I'm not saying they should do that.
Ya response was based around the delusion of upper managment thinking this is still a great place to work. They’ll never be able to admit this is not an attractive job anymore. Hasn’t been for a long time. Drivers know it, managers know it. But the people running the show think this is an amazing job. That was the fatal flaw of response. No plan this company comes up with going forward should have hiring as a vital piece of the puzzle.
They ran E star last Saturday, the whole week management kept pounding it into their heads about running it exactly as it’s planned, no exceptions.
fixed that for you.
When did UPS buy out thousands and thousands of contracted routes and convert those who operated them into hourly employees? How much did they spend on that transaction? What year was it expensed on their financial report?
Response was a response to the surge caused by COVID. As bad as it was, doing nothing would have been worse and not even the armchair experts had any better ideas.
I think they should hire you. Any implosion would slow down as people tried to decipher your nonsense.
Works pretty well in some area, poorly in others. Work in progress.
Makes you wonder if Michael Jackson built Station 1…
Him and P.T. Barnum.
The foresight this company has is horrible. How can you not know what is going to succeed or fail at this place? What works in one location and horribly fails in another should be written on the wall for all upper managment to see. What works is for all couriers in this entire company to run their routes how they see fit. But that requires experience, training, and a willingness to learn & stick it out. The company is shooting for bottom of the barrel workers who will be happy with non-competitive pay going forward. That’s the future of this place. And it’s clear they’re trying to create software that essentially runs your route for you and tells you exactly where to go… so any idiot off the street can come in with zero training and do the job. Make the job less and less skilled to justify weak pay. That’s the goal. Can’t wait until all the “old school” map couriers who know their routes are gone. One cyber attack that shuts down the E-star and couriers won’t be going on road haha.
Why would FedEx need to buy out thousands of contractors? The contracts are not permanent and either party can end the contract.
If they ended the contracts today, who would show up tomorrow?
If they were to do this and it would be the last resort they would likely begin the transition regionally and do it over a 2 to 3 year period. And they would be lucky to get it done in the timeline.
Obviously they aren't going to lock the doors in one day. Buying out anyone isn't mandatory but probably the better option. FedEx spends $ like a drunken sailor. It really wouldn't hurt them financially.
Exactly. They wouldn’t “have” to but all things being equal, yeah, they’d have to.
