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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5417099" data-attributes="member: 24302">As a young man in the early 80&#039;s I did just that.&nbsp; I worked at a supermarket for over 4 years in high school and while attending jr. college. They wanted me to go fulltime but I wanted a degree.&nbsp; I left to attend a Christian college and my stepmother got cancer and my father&#039;s business went under.&nbsp; So I quit and joined the Air Force.&nbsp; After getting out I moved in with my brother in Memphis and eventually got on with FedEx.&nbsp; While sr mgrs offered to have me get into mgmt training several times I was content being a courier and wanted no part of what mgrs went through.&nbsp; You say you can do this or that as if it&#039;s easy.&nbsp; I worked very hard as a courier but giving my life over to a company like a FedEx mgr did even if it meant better money wasn&#039;t appealing.&nbsp; At the end of the day looking back I made the right choice for me.&nbsp; There&#039;s a lot more to life than money.&nbsp; Some people are driven to succeed and often do.&nbsp; I don&#039;t begrudge them the better pay.&nbsp; But I have/had other interests beyond schlepping pkgs.&nbsp; The job was a means to an end, not the end.Telling people they need to move from their home for more money isn&#039;t always worth it.&nbsp; Once I moved away and because of the nature of FedEx I spent many, many years away from my family at Thanksgiving and Christmas.&nbsp; And having traveled through most of the country for decades I can say unequivocally that in many small towns it&#039;s a struggle to find work that will support a family.&nbsp; My mother often worked two to three jobs at a time in fast food with few raises and no benefits.&nbsp; She never made $30k in a year even when working a full-time and two part-time jobs.&nbsp; People can be very cavalier about other people&#039;s situations but until you face it yourself you don&#039;t really know what they&#039;re going through.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5417099, member: 24302"] As a young man in the early 80's I did just that. I worked at a supermarket for over 4 years in high school and while attending jr. college. They wanted me to go fulltime but I wanted a degree. I left to attend a Christian college and my stepmother got cancer and my father's business went under. So I quit and joined the Air Force. After getting out I moved in with my brother in Memphis and eventually got on with FedEx. While sr mgrs offered to have me get into mgmt training several times I was content being a courier and wanted no part of what mgrs went through. You say you can do this or that as if it's easy. I worked very hard as a courier but giving my life over to a company like a FedEx mgr did even if it meant better money wasn't appealing. At the end of the day looking back I made the right choice for me. There's a lot more to life than money. Some people are driven to succeed and often do. I don't begrudge them the better pay. But I have/had other interests beyond schlepping pkgs. The job was a means to an end, not the end. Telling people they need to move from their home for more money isn't always worth it. Once I moved away and because of the nature of FedEx I spent many, many years away from my family at Thanksgiving and Christmas. And having traveled through most of the country for decades I can say unequivocally that in many small towns it's a struggle to find work that will support a family. My mother often worked two to three jobs at a time in fast food with few raises and no benefits. She never made $30k in a year even when working a full-time and two part-time jobs. People can be very cavalier about other people's situations but until you face it yourself you don't really know what they're going through. [/QUOTE]

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