Being PT is a lot different than FT, and if you can use your FedEx tuition refund benefits to move onto something better...good for you. Although there are a few decent managers out there they are definitely in the minority.
Take a look at the new UPS contract that's on the table and you'd realize that their wage and benefit increases will NEVER be offered to you at FedEx because you have ZERO negotiating power to force management to pay you a living wage that reflects the extreme profitability you provide to FedEx. If FedEx was to become your full-time career you'd realize this in short order unless you had a brain the size of a gnat.
I will again ask UPSer's to start talking to Fedex Express couriers whenever you see one and inform them how much you make per hour more than they do, and how your retirement and benefit pkg dwarf the pitiful crap FedEx offers. A unionized FedEx would not only further the interests of UPS by providing a level playing field, but would give the Teamsters enormous leverage, which would serve to benefit hourlies at both companies in the long-run. I can't believe the lack of interest in adding to your own power.....drivers on both sides would be better off.
