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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 347519"><p>all i have really been trying to say here is that for me, fed ex ground provided an opportunity that few other companies could. i do not claim fed ex any kind of ethical pinnacle of the business world. i am not naive enough to believe that ups dhl express or any other business in the united states aims for anything but the wall street bottom line. nor am i even close to being a "company man". merely one that has found the opportunity profitable. what one does with the opportunity is not only up to the company, but to the individual as well. for instance, the fed ex ground time off program was based in large part on the experience in our terminal with myself as the swing driver covering vacations. it was a need, i and the other contractors in the building filled the need, and the company copied it. after retiring from swing driving, picking up new territory from other contractors was easy because i already knew the area. i have also found that--and i speak only for myself--standing up to management when they were wrong has never brought me negative consequences. the senior manager in my building will however admit that such abuses while not the norm did happen far too often. i am sorry to hear that you feel trapped. i turn 40 this week and couldn't be happier with my termination at ups 15 years ago. a well warranted termination. drug addiction doesn't ups' corporate image of itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 347519"] all i have really been trying to say here is that for me, fed ex ground provided an opportunity that few other companies could. i do not claim fed ex any kind of ethical pinnacle of the business world. i am not naive enough to believe that ups dhl express or any other business in the united states aims for anything but the wall street bottom line. nor am i even close to being a "company man". merely one that has found the opportunity profitable. what one does with the opportunity is not only up to the company, but to the individual as well. for instance, the fed ex ground time off program was based in large part on the experience in our terminal with myself as the swing driver covering vacations. it was a need, i and the other contractors in the building filled the need, and the company copied it. after retiring from swing driving, picking up new territory from other contractors was easy because i already knew the area. i have also found that--and i speak only for myself--standing up to management when they were wrong has never brought me negative consequences. the senior manager in my building will however admit that such abuses while not the norm did happen far too often. i am sorry to hear that you feel trapped. i turn 40 this week and couldn't be happier with my termination at ups 15 years ago. a well warranted termination. drug addiction doesn't ups' corporate image of itself. [/QUOTE]
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