MrFedEx
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Thank you, Fred!!!
Good Grief
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Thank you, Fred!!!
Mr Fedex
Banned
And why would you want to stay in contact with these people if you hated them and the company?
Ricochet1a
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All sources of income, EXCLUDING non-cash food stamps, housing benefits and capital gains (yes, capital gains...), are used to determine poverty. This generally means the figure is GROSS income. Since EIC is applied as a cash rebate of FICA payments, actual income would be greater.
Family of 3 in 2011 poverty level is just over $18,000. So one of Fred's step-children working for $500 a week is 38% above the poverty line.
And Fred sleeps quite well.... and the taxpayers foot the bill for the foodstamps and Medicaid.
Isn't FedEx just a swell corporate citizen???
GoodGrief
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LOL....got me. I should have been more careful. Guess I just got bored on my corporate jet. Stupid careless me.
Ricochet1a
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Because:
1. I feel for my former co-workers who are getting screwed.
2. I never said I hated my friends, I hated what the company I worked for, did to them and would've done to me if I hadn't gotten out.
3. Having friends in Memphis that feel the same way I do about FedEx is the best source of informaton there is in trying to get the wage employees to figure out that they are being screwed, that it isn't accidental (like some seem to suggest), that there isn't any sympathy from executive management in regards to their situation, and they had better do something about it before Fred is able to finish his business on them and tosses them out to the curb.
4. Because many of the new hires don't realize what is going on, and if they listen to the likes of you, they'll be blinded to how much of a screw job they are receiving and will end up thinking that they'll "top out" in 10 or 15 years when the real answer is NEVER.
Ricochet1a
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And I am thankful in the fact that I am NOT beholden to any employer, that I can take my professional skills and apply them with any employer that is willing to pay me what I am worth, that I am responsible for providing the roof over my head (not my employers good graces). I could go on, but not everyone is sharp enough to realize that they shouldn't be beholden to an employer for their existance - and if they are, they are owned more than they realize.
And for those who work for a wage, having a contract that governs the terms of their employment is the best thing they can do to not end up being beholden to the good nature of Fred, but rather trusting in the legal terms of that contract to ensure they are not owned by the corporation for which they provide their labor. But unfortunately, most wage employees aren't sharp enough to realize that, yet.
Ricochet1a
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When you land in Memphis after having left Aurora IL, be sure to drive safely to Germantown.
(Inside joke there for a few...)
I Am Jacks Damaged Box
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Goodnight.
Wayne's World?
Ricochet1a
Well-Known Member
The "host" of Frontline...
Oops, right. First thing that popped into my head about Aurora, IL was Wayne and Garth, not MT3.
Ricochet1a
Well-Known Member
Maybe they ought to start calling Frontline, Matt's World...
From what I hear, he has his own little world he is living in - and expects those in Express to not alter his "vision".
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
LOL. I wonder if he waves his hands in the airplane too? I hope someone gets a video.
Ricochet1a
Well-Known Member
I'll try to find out if one of the Falcons is fitted with a large mirror in the passenger cabin...
He'd get a good hours worth of practice in, at least twice a week in most instances (into Memphis and back out)
$26.99?????? I wish...been here 10 years soon and not even sniffing $27/hr....
Glorifiedpackmule
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Wow.. While I haven't been with the company as long as some I can tell you that I've been a courier for more than 5 years and am making only cents more than a new hire. I had no idea It was that bad. Less than 3 quarters separates me from
A new hire. That's a kick in the face.
Ricochet1a
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Most Couriers with less than about 8 years are making less than a dollar an hour more than a new hire.
This is the trend of Express, only giving adjustments for inflation, and keeping actual compensation (the value of compensation after inflation) at a constant or declining slightly (witness the pension takeaway, the erosion in health care benefits).
There is no incentive to stay with Express (for someone with less than 8 years), other than having a job. In the past, quitting meant losing pay progression if one was out for more than 2 years (still applies). Difference now though, someone with less than 8 years quitting would make no difference if they chose to come back for some reason - the rate of pay they'd come back in with would virtually be the same as if they had stayed.
And many still don't see the trend that has been deliberately established.
Glorifiedpackmule
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I guess they've figured that all of these couriers making 24 dollars an hour will retire, be fired, or leave for health reasons sometime in the near future. That will leave the majority of the couriers left all making basiclly nothing more than the new hire off the street.
Ricochet1a
Well-Known Member
BINGO!!!
