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<blockquote data-quote="fedx" data-source="post: 4922447" data-attributes="member: 64891"><p>FedEx executives claiming they had to up the pay to gain package handlers, well that's only at their superhubs. Most ramps have not seen a pay increase in any jobs in the past few years. We have a shortage of package handlers (and RTDs) at my ramp and the company is still offering the same low starting pay from 3 years ago to try to attract them. It's not working either. Then those executives say they had to 'tweak' how they are handling their labor shortage. Tweak means making the remaining handlers work extra hours to burn them out even more, which leads to them quitting, which leaves even more tweaking for the remaining handlers. It's a downward spiral. The solution is simple, you increase pay to draw people in, but FedEx is in denial. They don't think pay is the issue (even though they know it is). It shows the level of disconnect between the executives and the front line workers. The company has a massive increase in volume which means an increase in revenue to cover the cost of increasing pay to hire more employees, but they want to squander that extra revenue in the form of bonuses for executives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fedx, post: 4922447, member: 64891"] FedEx executives claiming they had to up the pay to gain package handlers, well that's only at their superhubs. Most ramps have not seen a pay increase in any jobs in the past few years. We have a shortage of package handlers (and RTDs) at my ramp and the company is still offering the same low starting pay from 3 years ago to try to attract them. It's not working either. Then those executives say they had to 'tweak' how they are handling their labor shortage. Tweak means making the remaining handlers work extra hours to burn them out even more, which leads to them quitting, which leaves even more tweaking for the remaining handlers. It's a downward spiral. The solution is simple, you increase pay to draw people in, but FedEx is in denial. They don't think pay is the issue (even though they know it is). It shows the level of disconnect between the executives and the front line workers. The company has a massive increase in volume which means an increase in revenue to cover the cost of increasing pay to hire more employees, but they want to squander that extra revenue in the form of bonuses for executives. [/QUOTE]
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