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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1068506" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>There's a major flaw with your example. A 15 year employee should know that FedEx does everything possible to eliminate expense so he'd have to realize that at some point FedEx would try to eliminate his OT. Plus under current conditions that 15 year employee wouldn't be near top of range, and to support 4 kids his wife would pretty much have to work. Not defending FedEx, that 15 year guy should be topped out whether his wife works or not. I don't understand why you must take a shot at conservatives though? Is FedEx obligated to pay you so much that you can have a fun life? Where's your obligation to improve yourself in order to get better paying jobs? </p><p></p><p>The History Channel was running a series about the super rich guys who built business empires in the late 1800's to early 1900's. They were talking about John D. Rockefeller and how he was worth $150,000,000 at one point, I think he was about 50. I thought, gee, I thought he was richer. Then they said in today's Dollars that's about $225 Billion!! And I thought Bill Gates was rich! But here's the thing, inspite of all that wealth, he never flew on a commercial jet, talked on a cellphone, owned a computer, watched satellite tv(probably died before any kind of TV), listened to a Walkman while jogging, or many other things most of us have experienced. We live extremely wealthy lives compared to those in the past in so many ways. We should keep that in perspective. My life won't be exponentially better if I live in a 3500 sq ft house in an upscale neighborhood. Or drive a $75k car. I get angry and frustrated because FedEx makes it difficult to cover the basics and save for the future, especially after terminating the traditional pension. They can certainly do better. But I don't feel they are obligated to put me on easy street. People who have more than me usually did it by getting the right training and working hard. It's on me to do like they did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1068506, member: 24302"] There's a major flaw with your example. A 15 year employee should know that FedEx does everything possible to eliminate expense so he'd have to realize that at some point FedEx would try to eliminate his OT. Plus under current conditions that 15 year employee wouldn't be near top of range, and to support 4 kids his wife would pretty much have to work. Not defending FedEx, that 15 year guy should be topped out whether his wife works or not. I don't understand why you must take a shot at conservatives though? Is FedEx obligated to pay you so much that you can have a fun life? Where's your obligation to improve yourself in order to get better paying jobs? The History Channel was running a series about the super rich guys who built business empires in the late 1800's to early 1900's. They were talking about John D. Rockefeller and how he was worth $150,000,000 at one point, I think he was about 50. I thought, gee, I thought he was richer. Then they said in today's Dollars that's about $225 Billion!! And I thought Bill Gates was rich! But here's the thing, inspite of all that wealth, he never flew on a commercial jet, talked on a cellphone, owned a computer, watched satellite tv(probably died before any kind of TV), listened to a Walkman while jogging, or many other things most of us have experienced. We live extremely wealthy lives compared to those in the past in so many ways. We should keep that in perspective. My life won't be exponentially better if I live in a 3500 sq ft house in an upscale neighborhood. Or drive a $75k car. I get angry and frustrated because FedEx makes it difficult to cover the basics and save for the future, especially after terminating the traditional pension. They can certainly do better. But I don't feel they are obligated to put me on easy street. People who have more than me usually did it by getting the right training and working hard. It's on me to do like they did. [/QUOTE]
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