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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 947140" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>!. You are using your local conditions to generalize to the national level. Simply cannot do that. Rural Texas isn't representative of the rest of the USA. </p><p></p><p>2. Months ago I stated that in areas with rural routes, that full-timers would most likely be maintained. As a portion of the total workforce of Express, those will be but a small portion of the total. </p><p></p><p>3. You are attempting to use how Express was organized in the past, as an indicator of how it will be organized in the future. Look at Ground - that is the vision of FedEx Corporation. The actual labor will spend a few years working, then quit as they find something else. EVERYTHING that is coming out of FedEx Corporation is looking at having the vast majority of wage employees being PART TIME in the future. Since all the "thinking" of the job can now be done by electronic devices, the employee is merely a vehicle operator and means to get the package out of the vehicle and to the customer. Doesn't take too much training to get that done. T</p><p></p><p>The whole "Cheetah" thing being tested in Office has electronic devices doing all the thinking as to where to direct the driver to make their next delivery. The electronics will have each address that a stop is to be made in memory, then software will make a determination as to which delivery is to be made next, going so far as to give GPS guided driving directions as how to get there the fastest. </p><p></p><p>4. Express is solidly on the path on reducing the number of W700s and replacing them with Sprinters whenever 700s are taken out of service. Stations are still screaming about losing 700s since they can't fit existing freight into Sprinters without splitting routes. Express "Memphis" knows this, yet does nothing. Should tell you something. </p><p></p><p>5. Express Couriers RIGHT NOW aren't too happy with how they are getting paid, yet they are still doing the job. FedEx has given up (and frankly doesn't care any longer) about employee happiness. All they care about is getting the task accomplished at the lowest labor cost possible. IF they aren't happy, they'll quit. If they show up to do the work and get the job done, how happy they are isn't important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 947140, member: 22880"] !. You are using your local conditions to generalize to the national level. Simply cannot do that. Rural Texas isn't representative of the rest of the USA. 2. Months ago I stated that in areas with rural routes, that full-timers would most likely be maintained. As a portion of the total workforce of Express, those will be but a small portion of the total. 3. You are attempting to use how Express was organized in the past, as an indicator of how it will be organized in the future. Look at Ground - that is the vision of FedEx Corporation. The actual labor will spend a few years working, then quit as they find something else. EVERYTHING that is coming out of FedEx Corporation is looking at having the vast majority of wage employees being PART TIME in the future. Since all the "thinking" of the job can now be done by electronic devices, the employee is merely a vehicle operator and means to get the package out of the vehicle and to the customer. Doesn't take too much training to get that done. T The whole "Cheetah" thing being tested in Office has electronic devices doing all the thinking as to where to direct the driver to make their next delivery. The electronics will have each address that a stop is to be made in memory, then software will make a determination as to which delivery is to be made next, going so far as to give GPS guided driving directions as how to get there the fastest. 4. Express is solidly on the path on reducing the number of W700s and replacing them with Sprinters whenever 700s are taken out of service. Stations are still screaming about losing 700s since they can't fit existing freight into Sprinters without splitting routes. Express "Memphis" knows this, yet does nothing. Should tell you something. 5. Express Couriers RIGHT NOW aren't too happy with how they are getting paid, yet they are still doing the job. FedEx has given up (and frankly doesn't care any longer) about employee happiness. All they care about is getting the task accomplished at the lowest labor cost possible. IF they aren't happy, they'll quit. If they show up to do the work and get the job done, how happy they are isn't important. [/QUOTE]
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