $14hr in 1989 in Connecticut. That's after making $10.95hr in the Hub. Started in Memphis at $9.95hr in '86. You started earlier but you weren't making minimum wage in '86. As a high schooler working 30 hrs a week I was netting $110 a week in the late 70's. Were you a part time handler when you started? Here's the deal. You've over and over told us if we don't do as well as you in retirement it's our fault. You got a full pension in on better pay than we got. People hired from 2003 on didn't even get a traditional pension and their pay was held down so they couldn't get as much in the portable pension. Also makes it difficult to fund the 401k when we weren't making what you did per hour. You're grossing mid-$50k's to mid-$60k's while many of us didn't make more than low $40k's. That's good for you but we just didn't get the same deal. And please don't say it's because you put in the time. You topped out after less than two years. A lot of 15 year midrange employees made nowhere what you did. It's not complaining, it's reality. You'd rather gnaw off your arm than admit we didn't get the deal you got. And you whine, bitch and complain all the time about my pointing it out. Geez man, get a life, stop your whining and bitching.
Because he hates me pointing out the company screwed us over. But not long from now I will put him on ignore too.
Hey, I was 12, I did what I had to do.
Yes I did start as a PT handler. Making roughly $4 hr and barely getting 15 hrs or so. I stayed with it and it took a long time before I started making decent money. If you want to do the math, many of you could have a bigger Traditional monthly payout than me. My best 5 ended 13 or 14 years ago. Other people stayed in the Traditional and their best 5 continued for 5 or more years. During that time you built up a higher best 5 while mine were already set.
