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<blockquote data-quote="Out of the Dark" data-source="post: 997988" data-attributes="member: 42528"><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'">Mr Fedex you have that correct sir. I believe it was in January Frontline, a whole segment was dedicated to the Fedex Box slinger where they interviewed the lady in charge of the " Public Relations Dept" at Fedex. This is all they do is monitor the internet, twitter and anything else they can get their hannds on that would be a concern to the company. You can bet they are reading evry little morsel posted here.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> IMO District Directors have a broad outline of what to expect in October. Think about it. Fedex never does anything that hasn't been in the works for years. When we got the Trackers they were already outdated because they were developing the Supertracker. You know how the story goes. Sometimes I yearn for the big fat black magic marker and little zipcode book. In those days you got your freight, delivered it and everyone was happy. These days aren't so simple. Now you have some quack sitting in an office pouring over gap reports ready to write your butt up because you actually stopped and used the bathroom. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> Sorry, I got carried away there.............anyway we were told 7 months ago by our Senior that Fedex is changing. He delighted in telling us that he was going to hire a bunch of part timers whom would run FO and if needed would come back and del P1. While we were still trying to wrap our brains around that one he gave his knockout punch.....there would be no more day P1 shifts. WE would be delegated to midshifts.......delivering sos and other such frieght ( he never said anything about xs or p2) and then we would do the pickups. Around the same time memphis came out with <strong>NEW RULES</strong>. If the bulk of your shift occurs before 3pm you are still considered an AM shift. Therefore you are not able to <strong>RE-DEPLOY. Another NEW term. </strong>Now they can do anything they want to you and you have no recourse. Trust me when I say seven months ago my Senior could not have come up with this master plan all by himself. He gets his marching orders from his boss....the District Director who is very tuned in to what Memphis is doing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> Anyone who thinks a District Director doesn't know what is going on is being played for a fool. Plain and simple.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> We have been told there is to be no overtime. Management struggles with this. Daily they are given a stop report that says how many routes they are allowed to run. This is all in preperation for Roads being implemented fully. It is my understanding from a Ground driver they already use this type of report in some way. It all dictates where the shifting of freight goes. This works well for a company that really has no commitment times. We unfortunately do at Express. So when they send the route home next to me and I have to absorb what they are not allowed to deliver after noon. I find myself in a pickle and go from driving 125 miles to 175 miles. But alas me working 11 hours and that person working 4 is what the clever engineer came up with. When I really think about it......this is the trial run to implement 4/10s in an area. We are little Guinea Pigs on a test run.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> Let me throw out this question..................How many times have you sat in State of the Station meetings and had those powerpoint presentations that say Ground is the big money maker and Express makes 10 cents per package? These are not slides your senior manager makes himself.....these are from Memphis. A subtle brainwash if you will. As long as you turn in sales leads and those leads go to Ground.........no worries, as long as it is in the <strong>FEDEX FAMILY </strong>that is what counts. That is all BS too. They used to give " Bonus Bucks". If you turned in a good sales lead and it did go to Ground........right after Fedex aquired RPS you got bonus bucks, 50 or a hundred dollars. Now it is like sorry, we can't help you, but thanks for the great lead. Yeah, thanks for the kick in the rear. Got it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> And yes, we had the whole sales team come two months ago and push the Lead On. I guess they gave inspiring speeches. Last month only four people turned in the required of 4 to win Fedex sunglasses! We have been informed this month participation is mandatory. Good Luck with that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> With all the changes, gap reports, focus routes, shift changes, routes cut, ironically we still have no idea what our management team got on their SFA. I don't believe we were kind either. We still haven't had a meeting to discuss the results either. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> I have "lurked" for quite a few months here. I wish we had our own place to post. I dislike airing dirty laundry to our neighbors. If you know what I mean. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> I really hope this viral thread grows, I would like to see a coralation of what is happening throughout the country.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua'"> CAIO</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Out of the Dark, post: 997988, member: 42528"] [FONT=book antiqua] Mr Fedex you have that correct sir. I believe it was in January Frontline, a whole segment was dedicated to the Fedex Box slinger where they interviewed the lady in charge of the " Public Relations Dept" at Fedex. This is all they do is monitor the internet, twitter and anything else they can get their hannds on that would be a concern to the company. You can bet they are reading evry little morsel posted here. IMO District Directors have a broad outline of what to expect in October. Think about it. Fedex never does anything that hasn't been in the works for years. When we got the Trackers they were already outdated because they were developing the Supertracker. You know how the story goes. Sometimes I yearn for the big fat black magic marker and little zipcode book. In those days you got your freight, delivered it and everyone was happy. These days aren't so simple. Now you have some quack sitting in an office pouring over gap reports ready to write your butt up because you actually stopped and used the bathroom. Sorry, I got carried away there.............anyway we were told 7 months ago by our Senior that Fedex is changing. He delighted in telling us that he was going to hire a bunch of part timers whom would run FO and if needed would come back and del P1. While we were still trying to wrap our brains around that one he gave his knockout punch.....there would be no more day P1 shifts. WE would be delegated to midshifts.......delivering sos and other such frieght ( he never said anything about xs or p2) and then we would do the pickups. Around the same time memphis came out with [B]NEW RULES[/B]. If the bulk of your shift occurs before 3pm you are still considered an AM shift. Therefore you are not able to [B]RE-DEPLOY. Another NEW term. [/B]Now they can do anything they want to you and you have no recourse. Trust me when I say seven months ago my Senior could not have come up with this master plan all by himself. He gets his marching orders from his boss....the District Director who is very tuned in to what Memphis is doing. Anyone who thinks a District Director doesn't know what is going on is being played for a fool. Plain and simple. We have been told there is to be no overtime. Management struggles with this. Daily they are given a stop report that says how many routes they are allowed to run. This is all in preperation for Roads being implemented fully. It is my understanding from a Ground driver they already use this type of report in some way. It all dictates where the shifting of freight goes. This works well for a company that really has no commitment times. We unfortunately do at Express. So when they send the route home next to me and I have to absorb what they are not allowed to deliver after noon. I find myself in a pickle and go from driving 125 miles to 175 miles. But alas me working 11 hours and that person working 4 is what the clever engineer came up with. When I really think about it......this is the trial run to implement 4/10s in an area. We are little Guinea Pigs on a test run. Let me throw out this question..................How many times have you sat in State of the Station meetings and had those powerpoint presentations that say Ground is the big money maker and Express makes 10 cents per package? These are not slides your senior manager makes himself.....these are from Memphis. A subtle brainwash if you will. As long as you turn in sales leads and those leads go to Ground.........no worries, as long as it is in the [B]FEDEX FAMILY [/B]that is what counts. That is all BS too. They used to give " Bonus Bucks". If you turned in a good sales lead and it did go to Ground........right after Fedex aquired RPS you got bonus bucks, 50 or a hundred dollars. Now it is like sorry, we can't help you, but thanks for the great lead. Yeah, thanks for the kick in the rear. Got it. And yes, we had the whole sales team come two months ago and push the Lead On. I guess they gave inspiring speeches. Last month only four people turned in the required of 4 to win Fedex sunglasses! We have been informed this month participation is mandatory. Good Luck with that. With all the changes, gap reports, focus routes, shift changes, routes cut, ironically we still have no idea what our management team got on their SFA. I don't believe we were kind either. We still haven't had a meeting to discuss the results either. I have "lurked" for quite a few months here. I wish we had our own place to post. I dislike airing dirty laundry to our neighbors. If you know what I mean. I really hope this viral thread grows, I would like to see a coralation of what is happening throughout the country. CAIO[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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