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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1155747" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>This would be the exact position of FedEx...that the ultimate responsibility falls on the driver. True, but the company is creating an unsafe environment by sending couriers out with unrealistic workloads and then threatening them if they don't meet performance goals. That IS a problem, and the responsibility of FedEx, not the driver. They know exactly what they are doing, and that it isn't safe. They are hoping to cover themselves by throwing responsibility back on the driver, which is why this whole deal is so sickening. If you DO get into an accident or kill someone, they will revert to the credo of self-responsibility that you mention.</p><p></p><p>There is a precedent for holding a company responsible for unsafe conditions...Domino's Pizza. A few years back, Domino's was exposed on national TV for it's 30-minute delivery guarantee, which they zealously enforced upon drivers, with a resultant pile of bad accidents. The media was fully on-board with holding the corporation responsible. </p><p></p><p>FedEx has always used double-speak for safety. On one hand, it's all of the usual "Be Safe" garbage, and then they dump 25 extra stops on you after late freight. And now, it's discipline for any and all lates...at least in some locations. Think that's safe? Sorry, but pressuring employees excessively and also threatening their jobs does rise to the level of corporate culpability.</p><p></p><p>This is why we all need to WAD, slow-down, and work safely...every day. Take the lates, and then go to the authorities when you are disciplined for being safe or otherwise threatened.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1155747, member: 12508"] This would be the exact position of FedEx...that the ultimate responsibility falls on the driver. True, but the company is creating an unsafe environment by sending couriers out with unrealistic workloads and then threatening them if they don't meet performance goals. That IS a problem, and the responsibility of FedEx, not the driver. They know exactly what they are doing, and that it isn't safe. They are hoping to cover themselves by throwing responsibility back on the driver, which is why this whole deal is so sickening. If you DO get into an accident or kill someone, they will revert to the credo of self-responsibility that you mention. There is a precedent for holding a company responsible for unsafe conditions...Domino's Pizza. A few years back, Domino's was exposed on national TV for it's 30-minute delivery guarantee, which they zealously enforced upon drivers, with a resultant pile of bad accidents. The media was fully on-board with holding the corporation responsible. FedEx has always used double-speak for safety. On one hand, it's all of the usual "Be Safe" garbage, and then they dump 25 extra stops on you after late freight. And now, it's discipline for any and all lates...at least in some locations. Think that's safe? Sorry, but pressuring employees excessively and also threatening their jobs does rise to the level of corporate culpability. This is why we all need to WAD, slow-down, and work safely...every day. Take the lates, and then go to the authorities when you are disciplined for being safe or otherwise threatened. [/QUOTE]
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