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<blockquote data-quote="Basement Dweller" data-source="post: 4919873" data-attributes="member: 90653"><p>Indy HUB is paying $20 an hour. Just nights and sunrise. Day shift gets absolutely nothing. No one wants to come. The ones that do, only stay a week or less because of rigorous working conditions. It's not just about pay, you can make 1 dollar less an hour and work in a climate controlled building lifting things no more than 5 pounds. Here at Fedex expect roasting during the summer, freezing in the winter lifting 75+ pounds of freight for 10-12 hours straight. For a company whose primary work force is straight-out-of-high school college kids who want a little money while they go to school, it is not sustainable. They no longer want to cycle through a bunch of young people who work for a few months then move on, they want loyal worker bees that are willing to accept part time benefits while working 50+ hours a week.</p><p></p><p>The temp agency that brings in hundreds of workers pays them $25 an hour. Roughly 30-40% of all employees are temps now. It's ridiculous. Every day brings hundreds of boxes sitting on the floor from last shift because people just can't work 14 hours a day. It's a miracle that Fedex can make profit from thousands of packages 1-2 days late. Just today I'm handling freight that was suppose to be delivered on the 6th.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Basement Dweller, post: 4919873, member: 90653"] Indy HUB is paying $20 an hour. Just nights and sunrise. Day shift gets absolutely nothing. No one wants to come. The ones that do, only stay a week or less because of rigorous working conditions. It's not just about pay, you can make 1 dollar less an hour and work in a climate controlled building lifting things no more than 5 pounds. Here at Fedex expect roasting during the summer, freezing in the winter lifting 75+ pounds of freight for 10-12 hours straight. For a company whose primary work force is straight-out-of-high school college kids who want a little money while they go to school, it is not sustainable. They no longer want to cycle through a bunch of young people who work for a few months then move on, they want loyal worker bees that are willing to accept part time benefits while working 50+ hours a week. The temp agency that brings in hundreds of workers pays them $25 an hour. Roughly 30-40% of all employees are temps now. It's ridiculous. Every day brings hundreds of boxes sitting on the floor from last shift because people just can't work 14 hours a day. It's a miracle that Fedex can make profit from thousands of packages 1-2 days late. Just today I'm handling freight that was suppose to be delivered on the 6th. [/QUOTE]
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