Glorifiedpackmule
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Fred said he would pay me to do it... I'm sure he'll tell me tomorrow that he's not going to pay me split shift pay anymore for my 2 hour lunch breaks. Oh wait.... I got tricked!
OK I was talking about a city routeDrive a 300+ mile extended rt. The only time you hit 11 an hr is when you run through a small town. Could do 25 an hr in some towns if I had the freight.
Drive a 300+ mile extended rt. The only time you hit 11 an hr is when you run through a small town. Could do 25 an hr in some towns if I had the freight.
I don't get much in the way of direct "satisfaction" for all the writing I do in this forum - about the only satisfaction I do occasionally get is being told "You're right" - especially when I was told I was "wrong" prior. Thank you.
It does help to make the effort seem worth it. Given all of Fred's shills here, at times it seems like I'm writing on a wall in a forgotten corner of town with no one reading what is being written.
You could drive through your break to get your numbers up.. That seems popular for "the chosen" at my station.
8 stops an hour? At ups,a stop is a stop.Even if it involves an 80 pc delivery of 70 lb boxes.
I see your point about getting slower as you get older,but even I never end up under 11 .
I have not seen this topic broached here but I would not be surprised if the traditional pension plan one day comes under attack. In some of that last PR media releases about FedEx's financial woes with Express it was mentioned that there are financial pressures on FedEx due to Pension commitments.
Here is an article from 2005 to give some perspective. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/business/18pensions.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Most people think, no FedEx would never do that. I would not put anything past them in their ruthless quest for profit. Goldilocks how would feel if your happy feel good company reneged on the promises it had made to you for the past 25+ years?
Ask a pilot at United how they feel about this, I know, I had to deliver the news to them in Overnight Letters in 2005.
Court approves termination of United Airlines pension plans
American Air pension battle may spread | Reuters
Fred will figure it out....
That's far from the truthNo one is saying that you are "another lazy idiot." Anyone that is a courier with Fedex works their tails off.
Even if he could, the government would cover our pensions up to a little over $50k a year. The losers would be big earners who'd see their pensions reduced. My little pension is a long way from that.
This is not true---the PBGC only guarantees up to about $18K/year.
And there are many (I'd dare venture most) women FedEx Couriers that couldn't lift 75lbs to save their souls - cold hard truth and most Couriers know this.
Keep on posting, you are making my arguments for me.
The UPS drivers in my area make around 100k+. The average is around 78k. Sounds like some of you need to go knocking on UPS door for a job. For the time spent on this Forum you could have had an application filled out.
The UPSers will correct me but generally don't newhires there start by loading trucks, eventually moving into part-time driving jobs, landing a FT driver position 7-8 years later, if not longer? Surprised go getters like you and your husband didn't go for the brass ring over at UPS. 20 stops an hour, tossing around 75 lb boxes and 9 months pregnant to boot!
The UPSers will correct me but generally don't newhires there start by loading trucks, eventually moving into part-time driving jobs, landing a FT driver position 7-8 years later, if not longer? Surprised go getters like you and your husband didn't go for the brass ring over at UPS. 20 stops an hour, tossing around 75 lb boxes and 9 months pregnant to boot!
Van, there are many many others at my station with similar stories. Many work hard with little complaining. The only complaints are about middle management and we have exterminated the bad seeds. We have no need to go to UPS, but others on here should explore their options, especially since they are on the verge of Poverty and expect FS to bring them cash on a silver platter. It takes 2 incomes to survive, the strong will survive and the weak will fall. JMO