The Express employee massacre continues.

[lilwizbiz]

Although I must say I hate this for our younger dudes. Hard pill to swallow starting over. That’s if all this happens

Don’t see these guys willingly laying off ppl and paying severance for all these drivers. I just do not see it. For the sole reason being they’re cheap af

 

[It will be fine]

Doesn’t matter. It’s been slow for the past 2 weeks from FedEx. Ground folk must be mad, they were expecting a flood of express drivers being laid off. Don’t worry may-June you’ll See letters. When it doesn’t happen goalposts will move to July-august. The goalposts will keep moving mate

Most Ground guys couldn’t care less about the Express drivers. I am glad the arrogant ones are being proven wrong, though.

 

[lilwizbiz]

Most Ground guys couldn’t care less about the Express drivers. I am glad the arrogant ones are being proven wrong, though.

Still waiting for an official document from FedEx bro. You seem to think laying off or firing people is easy here at FedEx. It’s almost impossible. A company that hates paying out even a minute of overtime is all of a sudden going to pay all that severance?..If you actually believe that then give me some of that you’re smoking

 

[Gone fishin]

Most Ground guys couldn’t care less about the Express drivers. I am glad the arrogant ones are being proven wrong, though.

I don’t think it’s arrogance at all , I think we honestly don’t see this working with undervalued employees. Express is important to this country as far as getting urgent materials to people or businesses. It’s an actual compass on our economy.
That being said , I don’t like the American worker being treat like a kid mowing lawns. If contractors take over the whole country how will that look and feel.
That’s a slow painful , sorry life with nothing to look for other than another days flat rate amounting to nothing over the years
Except for you , you’ll have a nice big house and family with a full retirement plan
That’s my problem

 

[59 Dano]

A company that hates paying out even a minute of overtime is all of a sudden going to pay all that severance?

Some people seem to think that it's cheaper to pay someone every week for as many years as he wants to work than to give him a 1 time severance payment. It's mind boggling.

 

[lilwizbiz]

Some people seem to think that it's cheaper to pay someone every week for as many years as he wants to work than to give him a 1 time severance payment. It's mind boggling.

I thought their goal was to save 4B in the next 4 years though.

 

[59 Dano]

I thought their goal was to save 4B in the next 4 years though.

You understand that a one time severance payment of several weeks is less than 52 weeks of pay for the next 4 years, right?

 

[Cactus]

I don't think I am.

What if I said there were 655 stations in the US. Would you think I'm a sr manager in the Nashville area or the LOUISVILLE area?

Nah, I’d still say you’re a Memphis shill.

 

[zeev]

Time to look for Express packages in the ditch.

 

[It will be fine]

I don’t think it’s arrogance at all , I think we honestly don’t see this working with undervalued employees. Express is important to this country as far as getting urgent materials to people or businesses. It’s an actual compass on our economy.
That being said , I don’t like the American worker being treat like a kid mowing lawns. If contractors take over the whole country how will that look and feel.
That’s a slow painful , sorry life with nothing to look for other than another days flat rate amounting to nothing over the years
Except for you , you’ll have a nice big house and family with a full retirement plan
That’s my problem

At one point I worked for a contractor as a driver. I made decisions, worked my ass off and took financial risks to get where I am now. That’s capitalism, there was no way I was going to stay a driver for someone else my entire career. Jealousy doesn’t get you anywhere. Blaming the system and crying victim is for losers.

 

[Gone fishin]

At one point I worked for a contractor as a driver. I made decisions, worked my ass off and took financial risks to get where I am now. That’s capitalism, there was no way I was going to stay a driver for someone else my entire career. Jealousy doesn’t get you anywhere. Blaming the system and crying victim is for losers.

We all work hard , you don’t want to compare household incomes , trust me , I’m not jealous. I am dumbfounded how anyone could work for ground , that’s why our ground hub sucks in the area because people know what it’s about.
There’s too many better jobs around and they aren’t stupid

 

[SmithBarney]

Many of the buildings are only leased. That has to be factored into the speculation behind what Fat Freddy has in mind.

Just do what we did... call the property management company, inquire about your station location "Hello We're interested in leasing 123 FedexStation Rd, We hear it will be available soon, when do you think we can sit down with ABC property management to discuss a long term lease" The answer was given... it wasn't good.

 

[It will be fine]

We all work hard , you don’t want to compare household incomes , trust me , I’m not jealous. I am dumbfounded how anyone could work for ground , that’s why our ground hub sucks in the area because people know what it’s about.
There’s too many better jobs around and they aren’t stupid

The problem is people think entry level jobs should give them a high standard of living. They should make you work towards a better job. You should hate being poor and find a way to be wealthy. There’s nothing wrong with Ground in that regard, there’s plenty of room for advancement if you have any ambition. A lot of Americans are stupid and don’t have ambition, they deserve the scraps.

 

[SmithBarney]

I have a buddy in JANA, They were told Tuesday that there are plans to add onto the existing Ground building. Not sure how long that will take.

CGIA and SIKA were just told about their merger soon
Logan Utah was just announces as well. Half are losing their jobs

And Logan was announced back in March. I started at LGUA many moons ago, good group of workers and a extremely high output station for its size(<20 employees). We would send out a FULL CTV each night, I currently work at a station with 100+ employees and our outbound is less than 1/2 of what we did at LGUA.

 

[fdxsux]

And Logan was announced back in March. I started at LGUA many moons ago, good group of workers and a extremely high output station for its size(<20 employees). We would send out a FULL CTV each night, I currently work at a station with 100+ employees and our outbound is less than 1/2 of what we did at LGUA.

How long ago did you leave LGUA?

 

[MAKAVELI]

The problem is people think entry level jobs should give them a high standard of living. They should make you work towards a better job. You should hate being poor and find a way to be wealthy. There’s nothing wrong with Ground in that regard, there’s plenty of room for advancement if you have any ambition. A lot of Americans are stupid and don’t have ambition, they deserve the scraps.

So UPS drivers is an entry level job? Lol

 

[Mutineer]

So UPS drivers is an entry level job? Lol

I think that Amazon, FedEx Ground, and others are proving every day that being a UPS driver ought to be a high turnover, poorly paid, entry level job.

 

[MAKAVELI]

I think that Amazon, FedEx Ground, and others are proving every day that being a UPS driver ought to be a high turnover, poorly paid, entry level job.

The delivery driver is the face of the company. UPS that's been 100 plus years. FedEx that's been 50 years. You have nothing without your drivers. Get a friend clue.....

 

[Mutineer]

I think we honestly don’t see this working with undervalued employees.

Plenty of very successful companies treat their frontline workers like garbage and are wildly successful.

If it works for them, it will work for box-donkeys.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Plenty of very successful companies treat their frontline workers like garbage and are wildly successful.

If it works for them, it will work for box-donkeys.

Doubt it. Walmart sells products. FedEx sells service. If UPS is superior in service with comparable price, where do you think shippers will use?