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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5592469" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>When I quit as a topped out courier in 1997 I was making $13.50hr in Colorado. That was after getting a 39 cent raise a couple months before, the first one in four years and four months. </p><p></p><p>You said I blame everyone else. I have said repeatedly that I made a mistake quitting in '97. Many times. Doesn't change the fact that I came back in good faith and was told I would top out in 7-8 years. 14 years and 8 months later when I left again to get married I was making almost $6hr less than top out. And they were still telling new hires they would top out in 7-8 years.</p><p></p><p>Yes, if I had hung on and not quit in '97 I would have done a heck of a lot better. But that would be me. What I experienced coming back was what they did to everyone being hired from '97 on after they gave very large adjustments over several years to topped out employees. And I knew many topped out employees over the years who were either shocked to find out what we in midrange were going through or sneered at us for being unhappy with our lot.</p><p></p><p>And yes I'm a traveler. If you're happy feathering your nest and staying put then great. But a lot of people it they stayed with FedEx long term had a lot less to get by on and feather their nest than you did. </p><p></p><p>I get it. A lot of senior, topped out couriers are very loyal to the company. And I don't begrudge what they paid you. I only wanted the same deal, to top out in a reasonable amount of time. Very discouraging when starting pay keeps being moved up and people just hired are making about $2hr less than me after being back 12 years while top out was almost $6 an hour more and I was falling further behind getting 2% raises on $13-$16hr while topped out were getting 3% on higher pay.</p><p></p><p>And then there was management. You pointed out I moved around a lot. I also transferred into terrible situations like mgrs forcing me to work 6 days to get my 35hrs and if I came in under 35 I didn't get my guarantee. And when I went to the company they covered for the mgr.</p><p></p><p>Or the mgrs putting my freight into the U.S. mail to keep me from getting OT, driving me under 35 hrs and falsifying my timecards to make it look like I got just over 35. I was making $11.67 HR at the time and 35 hrs made it difficult to get by. They and the above mgr eventually got fired. The senior got demoted. But it put a hell of a lot of stress on me.</p><p></p><p>I can give plenty more examples. You think you know but you don't. But ok, they were doing stuff like this to tens of thousands of couriers but hey, with a little bit of planning it's easy peasy. Nothing to see here, move along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5592469, member: 24302"] When I quit as a topped out courier in 1997 I was making $13.50hr in Colorado. That was after getting a 39 cent raise a couple months before, the first one in four years and four months. You said I blame everyone else. I have said repeatedly that I made a mistake quitting in '97. Many times. Doesn't change the fact that I came back in good faith and was told I would top out in 7-8 years. 14 years and 8 months later when I left again to get married I was making almost $6hr less than top out. And they were still telling new hires they would top out in 7-8 years. Yes, if I had hung on and not quit in '97 I would have done a heck of a lot better. But that would be me. What I experienced coming back was what they did to everyone being hired from '97 on after they gave very large adjustments over several years to topped out employees. And I knew many topped out employees over the years who were either shocked to find out what we in midrange were going through or sneered at us for being unhappy with our lot. And yes I'm a traveler. If you're happy feathering your nest and staying put then great. But a lot of people it they stayed with FedEx long term had a lot less to get by on and feather their nest than you did. I get it. A lot of senior, topped out couriers are very loyal to the company. And I don't begrudge what they paid you. I only wanted the same deal, to top out in a reasonable amount of time. Very discouraging when starting pay keeps being moved up and people just hired are making about $2hr less than me after being back 12 years while top out was almost $6 an hour more and I was falling further behind getting 2% raises on $13-$16hr while topped out were getting 3% on higher pay. And then there was management. You pointed out I moved around a lot. I also transferred into terrible situations like mgrs forcing me to work 6 days to get my 35hrs and if I came in under 35 I didn't get my guarantee. And when I went to the company they covered for the mgr. Or the mgrs putting my freight into the U.S. mail to keep me from getting OT, driving me under 35 hrs and falsifying my timecards to make it look like I got just over 35. I was making $11.67 HR at the time and 35 hrs made it difficult to get by. They and the above mgr eventually got fired. The senior got demoted. But it put a hell of a lot of stress on me. I can give plenty more examples. You think you know but you don't. But ok, they were doing stuff like this to tens of thousands of couriers but hey, with a little bit of planning it's easy peasy. Nothing to see here, move along. [/QUOTE]
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