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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 4477769" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>I've been taking a break from the site, but reading this confirms my worst fears of how FedEx would handle Covid-19. Based on this article, and from what I hear from friends all over the country at various locations, it's all about the company minimizing the degree of risk to employees and maximizing the mantra that you have a "duty" to come to work. If you get sick and die, they send flowers, make their usual statement as described in the linked article above, and go on about the business of trying to make Fred as much money as possible.</p><p></p><p>It's really shocking how poorly the company acted in it's "efforts" to protect workers. Promised supplies are either not provided, or are in very short supply. They've still got too many people working too close together in the cans and on the sort, and obviously don't really care enough to take it seriously. It's pretty evident that employers are going to be protected from any legal actions regarding the pandemic, regardless of how carelessly they've handled working conditions.</p><p></p><p>When the FedEx pilot died recently from Covid-19, it was front page news in the Commercial Appeal. How many handlers have died in MEM or the other hubs, and had their deaths NOT reported because they weren't important like a pilot? I would fully expect that the pilots get full protection(now) and also accurate information as to who has been infected and who needs to quarantine. They are probably also receiving hazard pay while nobody else is, but that information isn't going to be dispersed, is it?</p><p></p><p>It won't be long before Dano and Friends come on and tell us all how totally responsible FedEx has been throughout this crisis, and that these deaths were all unavoidable etc. Sure, there are going to be plenty of cases in a large company, but how many could have been prevented by slowing down sorts, keeping 1 person to a can, and providing proper PPE and sanitation equipment?</p><p></p><p>Like Trump, it appears that FedEx is more than willing to have lots of people die to keep the economy going. it's "acceptable", because it's an essential industry and the little people are expendables. That's wrong.</p><p></p><p>FedEx could still operate, albeit more slowly and inefficiently, by diverting freight to lesser-affected hubs, and by vastly improving the manner in which it conducts station operations, particularly the sorts and reloads. The commitment times are gone anyway, so why not slow the whole thing down and do it as SAFELY as possible?</p><p></p><p>Somehow, I don't see it happening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 4477769, member: 12508"] I've been taking a break from the site, but reading this confirms my worst fears of how FedEx would handle Covid-19. Based on this article, and from what I hear from friends all over the country at various locations, it's all about the company minimizing the degree of risk to employees and maximizing the mantra that you have a "duty" to come to work. If you get sick and die, they send flowers, make their usual statement as described in the linked article above, and go on about the business of trying to make Fred as much money as possible. It's really shocking how poorly the company acted in it's "efforts" to protect workers. Promised supplies are either not provided, or are in very short supply. They've still got too many people working too close together in the cans and on the sort, and obviously don't really care enough to take it seriously. It's pretty evident that employers are going to be protected from any legal actions regarding the pandemic, regardless of how carelessly they've handled working conditions. When the FedEx pilot died recently from Covid-19, it was front page news in the Commercial Appeal. How many handlers have died in MEM or the other hubs, and had their deaths NOT reported because they weren't important like a pilot? I would fully expect that the pilots get full protection(now) and also accurate information as to who has been infected and who needs to quarantine. They are probably also receiving hazard pay while nobody else is, but that information isn't going to be dispersed, is it? It won't be long before Dano and Friends come on and tell us all how totally responsible FedEx has been throughout this crisis, and that these deaths were all unavoidable etc. Sure, there are going to be plenty of cases in a large company, but how many could have been prevented by slowing down sorts, keeping 1 person to a can, and providing proper PPE and sanitation equipment? Like Trump, it appears that FedEx is more than willing to have lots of people die to keep the economy going. it's "acceptable", because it's an essential industry and the little people are expendables. That's wrong. FedEx could still operate, albeit more slowly and inefficiently, by diverting freight to lesser-affected hubs, and by vastly improving the manner in which it conducts station operations, particularly the sorts and reloads. The commitment times are gone anyway, so why not slow the whole thing down and do it as SAFELY as possible? Somehow, I don't see it happening. [/QUOTE]
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