59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
Hello, 1985 is long gone.
You think the company really gives a crap about that stuff these days?
You think they don't?
I Remember.....
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You think they don't?
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Everybody knows they don't.
Everyone except you, but then again you're a little slow to catch on.
Hello, 1985 is long gone.
You think the company really gives a crap about that stuff these days?
In the current epoch, do you think this is an anomaly? Do other companies give more credence to those declarative statements? The “system” is failing on a global level, and it always baffles me how some people on this site seem to think their experience (i.e. falling behind) is unique to X - positively absurd!
This is a FedEx forum that addresses FedEx issues. When the U.S. emerged from WWII as the economic superpower as everyone else were rebuilding, we prospered. Do you think the system was working for people in Germany and Japan then? For average people in communist countries? People rebuilt their economies or made adjustments to how they conducted business. Machines made industrial output much more efficient. Have you ever noticed that our goods become more competitive when our currency weakens? We compete against countries like China where workers make a fraction of what we do so our only recourse is to make higher quality products that people will buy over a high quality product made in Western Europe or Japan or Korea because with a weaker currency our product becomes more affordable. We can't really compete with China on run of the mill products that Wal-Mart carries which is why so many of our factories are now in China. It's not that the system is failing, it's that in a very competitive marketplace there's just not enough to go around for a much larger middle class. Which is why companies like FedEx are so hardline. They want the better life for themselves, and are willing to squeeze their workers for it. That's today's capitalism. Fortunately for today's couriers there's a limit to what workers will endure, and too much turnover endangers the FedEx business model. They are paying better, but even now many don't feel it's good enough. But look at the economic big picture and realize that FedEx couriers are better off than many, and if you want more you're either going to have to climb the corporate ladder or get training in something that people will pay you better for. If you aren't willing to deal with the stress of management, don't have the drive or capital to start your own business, if you aren't mechanically inclined, if you think computers and software are beyond your abilities, if you don't want to get dirty as a plumber, can't handle the pain and suffering of healthcare, aren't a world class athlete, can't carry a tune, hate the idea of being on the road all the time trucking, don't have the nerve to fly a plane, well, you may be in the right job as a FedEx courier. You may just have to settle for what you have, develop other interests to keep you happy, sacrifice to fund your 401k, and live your life.
fatboy33
Well-Known Member
When I'm looking for answers to something about the company, I pop in. I find there're some here with good info. and insight to policies, new rules or things management doesn't want us to know. For instance, I found out some stations have the entire month of December block while 1 station I know of is allowing the first 2 weeks to be bid on....when there used to be life here on the purple side of the Brown Cafe - not intelligent necessarily - but life nevertheless!
What happened? Did everybody go somewhere and not tell me? Did oldfart post nude pictures of himself and get us shut down? Something I said? What happened? It’s like the Twilight Zone.
I think the lack of life you speak of could be people just getting tired of the political porn. We have so many channels, if we choose, to hear people argue back and forth about the same old issues that, for some people, it's gotten boring quite frankly. Not all the time but most. Some things are worth weighting in on but for the most part the arguments go nowhere. Round and round like a snake eating itself.
I would like to take time to thank the employees for their inside information that they've shared on this site. It's been helpful in more ways than one.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Never said it was unique to X.
It sucks at many workplaces unless your part of the upper clout (where in most cases the big concern of the day is where to meet for lunch.) I'm not talking about them either because it's a FedEx forum were on. The discussions here in most cases get so far off the beat and path (mostly into political dribble) it ain't funny. Secondly, I haven't worked at most other places either, so my opinion of them would be nothing but hearsay.
Route 66
Slapped Upside-da-Head Member
One of the most thoughtful, rational posts I’ve seen on here in a very long time. Thank youWhen I'm looking for answers to something about the company, I pop in. I find there're some here with good info. and insight to policies, new rules or things management doesn't want us to know. For instance, I found out some stations have the entire month of December block while 1 station I know of is allowing the first 2 weeks to be bid on.
I think the lack of life you speak of could be people just getting tired of the political porn. We have so many channels, if we choose, to hear people argue back and forth about the same old issues that, for some people, it's gotten boring quite frankly. Not all the time but most. Some things are worth weighting in on but for the most part the arguments go nowhere. Round and round like a snake eating itself.
I would like to take time to thank the employees for their inside information that they've shared on this site. It's been helpful in more ways than one.
Oldfart
Well-Known Member
Blackout periods are District or Region specific. Directors or VP's set them so they can be different in different areas.When I'm looking for answers to something about the company, I pop in. I find there're some here with good info. and insight to policies, new rules or things management doesn't want us to know. For instance, I found out some stations have the entire month of December block while 1 station I know of is allowing the first 2 weeks to be bid on.
I think the lack of life you speak of could be people just getting tired of the political porn. We have so many channels, if we choose, to hear people argue back and forth about the same old issues that, for some people, it's gotten boring quite frankly. Not all the time but most. Some things are worth weighting in on but for the most part the arguments go nowhere. Round and round like a snake eating itself.
I would like to take time to thank the employees for their inside information that they've shared on this site. It's been helpful in more ways than one.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
I appreciate the clarification. Having been actively involved with the SFA, I appreciate the input from a person who struggles to even spell it.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
No wonder why many couriers refuse to take it.
Oldfart
Well-Known Member
After getting poor scores year after year, is that why you were ran off?
Dano hates stupid people. Don't validate that by using the wrong tense(something I did in an earlier post).
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