McFeely
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I've seen FT routes go to employees with less than three years with the company. Took me 14 years to finally get a FT route.
I got a FT route in 2 months from being hired off the street.
I've seen FT routes go to employees with less than three years with the company. Took me 14 years to finally get a FT route.
The absolute worst job for someone new off the street is a swing, and it's no wonder they quit at even higher rates. A simple problem to deduce and then solve, but not for FedEx. It takes them years to recognize the obvious, and then even longer to take constructive action.
This extends to all avenues within the company...Dysfunction Junction.
Wow,Dave made me laugh.Pigs may be flying soon....I would think that one of the incentives of swinging would be playing out that fantasy you always had about your neighbor's wife.
Yes, I've noticed proactivety isn't in management's vocabulary... I've seen grown men off the street literally cry after 2 weeks of courier/drivers training and being thrown to the wolves on simple dra routes. Most of us went through it all at one point im sure, but its not for the weak willed. Shoot we can barely get part timers to cover baselines, end up absorbing them if they have p2. No shortage of hours for me then.
I cried after my three day courier school because it was taught so poorly that it would have been better to skip it and go straight to driving a route. I won't mention names (Webb in the Bostonian District's district hq).
I couldn't be a swing driver because I'd go insane having different routes each day. The OP is very undervalued. I make 18.90/hour after two years.
Our SM told us the bump will become somewhere in the 2.00-2.50/hr more than the regular pay.An extra dollar or two more an hour would be a good start... 17.18 an hour currently after 5 years, starting to feel a tad undervalued...
Correct. Current swing drivers take FT routes and the ones they hire off the street quit. Thus, we're losing more swings than we hire.133% turnover? So for every 3 that they hired they had to hire an additional 4?
I cried after my three day courier school because it was taught so poorly that it would have been better to skip it and go straight to driving a route. I won't mention names (Webb in the Bostonian District's district hq).
I couldn't be a swing driver because I'd go insane having different routes each day. The OP is very undervalued. I make 18.90/hour after two years.
Which is ridiculous, I make 18 and change after sixteen years! And yes, Webb is one the most annoying people I have ever met.
This guy sounds like a regular Anal Andy...
All you have to do is click on "report" under the post, fill it out and the post will magically disappear.So this person has been identified by last name and work location with derogatory comments by posters on this public forum. Nice job! How would you like this to happen to you? Where are the Mods on this site?
What market is MassWineGuy and what market are you in? That might account for the difference. I'm in Denver and, with 16+ years, I'm over $23.Which is ridiculous, I make 18 and change after sixteen years! And yes, Webb is one the most annoying people I have ever met.
My courier class teacher (NYC) told us up front that her class was 'Mr Rogers Neighborhood'. She was going to teach us the 'correct' way of doing things and that things would be different once we get out in the 'real world'.I cried after my three day courier school because it was taught so poorly that it would have been better to skip it and go straight to driving a route. I won't mention names (Webb in the Bostonian District's district hq).
I couldn't be a swing driver because I'd go insane having different routes each day. The OP is very undervalued. I make 18.90/hour after two years.
I'd get used to it.starting to feel a tad undervalued...
Our SM told us the bump will become somewhere in the 2.00-2.50/hr more than the regular pay.
Correct. Current swing drivers take FT routes and the ones they hire off the street quit. Thus, we're losing more swings than we hire.
I pray you're right, moral is getting frightfully low, not with just our swing work group, that's been in the toilet, but our entire station. Id assume 2 to 2.50 increase an hour would be people in B markets, which is how it is sounding for us. Guess well just have to wait until the charts are official
Does she like chocolate?My wife gets a new purse or braclet or earrings after a night of swinging.
My wife gets a new purse or braclet or earrings after a night of swinging.
What market is MassWineGuy and what market are you in? That might account for the difference. I'm in Denver and, with 16+ years, I'm over $23.