Fred's Myth
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Is that a new tag for OldFalconFart?
FedEx Express Peak (on topic!!)
- Thread starter Operational needs
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Cactus
Just telling it like it is
In other words they were short staffed due to lots of people quitting due to better jobs in town.
Limited to 35 million packages a day I'm sure. As long as Fred has their money, all is well (in the Memphis headquarters anyway.)
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59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
Remember the good old days when everyone here said we were on the brink of going out of business because Amazon rented a plane?
fedx
Extra Large Package
Apparently this is happening with UPS as well. They can't keep up with the volume. I'm just glad we only got a 2% raise this year so as to help FedEx out during the "hard times" they're going through trying to keep up with all the demand.
abused.crr
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I don’t miss the fedex mess at all! I just scheduled Christmas Eve off and New Year’s Eve off. It’s so nice to have a gig with very flexible time off. This will be my third Christmas away from fedex and like the past two, I’ll apologize to my son and wife for keeping a job for so long that didn’t let me spend time with them during the Christmas season. I work for my states DOT. If it snows I’ll have to go to work to plow, but as long as it doesn’t snow, I’ll be at home with my wife and pups, enjoying the evening.
AB831
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Good for you, man. Once you’re off Fat Freddy’s farm, you truly gain an understanding of just how awful of a company it is to work for. The part that kills me is how much effort the company makes to brainwash people into thinking otherwise. “It is what it is”, “all jobs have BS”, “where else are you going to go and make what you make” are repeated over and over by management as if you should just accept having to work 25 days in a row during the happiest time of year for everyone else as part of what having a job entails. The grass truly is greener elsewhere.
FedexCares
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I know exactly what you are speaking of. I still work at fedex but in the international importing side of the business and this will be my 2nd year away from being on road during the holidays.
I have vacation days scheduled for the entire week after Christmas, and this month for us is basically a normal month. Will be working from my nice comfortable home office while working my normal 5 day week with a sprinkle of OT here and there when I volunteer for it. I miss my old route at times, but during this time of the year I realize I made the right decision, especially with how hellish this years peak is going to be. Being a courier at fedex is truly a thankless job these days.
AFSME or SEU represented shop?
falcon back
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Retirement is sweet.
Once Al Gore helped invent the internet, we all knew the holidays were gonna be crazy. Some of us adapted, others acted surprised each year.
AB831
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Yeah......I didn’t like it, so I got another job. What’s your point?
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
@cosmo1 will you please delete the off topic posts in this thread. Or @over9five Thank you.
It will be fine
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dezguy
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GTS?
FedexCares
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FedEx logistics/trade networks.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Things are not boding well.
AB831
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What is ctv?
dezguy
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Container transport vehicle.
The trucks that bring our cans from the ramp to the stations.
AB831
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Oh okay. Thanks for clarifying
