After 16 years… within $5 of our biggest competitor would be a start. Currently at $15/hr less than UPS top rate. So that’s the quality of work they get.
Do you even work for Express? What is a feeder agent? Are you talking about RTD’s? They’re on a 5 step progression now… why would you suggest they go to 8 steps? Also starting pay for RTD’s is more than that…. I have zero doubt you work for express. This is just how clueless people are here haha.
Feeder agents are couriers that handle aircraft duties at stations. Surprisingly you might not know there are numerous stations that receive freight from aircraft that aren't ramps, when that happens you need feeder agents.
So yes, I'm with express, for quite awhile actually and in management for a good chunk also. Banging my head against the corporate wall due to sfa feedback regarding pay for the past few years. Trying to split the difference between ups and fdx pay for all positions, whether people know them or not.
So yeah, it is funny how clueless people are on here.
Yes I’m in a bigger city. Never heard of a feeder agent courier. Problem isn’t the payscale though. It’s consistency. Had they implemented the step plan and followed it every year since, nobody would have a problem here. But they didn’t. They weaseled up a plan that looked good on paper with no obligation or motivation to follow that plan. So it doesn’t matter how much the plan is shrunk. 10 steps to 8. Or 8 steps to 5 steps. You can make the gaps between steps bigger all you want… it’s still just a plan on paper the company doesn’t have to or want to stick to. It’s nothing more than a hiring tool. There’s no trust there among employees that the company will follow through with anything they announce. So stop trying to make your employees happy on paper and fight for the raises already on the paper.
True.
It’s all you can do. Managers need to tell upper managment every chance they get that this place NEEDS to follow the step plan. Tell them you’re losing drivers because of 2%-3% raises. You can’t hire anyone with the current starting pay. If they say it’s all they can afford… call them out on the lies. Throw contradicting numbers in their face. Tell them they need to compete with consistency. There’s nothing else you can do but annoy them. Sadly most managers don’t want to annoy their superiors about the ACTUAL issues here. Fedex can’t make employees happy by putting a raise on paper, and then giving them a quarter of that raise. My next step raise should be $2.33/hr… almost 9%… a damn good raise. Now Fedex came up with that raise, not me. It was THEIR idea…. If I get 50 cents instead, who am I supposed to be mad at?
But but but but but everyone here says they all leave between lunch and 2pm!!!!!!
Me either, and I wouldn't want to take a pay cut to be an ops manager again.
9% is still less the a COLA raise. I believe SS recipients are looking at over 10% this year.
More like 5.9%. SS recipients haven't had a raise over 6% since 1981, and there's been many many years that it's been lower than 3%.
The fact that Express is trying to pay tractor trailer drivers $21.95 ANYWHERE in the country is embarrassing.
