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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 947308" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Yes, I've done all of that. I was very angry for a long time. Got a plugged up artery letting it get to me too. So now let people learn from my mistakes. This is a tough economy to be out of work. If one can find something better go for it. Something just as good? Worth losing your accrued vacation time(as in working 5 years to finally get 3 weeks, 10 to get 4)? Worth starting over? Worth giving up a higher % going into your portable pension plan, which many companies now have instead of a traditional pension? Has everything that would be given up been considered? If FedEx takes 3 more years to implement this plan, or longer, and you are getting say 7% put into your cash balance plan, you'll have that much more to live on if you quit. Meanwhile you could get your finances in order while you are still here. Or you could grab a transfer to an area where you would most likely not be affected nearly as much, still full-time. You could become a RTD. You could decide a part-time job would be fine and look for another PT job. But whatever you do have a solid plan. And just because someone says it's a foregone conclusion doesn't make it so. It could very well be that the company is just trying to meet the demands of a changing marketplace, and while streamlining Express they may have no intent to do what's being speculated on. Someone saying they have seen internal documents may have an agenda to hurt FedEx for blocking a union. They may not have ever even been an employee for all we know. I'm not saying FedEx is a wonderful company with our best interests at heart. I'm saying utilize every option available to you and make the most of it. </p><p></p><p>And Ricochet1a, is there one station in this entire country where senior couriers haven't told newhires what a rip-off the job has become? And even the most enthusiastic newhires will soon realize that they're being ripped off. I'm just not going to be one that throws alot of stats and reports of internal memos at them to get them worried sick and make rash decisions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 947308, member: 24302"] Yes, I've done all of that. I was very angry for a long time. Got a plugged up artery letting it get to me too. So now let people learn from my mistakes. This is a tough economy to be out of work. If one can find something better go for it. Something just as good? Worth losing your accrued vacation time(as in working 5 years to finally get 3 weeks, 10 to get 4)? Worth starting over? Worth giving up a higher % going into your portable pension plan, which many companies now have instead of a traditional pension? Has everything that would be given up been considered? If FedEx takes 3 more years to implement this plan, or longer, and you are getting say 7% put into your cash balance plan, you'll have that much more to live on if you quit. Meanwhile you could get your finances in order while you are still here. Or you could grab a transfer to an area where you would most likely not be affected nearly as much, still full-time. You could become a RTD. You could decide a part-time job would be fine and look for another PT job. But whatever you do have a solid plan. And just because someone says it's a foregone conclusion doesn't make it so. It could very well be that the company is just trying to meet the demands of a changing marketplace, and while streamlining Express they may have no intent to do what's being speculated on. Someone saying they have seen internal documents may have an agenda to hurt FedEx for blocking a union. They may not have ever even been an employee for all we know. I'm not saying FedEx is a wonderful company with our best interests at heart. I'm saying utilize every option available to you and make the most of it. And Ricochet1a, is there one station in this entire country where senior couriers haven't told newhires what a rip-off the job has become? And even the most enthusiastic newhires will soon realize that they're being ripped off. I'm just not going to be one that throws alot of stats and reports of internal memos at them to get them worried sick and make rash decisions. [/QUOTE]
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