Hiring Events

[MrFedEx]

Our station recently had one, and it was a total flop. Despite advertising, managers clad in dorky t-shirts, free bottled water(!!!), and on-site drug testing, only a handful of people showed-up. I don't know if anyone actually got hired, but I hope not for their sake. My guess is that our station is at least 30 people down, although management won't confirm a definitive figure.

Word is definitely out that FedEx is to be avoided at all costs. The few employees we've hired in recent months are either retirees or the absolutely desperate. Performance is about what you'd expect. Ah, Karma...

 

[Route 66]

I find it awfully difficult to believe that the enticement of free bottled water and drug-screening didn't draw more of a crowd.....sometimes there just ain't no figgerin' folks.

 

[thedownhillEXPRESS]

Myself and most of my fellow drivers warn everyone even remotely considering a job here to run for the hills.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Wow, on-site drug testing. I'll race you there!

 

[Route 66]

I would've also left them a stool sample as an added touch of gratitude.

 

[fedex_rtd]

The current hiring pool is so shallow it's sad. We are short at our location, and the one driver that we did hire for an RTD position, would have never made it inside the door back in 1997 as a handler, much less a driver.

 

[Operational needs]

Gonna be an ugly Peak at my bldg if they can't get people to come in on a regular Friday.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

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Gonna be an ugly Peak at my bldg if they can't get people to come in on a regular Friday.

No attendance discipline?

 

[Operational needs]

No attendance discipline?

Wut? Discipline you say? That's old school. They're just happy for people to show up.

People get away with murder, but let their stops per hour be off.... Write up.

 

[Operational needs]

No attendance discipline?

I work next to a girl who has been late about twice a week since I started my route earlier this year. I just laugh, set up my truck and leave.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

Wut? Discipline you say? That's old school. They're just happy for people to show up.

People get away with murder, but let their stops per hour be off.... Write up.

Lol i gotta say this for my center at least....my center manager bust balls for attendance and lateness.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

I work next to a girl who has been late about twice a week since I started my route earlier this year. I just laugh, set up my truck and leave.

Wow...I have been 10 or 15 min late twice in almost 9 years...and both times I called before my start time to let them know.

 

[Operational needs]

Wow...I have been 10 or 15 min late twice in almost 9 years...and both times I called before my start time to let them know.

I also have a friend, another driver, who makes up her own start time every morning. Her schedule says 0730, she shows up when she feels like it. Lol.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

I also have a friend, another driver, who makes up her own start time every morning. Her schedule says 0730, she shows up when she feels like it. Lol.

I lied...I forgot about last peak....i overslept, work up five minutes before start time and was an hour late. However, I'd gotten hurt at work the day before and was on light duty in small sort. So, management was just so happy that I showed up so it wasn't a time lost injury...they said nothing about my lateness....lol

 

[vantexan]

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Gonna be an ugly Peak at my bldg if they can't get people to come in on a regular Friday.

Used to be they'd force people to work but now looks like if they don't ask politely people will quit.

 

[Operational needs]

Used to be they'd force people to work but now looks like if they don't ask politely people will quit.

They only get away with that kind of stuff at smaller stations. It would never fly at my station. Where I live is a very transient area and wasn't as hard hit, jobs wise, as the rest of the country. Too many other job options. Plus, I'm sure they wouldn't want a repeat of the "sick out" months ago.

 

[BigTex61]

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Gonna be an ugly Peak at my bldg if they can't get people to come in on a regular Friday.

Same sad story at our station. At least we have extra power pad batteries this year!

 

[Mr. 7]

friend' em!

 

[MrFedEx]

Wut? Discipline you say? That's old school. They're just happy for people to show up.

People get away with murder, but let their stops per hour be off.... Write up.

The decline of discipline is about the only silver lining from current events. You're right...they're just happy if people bother to show-up. Increasingly, more and more employees will call-in sick and leave them up Creek. Like Mr.7 says..."friend' em.".

 

[MrFedEx]

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Gonna be an ugly Peak at my bldg if they can't get people to come in on a regular Friday.

Translation: We are effed and don't know what to do.