Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Speaking of someone with limited mental capacities, you can’t even answer a question.
Our Senior Manager said 3% raise for everyone October 1
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Because when I go to Chick-fil-a all over the country their employees really do seem happy to work there and they make an extra effort to be helpful. I remember FedEx being like that 30 years ago. FedEx used to say "People-Service-Profit with the people coming first." And I remember Fred saying years later in our monthly bulletin that it was never the case, people are important but are just one of the three legs of that saying. He was responding to criticism that the company wasn't giving raises and not putting their people first.
It’s not MY business plan... it’s theirs. I didn’t come up with PSP... FedEx did. If they care more about profit & service than their people, just be honest about it. Don’t shove the stupid PSP motto down my throat and just blatantly tell me I’m worthless lol. Because their actions don’t match their words. If I’m supposed to go on road everyday and put people first, the executives should have to as well. They’ve killed morale by doing the opposite. New hires come to work every day and get to hear from 10-20 year employees about how they should just find another job. And it’s all corporates fault. They’re the reason why 16 year employees are on step 4.
It will be fine
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Was fedex really different or were you just younger and more susceptible to the propaganda?
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Fred didn’t say WHICH people were important (in his mind) but that’s an easy guess.
I worked for FedEx from 1986 until 2017. We worked hard in the early years. That was before Ground and many of us drove big stepvans full of bulk. But the positivity was very noticeable and things didn't start breaking down until about 1994 or so. People believed if they worked hard the company would take care of them. I transferred around and heard that in many places. But year over year benefits were stripped and raises stopped coming. Raises got better for a little bit but then we were down to 2% raises annually. The company had mgrs telling new hires that they would top out in 7-8 years. New hires wouldn't believe us when we told them that's what we were told 7-8 years ago and we're nowhere near top out. Many quit after they realized we weren't lying. All through this period FedEx portrayed itself as a company to have a great future with. They would really promote how they were a top ten company in I believe it was Fortune Magazine's top 100 companies to work for. Maybe Forbes. The magazine would highlight the top ten and I remember one year they stated that FedEx couriers start at $33k a year which struck me as very odd(back when that would have been very good starting pay). Then I realized that in the highest paid market, the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area, that was true. On the lowest paid pay scale that was nowhere near the case. FedEx was shaping the perception to get people eager to work for them. I for one put up with it to get the pension. But then they terminated the traditional plan as the economy crashed in 2008 and there was nowhere to go. And are screwing with the new plan now because they can with so many out of work. That in spite of being peak season busy.
falcon back
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You do realize the person you asked that question to is homeless and lives in his car dont you?
Not homeless, and am traveling. We do realize you have your head up your ass however.
falcon back
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YOU posted we should not spend money on technology, equipment or expansion and we should not grow as a company. Your words
If we hadn't done any of those over the years we would have Falcons, DC 3 and econoline vans with manual transmissions. We would have very few employees and would eventually go the way of Sears and JC Penny, Emery, Airborne
falcon back
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Did you sleep in a bed that is in a house last night or did you sleep in a car?
I can't hear you, your voice is muffled ass hat.
Fred's Myth
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Those were your words that you put in Van's mouth.
I could hear him spit them out from here.
Damon77
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In my head I read this as if it was straight from a Ken Burns documentary.
dezguy
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Nah she stopped talking to him back when his wife won the lottery.
Thanks, I worked hard on it for several minutes.
falcon back
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I was replying to aquaman. He said we should not be buying planes, expanding the hubs, spending money on new technology and should not grow as a company. All of those actions resulted in most of us having a job.
It shouldn’t take precedent over paying your employees. I think everyone agrees we’d prefer the company to be quite a bit smaller, less competitive, if it meant we had our traditional pensions back, and topped out in a reasonable timeframe. What good is it for the company to be this big and profitable if none of it comes back to me. I make 1992 FedEx pay in the year 2020.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
It was better.
falcon back
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So you want the company to refuse packages from certain customers so we can downsize. That is a fantastic idea. If the company were smaller, how do you know you would even have a job?
