Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Well, December 2nd and already bringing back unattempted freight. Sorry Ground guys , only concerned with Express. To the rest of you Express people, how’s it going so far?
FedEx Express Peak (on topic!!)
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AB831
Well-Known Member
Holy hell. How many stops did you go out with?
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
More than my route can handle especially since we left the station late.
AB831
Well-Known Member
Was it late freight or just a crappy sort?
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
I think when FedEx overloads work on already stressed personnel by taking on way too much freight and pisses off customers royally, this is nothing but blatant poor upper management and only proves that it’s a company in dire need of a serious overhaul from the core.
Unbelievable that shippers and other customers continue to put up with this BS.
Unbelievable that shippers and other customers continue to put up with this BS.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Where they going to go?
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Take a guess.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Hate to break it to ya but the same thing is going on at UPS.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Late freight.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Maybe an overhaul is due there too.
A Tuesday tradition. And Wednesday and Thursday etc. etc.
Do they still have that stupid policy of leaving Tuesday and Wednesday P2 behind on Mondays?
McFeely
Huge Member
So far, pretty good in the town I deliver in. Did about 150 on Monday and about 130 today. Other routes at my station are rolling freight daily though and we’ve lost a couple people each day for sick calls, etc.
Crazy that we were as busy as we were on Monday. I heard we had over 5.5 million pieces in the Express network that day. In 2019, we only had one day over 5.5 million. (Just what I was told from a very senior employee)
McFeely
Huge Member
We’re taking everything out daily, with the exception of routes that need to get to a pickup route at the end of the day. They’re leaving their next-days at the station or passing them to other drivers if there is bandwidth.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
I remember once we lost two people from the same loop in one day. One failed a surprise drug test and the other was picked up for drunk driving.
falcon back
Well-Known Member
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MassWineGuy
Well-Known Member
I worked this morning. Freight was so late that no one left until about 10:45. Soon after I started my power pad bit the dust. There were no working units back at the station so I wrote everything down. That slowed the process up a little. I had to take a one hour break before my pm route.
I had a few pieces I couldn’t get off in the morning. Some were delivered, some weren’t. I wasn’t going to jeopardize my pickups.
I had a few pieces I couldn’t get off in the morning. Some were delivered, some weren’t. I wasn’t going to jeopardize my pickups.
FedexCares
Well-Known Member
You guys better hope this is a decent December weather wise or it’s going to be an absolute cluster 
. Throw a little snow into the mix in a couple of weeks and people might still be getting Christmas packages in February.
. Throw a little snow into the mix in a couple of weeks and people might still be getting Christmas packages in February.El Morado Diablo
Well-Known Member
We didn't leave the station until noon today.
You would think with all the people, equipment, planning, etc that upper management has been bragging about to be ready for this peak we would be doing better than this.
They are already begging us to work Saturdays so they can run a full operation. It's going to snowball on us if/when the weather takes a turn for the worst.
You would think with all the people, equipment, planning, etc that upper management has been bragging about to be ready for this peak we would be doing better than this.
They are already begging us to work Saturdays so they can run a full operation. It's going to snowball on us if/when the weather takes a turn for the worst.
Frontline MM/08
Member
We didnt leave my station until after 10:30 yesterday. We had late freight and very heavy volume. A lot of couriers brought freight back last night. Mandatory Saturdays from now until Christmas. This is not looking good, not looking good at all.
AB831
Well-Known Member
See, that’s the thing. Their “planning” is to throw as much crap against the wall as they can and hope something will stick. That’s plan A through Z. If that doesn’t work, there’s no backup plan at all.
