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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 2971492" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>But in your world FedEx can do no wrong.&nbsp; You attack the character of anyone who points out that they didn&#039;t get the same deal you got, even though for years FedEx was saying they would very soon.&nbsp; The only reason FedEx finally came up with something better is because in many stations they couldn&#039;t keep enough new hires and the old guys like you with better deals were finally retiring in ever bigger numbers.&nbsp; They stretched out lousy pay for as long as they could get away with it.&nbsp; You refuse to admit that and insist we could&#039;ve left for something better.&nbsp; But they had us over a barrel with a lousy economy.&nbsp; For most who had mortgages, kids, car payments they were effectively stuck.&nbsp; You&#039;d go a long way towards mending your reputation here if instead of attacking everyone who&#039;s critical you would just admit that for at least a decade or two FedEx took advantage of people so that they could keep their profits up while spending large sums to build up Ground.&nbsp; If FedEx was truly sincere about doing right by those who bore the brunt of this then when they initiated the new pay plan they would&#039;ve said ok, you&#039;ve got 10 years in, you are topped out.&nbsp; Thank you for hanging in there all those years when you were expected to settle for a lot less.&nbsp; They could have also said to those who worked a lot of years towards their traditional pension that once they reached 25 years they would be placed into new pension.&nbsp; But rather than give people a chance to earn a full traditional they were forced into something that gave them a lot less.&nbsp; The sad thing is rather than admit FedEx could have handled it a lot better you will now come on and say I&#039;m a whiner, a punk, etc.&nbsp; I suspect that in the days when unions first started you&#039;d be one of the fellows companies brought in to beat with clubs picketers on picket lines.&nbsp; We are critical because we earned the right to be.&nbsp; We lived up to our end, working hard for promised compensation.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t live up to their end.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 2971492, member: 24302"] But in your world FedEx can do no wrong. You attack the character of anyone who points out that they didn't get the same deal you got, even though for years FedEx was saying they would very soon. The only reason FedEx finally came up with something better is because in many stations they couldn't keep enough new hires and the old guys like you with better deals were finally retiring in ever bigger numbers. They stretched out lousy pay for as long as they could get away with it. You refuse to admit that and insist we could've left for something better. But they had us over a barrel with a lousy economy. For most who had mortgages, kids, car payments they were effectively stuck. You'd go a long way towards mending your reputation here if instead of attacking everyone who's critical you would just admit that for at least a decade or two FedEx took advantage of people so that they could keep their profits up while spending large sums to build up Ground. If FedEx was truly sincere about doing right by those who bore the brunt of this then when they initiated the new pay plan they would've said ok, you've got 10 years in, you are topped out. Thank you for hanging in there all those years when you were expected to settle for a lot less. They could have also said to those who worked a lot of years towards their traditional pension that once they reached 25 years they would be placed into new pension. But rather than give people a chance to earn a full traditional they were forced into something that gave them a lot less. The sad thing is rather than admit FedEx could have handled it a lot better you will now come on and say I'm a whiner, a punk, etc. I suspect that in the days when unions first started you'd be one of the fellows companies brought in to beat with clubs picketers on picket lines. We are critical because we earned the right to be. We lived up to our end, working hard for promised compensation. They didn't live up to their end. [/QUOTE]

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