What will happen to the express Drivers....

[MAKAVELI]

They offered us severance. It’s based on years of service. Max was like 15 weeks pay if you have 25 years or more. You only get severance if you voluntarily leave Fedex and there is no available position to take within 50 miles of your current station. Severance was only offered to those being displaced. We have a couple of guys that have decided to retire……they don’t get severance.

So if there was a position within 50 miles regardless if it was less pay or part time and you didn't take it, you get no severance pay?

 

[fdxsux]

Timing was legit, when was sfa done?

We seriously had our meeting the Monday after the SFA closed. They also said you could elect to take a 90 day unpaid leave of absence while you look for another position at Express. If you take a position further than 50 miles they will give you some unspecified amount for moving expenses.

 

[fdxsux]

So if there was a position within 50 miles regardless if it was less pay or part time and you didn't take it, you get no severance pay?

I’m not sure if you would be required to downgrade to PT. Maybe. That question didn’t come up.

 

[MAKAVELI]

I’m not sure if you would be required to downgrade to PT. Maybe. That question didn’t come up.

Yeah I wouldn't think they could require a downgrade to PT. Just a lot of bs thrown around that has to be called out during this whole disaster of a company.

 

[lilwizbiz]

Yeah I wouldn't think they could require a downgrade to PT. Just a lot of bs thrown around that has to be called out during this whole disaster of a company.

Funny thing is the senior guys just brush this off like it’s nothing.it’s the younger folk that’s bitching and Crying. Imagine working at this place for over 30 years. The they must’ve seen, the amount of -ups the company had. In their minds they’re probably like here we go again with another bull of an idea.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Funny thing is the senior guys just brush this off like it’s nothing.it’s the younger folk that’s bitching and Crying. Imagine working at this place for over 30 years. The they must’ve seen, the amount of -ups the company had. In their minds they’re probably like here we go again with another bull of an idea.

True but this is probably the biggest bull of an idea in FedEx's history. Raj just dropped a bomb but didn't say where it's going to land.

 

[lilwizbiz]

True but this is probably the biggest bull of an idea in FedEx's history. Raj just dropped a bomb but didn't say where it's going to land.

He basically dropped a grenade and walked away with this one.

 

[Empty Pockets]

This is the info that station managers were given...

 

[yadig]

Dano heard today the two Nashville stations are merging into one location any truth to it that you know of?

Dano doesn’t have a clue what’s going on. He just comes on here to belittle people and claims he’s a “big wheel” at express and Fred’s best bud!

 

[bacha29]

Throwing out there all kinds of potential outcomes is pointless. Here are the facts:

1. If you are an employee of Fedex Express you will no longer have a job because you're employer has ceased operations.
Whether you will be offered employment by the new Federal Express Corporation and the terms of employment remains to be
seen. In the meantime proceed on the basis that you will either not be offered employment or employment under terms that are
so intolerably unbalanced in the company's favor that they're simply unacceptable making it necessary to develop some ideas as
to what alternative uses for your remaining working years can be developed

2. If you are a Fedex Ground contractor a similar situation. Fedex Ground is gone and that hauling contract which was never
binding upon FXG to begin with goes away as well. Again ,whether or not you are offered a new contract is anybody's guess
and likewise you don't know the terms except that they will decidedly in the company's favor and possibly even worse than
before. And those so called "negotiations"? Get out of here. It was a dog and pony show Ground staged to try and make
the feds think that you really were an independent contractor. Therefore, believing that you are going to be the beneficiary of
this so called "restructuring" you're lying to yourself. You'll simply be required to do more with less. So if you're a contractor
or a so called "contractor business contact" plan on driving a route yourself everyday just to keep from losing it.

The most vital component in this latest little caper is time. Raj and his cast of characters are tryin to keep the stock from
tanking, dependable and well versed on company operations employees from bailing ahead of the time when they can be
disposed of, continuing to keep contractors believing that their margins will be restored to previous levels. All in the hope
that labor supplies will stop shrinking preserving the supply of the cheap labor this entire house of cards is built on.

 

[Cactus]

This is the info that station managers were given...

