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<blockquote data-quote="SmithBarney" data-source="post: 5562683" data-attributes="member: 709"><p>I mean in the past 2-3 years.</p><p></p><p>We tried Final Mile(or whatever we called it) Ground taking Express packages, it stopped then started, then half of it comes back to express a week late with "bad addresses" or whatever reasoning.</p><p></p><p>We Tried Response, doubled our employee numbers $$, doubled vehicle numbers all rentals $$ it pretty much was a failure.</p><p></p><p>We Tried Estar which has good intentions but after a short while was mothballed because it wasn't helping service.</p><p></p><p>Now the merger, I know it's well intended, and makes sense to make things more efficient but risky. Managers at express were already backpedalling some of their speaking points, because folks started talking about leaving, and of course they can't have a mass exodus during the roll out of this because it will fail or hurt the company badly. So they were doing damage control trying to keep people from leaving. The new people with no seniority have their eye on the door because they don't want to be in line with 200 other people trying to find jobs around town, older high seniority people aren't ready for/willing to change so they are eyeing up retirement... if express goes into this with less than 100% staff on board it has the potential to be catastrophic .</p><p></p><p>So far we've been told nothing has been announced for our area, and the nearest station effected was only 10 drivers and apparently they are all still working(we don't know if they work for FedEx or if they are under a contractor) We've been told some Express locations will Take on Ground packages to fill volume, and that areas will be split with less overlap with other drivers. We've been told some Ground locations will take on Express Freight, and we've been told some small Express locations will be absorbed...</p><p></p><p>So far you really can't believe anything you are told.</p><p></p><p><strong>Keep this in mind, FedEx didn't hatch this plan overnight, the full plan is laid out somewhere, but they aren't sharing it. They know exactly when and where and how things are planned.. and the fact that they aren't disclosing it should be warning enough for all of us Ground and Express.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmithBarney, post: 5562683, member: 709"] I mean in the past 2-3 years. We tried Final Mile(or whatever we called it) Ground taking Express packages, it stopped then started, then half of it comes back to express a week late with "bad addresses" or whatever reasoning. We Tried Response, doubled our employee numbers $$, doubled vehicle numbers all rentals $$ it pretty much was a failure. We Tried Estar which has good intentions but after a short while was mothballed because it wasn't helping service. Now the merger, I know it's well intended, and makes sense to make things more efficient but risky. Managers at express were already backpedalling some of their speaking points, because folks started talking about leaving, and of course they can't have a mass exodus during the roll out of this because it will fail or hurt the company badly. So they were doing damage control trying to keep people from leaving. The new people with no seniority have their eye on the door because they don't want to be in line with 200 other people trying to find jobs around town, older high seniority people aren't ready for/willing to change so they are eyeing up retirement... if express goes into this with less than 100% staff on board it has the potential to be catastrophic . So far we've been told nothing has been announced for our area, and the nearest station effected was only 10 drivers and apparently they are all still working(we don't know if they work for FedEx or if they are under a contractor) We've been told some Express locations will Take on Ground packages to fill volume, and that areas will be split with less overlap with other drivers. We've been told some Ground locations will take on Express Freight, and we've been told some small Express locations will be absorbed... So far you really can't believe anything you are told. [B]Keep this in mind, FedEx didn't hatch this plan overnight, the full plan is laid out somewhere, but they aren't sharing it. They know exactly when and where and how things are planned.. and the fact that they aren't disclosing it should be warning enough for all of us Ground and Express.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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