No Raise this Year?
- Thread starter MassWineGuy
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Yeh...I remember my district manager years and years ago saying that going from 2 raises a year to one, was going to help top out employees faster, and we all know how that worked out!
Personally I have no reason to trust what comes out of a managers mouth. Experience has proven that many times over.
Serf
Well-Known Member
Not even thinking about what inflation will do to devour our mythical top wage. But would imagine by that time Teamsters will have UPS and DHL hourly rate at 35-40$ an hour.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
The simple answer is that management is lying. The longer they obfuscate, the more money they save. This is SOP at FedEx. More carrot dangling and no cash...typical.
UPS is already at $34 per hour BTW.
Serf
Well-Known Member
Agree. And DHL in my region is at $30 per hour. Both these companies should be paying around 40$ an hour, or anywhere close in 9 years. FedEx pay scale will be woefully inept.
Remember guys it's not about Earnings Per Hour, It's all about Earnings Per Share. X's aggressive and ongoing acquisition and expansion program is expensive and eats into EPS Not to mention it's ongoing share buyback efforts. No question that the wage and benefit disparity between UPS and X will grow wider and Ground contractors will not be spared either. Once the single route contractors are all disposed of the remaining multi route contractors are expected to experience heavy downward pressure on settlements due to the fact that Ground knows everything there is regarding a contractors business including the knowledge that many of them are heavily leveraged.
FedexCares
Well-Known Member
Wait, DHL compensation is close to UPS?? When did that happen?? I thought they paid even worse then fedex.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
You guys are making me sick with all this talk about raises while my pay continues to decline thanks to my 
ty union.
ty union.Imagine what it would be without it.You guys are making me sick with all this talk about raises while my pay continues to decline thanks to my
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Don't you make about the same as drivers?You guys are making me sick with all this talk about raises while my pay continues to decline thanks to my
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
What you don't realize though is that whether we get a raise or not FedEx will take something away negating the raise anyway.You guys are making me sick with all this talk about raises while my pay continues to decline thanks to my
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
Not here. Maybe close if the union wasn't confiscating our raises to keep the pension going and our medical. Currently at $31.75.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
Come on over. Local sorters are being made into drivers as we speak.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
If I was 10 years younger I would in a heartbeat. I can't afford to gamble on a possibility at this stage in my life.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
DHL employees who are in the Teamsters are very well compensated.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
You are pretty close to industry standards, at least on the west coast. Except most mechanics don't get pensions and free healthcare unless they work for a public agency.
Serf
Well-Known Member
Yep, full time DHL drivers with Union are well compensated. Or at least close to UPS. However, they hire part time/ driver/dockworkers at 13-16$ an hour and work them to the bone as operational needs dictate, then cut them to the bone when blah, blah, blah.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
Most drivers wouldn't either. Trouble is UPS does not demand "industry standard" and their wages are not going backward.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Sounds like you need to strike.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
This is where our raises are going.
BRIEF-Fedex CEO Frederick Smith's FY 2016 total compensation $16.8 million | Reuters
BRIEF-Fedex CEO Frederick Smith's FY 2016 total compensation $16.8 million | Reuters