FedEx actually still believes their own BS that the purple promise is for real. That was dead in the water from the git-go.

This is an exciting time for FedEx? Certainly not if you still work there. Smith will screw you one way or another.

This whole deal of combining operations is gonna be a clusterphuck the size of no other. Their track record of implementing new ideas and procedures ranks about one star out of ten. On a good day.

Since the thought of cheap labor excites Dano so much, why not give him his pink slip and replace him with someone fresh out of high school?

 

[lilwizbiz]

Throwing out there all kinds of potential outcomes is pointless. Here are the facts:

1. If you are an employee of Fedex Express you will no longer have a job because you're employer has ceased operations.
Whether you will be offered employment by the new Federal Express Corporation and the terms of employment remains to be
seen. In the meantime proceed on the basis that you will either not be offered employment or employment under terms that are
so intolerably unbalanced in the company's favor that they're simply unacceptable making it necessary to develop some ideas as
to what alternative uses for your remaining working years can be developed

2. If you are a Fedex Ground contractor a similar situation. Fedex Ground is gone and that hauling contract which was never
binding upon FXG to begin with goes away as well. Again ,whether or not you are offered a new contract is anybody's guess
and likewise you don't know the terms except that they will decidedly in the company's favor and possibly even worse than
before. And those so called "negotiations"? Get out of here. It was a dog and pony show Ground staged to try and make
the feds think that you really were an independent contractor. Therefore, believing that you are going to be the beneficiary of
this so called "restructuring" you're lying to yourself. You'll simply be required to do more with less. So if you're a contractor
or a so called "contractor business contact" plan on driving a route yourself everyday just to keep from losing it.

The most vital component in this latest little caper is time. Raj and his cast of characters are tryin to keep the stock from
tanking, dependable and well versed on company operations employees from bailing ahead of the time when they can be
disposed of, continuing to keep contractors believing that their margins will be restored to previous levels. All in the hope
that labor supplies will stop shrinking preserving the supply of the cheap labor this entire house of cards is built on.

Company employees will still be company employees. Ground employees I don’t know but common sense tells me they also will not be let go. They don’t exactly have 500 applications for courier positions out there. It ain’t a sought after job it’s grunt work.

 

[bacha29]

Company employees will still be company employees. Ground employees I don’t know but common sense tells me they also will not be let go. They don’t exactly have 500 applications for courier positions out there. It ain’t a sought after job it’s grunt work.

Work force reduction and a sizeable one at that is the entire objective. As a Fedex Express employee all prior covenants and commitments ends with the end of Fedex Express operations. Same holds true with Ground contractors and their hauling contracts.

Herein lies the shrewdness of what they are doing. They are creating a new company altogether giving them almost total and unencumbered freedom to whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want with little to no potential litigation.

So if you're going to be caught up in this thing this best thing to do is to proceed on the assumption that you will not be part of the new company. If you are offered new employment and if in the unlikely event that the terms are at least and good as they were previously...feel relieved but not celebratory .

In the meantime assume absolutely nothing.

 

[lilwizbiz]

Work force reduction and a sizeable one at that is the entire objective. As a Fedex Express employee all prior covenants and commitments ends with the end of Fedex Express operations. Same holds true with Ground contractors and their hauling contracts.

Herein lies the shrewdness of what they are doing. They are creating a new company altogether giving them almost total and unencumbered freedom to whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want with little to no potential litigation.

So if you're going to be caught up in this thing this best thing to do is to proceed on the assumption that you will not be part of the new company. If you are offered new employment and if in the unlikely event that the terms are at least and good as they were previously...feel relieved but not celebratory .

In the meantime assume absolutely nothing.

I can’t assume what the objective they literally have said nothing during the presentation. This seems to be more of a merge on the corporate side more than anything. Idek how you merge operations. Does ground go into express stations? Does express go into ground stations? Do they just lease out big ass warehouses all over the country and move everyone in there? Loads of questions unanswered.

 

[SFFX]

I can’t assume what the objective they literally have said nothing during the presentation. This seems to be more of a merge on the corporate side more than anything. Idek how you merge operations. Does ground go into express stations? Does express go into ground stations? Do they just lease out big ass warehouses all over the country and move everyone in there? Loads of questions unanswered.

