My shill and apologist detractors are always accusing me of hating FedEx, which is absolutely true. I do hate FedEx and Fred with a passion, but my main reason to come on here is to educate people as to just how underhanded, cheap, and nefarious FedEx really is, especially given the current circumstances. But, first, let me take a trip down Memory Lane to remind employees how Fred&Friends have literally done their level best to pick your pocket over the years,
1. Split-Shifts: Need I say any more? If you need a refresher course on this one, let me know.
2. United Way: Manager. "I can put you down for the maximum contribution, right?". Wrong. Every year, FedEx tries to look like a good corporate citizen at YOUR expense. Bugged, pressured, and even threatened with a letter once for telling people to give on their own terms and not be a pawn for Fred. Take that video and stick it high and tight.
3: Weather Lines: I was an RTD for 90% of my career, and we didn't have weather lines, but if the phone rang after 11pm it didn't get answered because A: "We need you to start early", or B; We need you to start late because of weather, MX etc". I never picked up the phone or listened to my answering machine because I wanted to C: Sleep, and then report at my normal 0230 or 0315 start time and get paid for it. As a courier, weather lines are illegal depending on the state you live in, but that won't stop FedEx from calling you when you're in bed, in bed having sex, or in bed having sex with yourself like most managers must because nobody will touch them because they are disgusting individuals.
4: Waiving Minimums: Most prevalent after peak or during economic recessions. One word. NO!
5. FEPAC: Federal Express Political Action Committee. This was a way you could deduct funds directly from your paycheck to go to lobbyists who would then do everything possible to keep you from unionizing and create employer friendly laws for FedEx. Yes, this really existed, and yes, some people were dumb enough to donate to an organization dedicated to screwing the employee.
6.BBQs and Lunches: These were usually UNPAID events in order to celebrate a promotion, retirement or anniversary of significance. Somewhere during your delicious COSTCO burger or hot dog and your puny bad of chips, out comes the clipboard, and "As long as we're all here together celebrating Tom's 10th Anniversary, lets talk for a moment about Code 41s". So, they get a free unpaid meeting for the price of some lousy food and warm soda. I would never attend any of them, and when harassed, my answer was always if :"It's operationally related and important it needs to be paid'.
7.Draconian Attendance Policies: for a long time, you could be 30 seconds late and be charged as if you had the whole day off. Discipline =letters and lower review scores=less money and fewer raises. if there was a fatal accident or emergency on the road and I was going to be unavoidably late I always called my manager and asked if he was going to charge me for a late even though all 4 lanes of the freeway were closed. If he said "yes", I told him I was heading home ill and that my run would need to be covered. It always worked.
8. Remote Parking: Our ramp expended and killed the personal vehicle parking lot. If you were a manager, sales, or had at least 20 years, you could park in the tiny lot that remained.. If not, you got to ride the airport shuttle, a 15 minute ride to a stop where you then had to walk 1/3rd of a mile into a centrally located timeclock from the bus stop.. If the bus was full or late, too bad. You got a late and eventually an OLCC, which killed your raise chances. Oh, and it added another hour of unpaid time onto your day.
9: You had 12 hours yesterday, so you can only work 6 today. Or 4, or 12 if somebody doesn't show up, but probably 4. Our heads are so far up our butts we can see out our nostrils.
There's so much more, but this is just a start on the lesson of how they screw you every which way they can at every opportunity to avoid paying you money. They are so effing cheap and utterly shameless. please feel free to tune-in tomorrow when the apologist and the shill will both tell me how lucky I was to have ever worked for such a wonderful organization.
PSP, Golden Falcon, and Bravo Zulu to all of you upper management types and your hit-men and women at the station level. Screw all of you for being part of any of this.
