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<blockquote data-quote="ObbyMac8835" data-source="post: 1540543" data-attributes="member: 57429"><p>While it&#039;s true that dispatch positions are hard to come by let me tell you the grass is not always greener on the other side, I was a courier who had been a Flight dispatcher for over 20 years so I was sure Dispatch was the job for me however not so much. First the pros. 1. Pay raise dispatch pays more than being a courier. 2. Weather, what weather it&#039;s always dry and comfortable temp in dispatch office and the coffee flows like water. 3. Set schedule you always know when your going to work and more importantly when you getting off of work at least a week in advance in most cases two. 4. Causal attire, in our dispatch office everyday was casual Friday heck you could wear shorts flip flops and t-shirts to work everyday if u like and many did myself included.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there are more things I missed but you get the picture.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now to the Cons. 1. No overtime like none. I like overtime (call me crazy I guess) 2. Management duties with out management pay or power to discipline bad couriers. 3. Lack of support from managers and Sr. Managers for bad couriers. 4. Bad couriers please don&#039;t get me wrong 90% of the couriers I dealt with were great and 70% of the managers I dealt with were great however that 5% and 30% were horrible. Just a few difficult, whiney, bitchy, lazy and or incompetent drivers and a few useless, spineless, clueless and chicken<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> managers made this job joyless for me. Like I said don&#039;t get me wrong not trying to bash drivers or managers most of them were great it was just those few bad ones the drove me to serve out my contract then as soon as it was over go back on the road. Bottom line dispatch is great for some but not for everyone as for me I love being on the road most customers are great and always happy to see The FedEx guy I love just worrying about myself and making service and my numbers. I always tell people my company pays me to drive around in a new Mercedes and socialize with nice people how miserable could I be...</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="ObbyMac8835, post: 1540543, member: 57429"] While it's true that dispatch positions are hard to come by let me tell you the grass is not always greener on the other side, I was a courier who had been a Flight dispatcher for over 20 years so I was sure Dispatch was the job for me however not so much. First the pros. 1. Pay raise dispatch pays more than being a courier. 2. Weather, what weather it's always dry and comfortable temp in dispatch office and the coffee flows like water. 3. Set schedule you always know when your going to work and more importantly when you getting off of work at least a week in advance in most cases two. 4. Causal attire, in our dispatch office everyday was casual Friday heck you could wear shorts flip flops and t-shirts to work everyday if u like and many did myself included. I'm sure there are more things I missed but you get the picture. Now to the Cons. 1. No overtime like none. I like overtime (call me crazy I guess) 2. Management duties with out management pay or power to discipline bad couriers. 3. Lack of support from managers and Sr. Managers for bad couriers. 4. Bad couriers please don't get me wrong 90% of the couriers I dealt with were great and 70% of the managers I dealt with were great however that 5% and 30% were horrible. Just a few difficult, whiney, bitchy, lazy and or incompetent drivers and a few useless, spineless, clueless and chicken:censored: managers made this job joyless for me. Like I said don't get me wrong not trying to bash drivers or managers most of them were great it was just those few bad ones the drove me to serve out my contract then as soon as it was over go back on the road. Bottom line dispatch is great for some but not for everyone as for me I love being on the road most customers are great and always happy to see The FedEx guy I love just worrying about myself and making service and my numbers. I always tell people my company pays me to drive around in a new Mercedes and socialize with nice people how miserable could I be... [/QUOTE]

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