Exactly, the presentation was marketing to investors. There were plenty of conflicting statements in the presentation and details were not there. Changes are coming, people who say they know what they are, they don't. Let the mess and disfunction play out, if you have been with the company long enoght you know its never smooth. Have a personal plan B and C. It just a job, there are plenty out there right now.

 

[Gone fishin]

I can’t assume what the objective they literally have said nothing during the presentation. This seems to be more of a merge on the corporate side more than anything. Idek how you merge operations. Does ground go into express stations? Does express go into ground stations? Do they just lease out big ass warehouses all over the country and move everyone in there? Loads of questions unanswered.

No one on this message board knows anything. Everyone is guessing

 

[lilwizbiz]

Exactly, the presentation was marketing to investors. There were plenty of conflicting statements in the presentation and details were not there. Changes are coming, people who say they know what they are, they don't. Let the mess and disfunction play out, if you have been with the company long enoght you know it’s never smooth. Have a personal plan B and C. It just a job, there are plenty out there right now.

In theory it makes sense that it will be a “new” company that they can just let everyone go and hire them back. But reality’s different, they can’t hang on to anyone the place naturally will have high turnover because of the grunt work. My guess is drivers won’t be touched and if they’re letting go drivers left and right then the company’s either bankrupt or the volume is at a point where no driver in the country is barely getting any stops. In the last year alone I must’ve seen 40-50 people hired and ended up quitting and crazy to say that I might be underestimating the number.

 

[purpder]

Throwing out there all kinds of potential outcomes is pointless. Here are the facts:

1. If you are an employee of Fedex Express you will no longer have a job because you're employer has ceased operations.
Whether you will be offered employment by the new Federal Express Corporation and the terms of employment remains to be
seen. In the meantime proceed on the basis that you will either not be offered employment or employment under terms that are
so intolerably unbalanced in the company's favor that they're simply unacceptable making it necessary to develop some ideas as
to what alternative uses for your remaining working years can be developed

2. If you are a Fedex Ground contractor a similar situation. Fedex Ground is gone and that hauling contract which was never
binding upon FXG to begin with goes away as well. Again ,whether or not you are offered a new contract is anybody's guess
and likewise you don't know the terms except that they will decidedly in the company's favor and possibly even worse than
before. And those so called "negotiations"? Get out of here. It was a dog and pony show Ground staged to try and make
the feds think that you really were an independent contractor. Therefore, believing that you are going to be the beneficiary of
this so called "restructuring" you're lying to yourself. You'll simply be required to do more with less. So if you're a contractor
or a so called "contractor business contact" plan on driving a route yourself everyday just to keep from losing it.

The most vital component in this latest little caper is time. Raj and his cast of characters are tryin to keep the stock from
tanking, dependable and well versed on company operations employees from bailing ahead of the time when they can be
disposed of, continuing to keep contractors believing that their margins will be restored to previous levels. All in the hope
that labor supplies will stop shrinking preserving the supply of the cheap labor this entire house of cards is built on.

Funny that your speculations="facts"

 

[It will be fine]

I can’t assume what the objective they literally have said nothing during the presentation. This seems to be more of a merge on the corporate side more than anything. Idek how you merge operations. Does ground go into express stations? Does express go into ground stations? Do they just lease out big ass warehouses all over the country and move everyone in there? Loads of questions unanswered.

There won’t be Ground and Express anymore. They will eventually align all their buildings to service smaller geographic areas than they cover now. Trucked freight will be handled by contractors. More freight will be trucked than the current status quo. More trucking, less flying is the plan. I think it’s less complicated than you guys are making it.

 

[yadig]

There won’t be Ground and Express anymore. They will eventually align all their buildings to service smaller geographic areas than they cover now. Trucked freight will be handled by contractors. More freight will be trucked than the current status quo. More trucking, less flying is the plan. I think it’s less complicated than you guys are making it.

We’ll see. Can FedEx force you to pay driver’s a set hourly wage, overtime, insurance, sick days, vacation, 401k match?