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<blockquote data-quote="Aquaman" data-source="post: 4857379" data-attributes="member: 68552"><p>I agree that top out is decently competitive for the work done. But I was referring to the majority of RTD’s making in the lows 20’s per hour. Most of us are not topped out. FedEx can absolutely NOT keep RTD’s with smaller raises. Unlike couriers an RTD has a specific license that gives them abundant options. They’re not stuck at the company like a 20 year courier is. Delivering envelopes out of a sprinter is not a transferable skill. Driving a tractor trailer is. The company however does not treat it that way. Putting us on the same payscale as ramp agents/dispatchers/courier swings was their first mistake. Again, a ramp agent/dispatcher/courier swing is a FedEx specific job. They don’t open multiple doors to do that job at other companies. A class A CDL is an instant $60K/yr job anywhere. Except at FedEx where the average is probably around $45K/yr... Not addressing the RTD problem is a mistake and they need to do something. My station has 8 FT RTD’s posted that they can’t fill. Because no sane person with a CDL is going to start at a company for $19/hr working first/second/third shifts with a changing schedule week to week. Maybe if we were the highest paid hourly job in the company, we could bait couriers to take the job... but they already basically make what we make so what’s the point. More hoops and hurdles with DOT for essentially the same pay. I can tell you my station has about 55 RTD’s... maybe 13 of them are topped out... and we can’t hold on to a single driver with less than 10 years seniority.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aquaman, post: 4857379, member: 68552"] I agree that top out is decently competitive for the work done. But I was referring to the majority of RTD’s making in the lows 20’s per hour. Most of us are not topped out. FedEx can absolutely NOT keep RTD’s with smaller raises. Unlike couriers an RTD has a specific license that gives them abundant options. They’re not stuck at the company like a 20 year courier is. Delivering envelopes out of a sprinter is not a transferable skill. Driving a tractor trailer is. The company however does not treat it that way. Putting us on the same payscale as ramp agents/dispatchers/courier swings was their first mistake. Again, a ramp agent/dispatcher/courier swing is a FedEx specific job. They don’t open multiple doors to do that job at other companies. A class A CDL is an instant $60K/yr job anywhere. Except at FedEx where the average is probably around $45K/yr... Not addressing the RTD problem is a mistake and they need to do something. My station has 8 FT RTD’s posted that they can’t fill. Because no sane person with a CDL is going to start at a company for $19/hr working first/second/third shifts with a changing schedule week to week. Maybe if we were the highest paid hourly job in the company, we could bait couriers to take the job... but they already basically make what we make so what’s the point. More hoops and hurdles with DOT for essentially the same pay. I can tell you my station has about 55 RTD’s... maybe 13 of them are topped out... and we can’t hold on to a single driver with less than 10 years seniority. [/QUOTE]
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