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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 980069" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>You're partly right, partly wrong.</p><p></p><p>Express and Ground will NEVER fully integrate the way UPS is. Part of the business model of Fedex is to take advantage of existing labor law to minimize labor costs. Thus why the RLA for Express and IC/ISP for Ground. Express and Ground will ALWAYS remain as separate opcos within FedEx. The operations will become "more integrated" between the two, but the companies will exist separately to enable FedEx to get the best of both worlds (RLA and IC/ISP).</p><p></p><p>Not knowing exactly what this meeting was about, it does sound more like a buildup to the impending change in business operations. </p><p></p><p>FedEx has demonstrated a tactic of gradually turning up the heat on the hourlies to bring about change. Any sudden "change in temperature" would bring massive discontent among the hourlies. By gradually unveiling the impending change, FedEx is betting that they can gradually acclimate the hourlies to the impedning change, thus letting them become used to it over a period of time, rather than over a single weekend. </p><p></p><p>Sort of using a proverbial "relief valve" rather than risking the boiler exploding due to rapid heating.</p><p></p><p>And this change isn't like anything they've done in the past. Change in the past was more "evolutionary" in nature for Express. This change is going to be "revolutionary" and it will cause a radical shift in how Express is staffed (composition of its hourly labor force) and the level of competency needed among its hourly employees (hand a new Courier a powerpad with a delivery manifest, and have them start delivering packages).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 980069, member: 22880"] You're partly right, partly wrong. Express and Ground will NEVER fully integrate the way UPS is. Part of the business model of Fedex is to take advantage of existing labor law to minimize labor costs. Thus why the RLA for Express and IC/ISP for Ground. Express and Ground will ALWAYS remain as separate opcos within FedEx. The operations will become "more integrated" between the two, but the companies will exist separately to enable FedEx to get the best of both worlds (RLA and IC/ISP). Not knowing exactly what this meeting was about, it does sound more like a buildup to the impending change in business operations. FedEx has demonstrated a tactic of gradually turning up the heat on the hourlies to bring about change. Any sudden "change in temperature" would bring massive discontent among the hourlies. By gradually unveiling the impending change, FedEx is betting that they can gradually acclimate the hourlies to the impedning change, thus letting them become used to it over a period of time, rather than over a single weekend. Sort of using a proverbial "relief valve" rather than risking the boiler exploding due to rapid heating. And this change isn't like anything they've done in the past. Change in the past was more "evolutionary" in nature for Express. This change is going to be "revolutionary" and it will cause a radical shift in how Express is staffed (composition of its hourly labor force) and the level of competency needed among its hourly employees (hand a new Courier a powerpad with a delivery manifest, and have them start delivering packages). [/QUOTE]
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