I gave up on the Purple Promise bullshit a long time ago. Weak pay,weak healthcare benefits, weak pension, 27 years wasted. I hate the facility where I work and Federal Express in general. Friggin sad.
Well, we all know where this was heading now don't we? Within weeks of this interview, FedEx announced consolidation of operating companies and just this week announced the closing of 29 Freight service centers. What looked to be a small wound in the fedex amour has turned out to be an uncontrollable bleeder. After 39 years at FedEx I can tell you 1st hand, the new moto should read, "Nothing will ruin a great employee faster than them watching you tolerate a bad one". This company went from elite to sub mediocre in 25 years because people became complacent. So much I could say, but the damage is already evident.
"Put in the work and you're taken care of." Yeah right! At my station, they coddle their buddies and make hard workers out to be troublemakers or something. No wonder the company isn't doing well. I hope there is a shake up. It's badly needed.
That's at every location. There are people that clock in daily at ours and since they are besties of the upper mgmt they do nothing. Their daily duties are divided up between other employees. These are the few employees that were going to be fired at another location and sent to ours. That's what is WRONG with this company. You can't run a company where everyone isn't pulling their own weight. It will eventually fail.
@@linone2000 Upper management is blind to the problems. I've pointed them out and they just say stupid things like, "But we're getting the job done." Are we? Is that why our revenue is down?
Treating employees right…… hmmm thats up for debate. They spent money on cameras for inside the trucks which could have been used else where like adding vehicles. Stations are under staffed. Not enough vehicles. Late freight yet they demand the couriers to still make service with more stops and less time. Or the new system of having a computer tell courier the exact order to deliver to make it more efficient yet the couriers are still faster then the computer doing it their way by experience and route knowledge and common sense. Or how they play the numbers game with everything including the raises. Paying new employees more then current employees with years there or the fact that they said in 10 years youll top out but nope you have with 7 10 15 years still not topped out and new hires coming in making just as much. Lets not even get started on the ground side issues either. It no wonder why UPS is thriving they take care of the employees and compensate them but a huge margin.
Not only this, but they treat their lazy buddies as if they're all doing a great job. Hard workers get shoved to the side. There are loads of couriers and OPS managers who need to go and there needs to be more appreciation for those who do care about the customer and getting the job done well.
Well the layoffs have continued. express stations are closing and drivers are being let go. Express pkgs are now being diverted to Ground for their drivers to deliver. The company has spent billions of dollars on programs and systems that the front-line employees told them would not work but they did not listen to the people that are actually doing the job.🤬
Their deliveries have been unreliable ever since they started using contractors for deliveries instead of employees. 15 to 20 years ago they were great, but since then I can't count the number of times I have had to call customer service because deliveries didn't come when scheduled and packages damaged. They have become a poor package delivery company in my opinion.
Raj is a profit marginer, not a CEO. He doesn’t actually care for the employee, nor the contractors. It would be essentially impossible for all of the contractors to unionize because they’re not considered employees. But, if Express employees want answers, & solutions to the answers that we know we’ll get…. Unionize. Otherwise you’re just a powerless employee, working under a CEO who doesn’t even have his employees as an afterthought. UNIONIZE. Raj will never recognize you as the foundation upholding the company structure unless you threaten collapse before he can restructure and get rid of you, & get over on the contractors. UPS is where it is because their union steers the company, not the company steering the employee.
@@carnivalhands2884 I was hired by Federal Express (notice the original name) in 1984 as a part time courier & retired from Corp Safety in 2019. I was paid competitively well for each job I had. I worked double shifts, split shifts, I froze my backside loading & unloading bellys on the 727s & feeders. What we didn’t have was heat in the tugs, air conditioning in vans, handheld scanners to tell us where to send the packages as we had to look it up in an Service Reference Guide that was 2” thick. I sure would have appreciated a routing plan for a route I’d never done on a Mon morning when the regular courier was absent. I promoted thru non-managerial ranks to finish my career in MEMHQ. So IMO FedEx was and still is very generous to their employees. If your experience is/was different (or you’re just a troll) so be it, but no one is going to spoon feed you life.
I gave up on the Purple Promise bullshit a long time ago. Weak pay,weak healthcare benefits, weak pension, 27 years wasted. I hate the facility where I work and Federal Express in general. Friggin sad.
Raj is by far the worst thing to ever happen to the company.
Nope
Well, we all know where this was heading now don't we? Within weeks of this interview, FedEx announced consolidation of operating companies and just this week announced the closing of 29 Freight service centers. What looked to be a small wound in the fedex amour has turned out to be an uncontrollable bleeder. After 39 years at FedEx I can tell you 1st hand, the new moto should read, "Nothing will ruin a great employee faster than them watching you tolerate a bad one". This company went from elite to sub mediocre in 25 years because people became complacent. So much I could say, but the damage is already evident.
You are totally correct!
"Put in the work and you're taken care of." Yeah right! At my station, they coddle their buddies and make hard workers out to be troublemakers or something. No wonder the company isn't doing well. I hope there is a shake up. It's badly needed.
That's at every location. There are people that clock in daily at ours and since they are besties of the upper mgmt they do nothing. Their daily duties are divided up between other employees. These are the few employees that were going to be fired at another location and sent to ours. That's what is WRONG with this company. You can't run a company where everyone isn't pulling their own weight. It will eventually fail.
@@linone2000 Upper management is blind to the problems. I've pointed them out and they just say stupid things like, "But we're getting the job done."
Are we? Is that why our revenue is down?
Totally agree.... I was a hard worker and was basically made out to be the villain ....
@@linone2000 so true .... saw it first hand and it was quite frustrating
@@latisewilson4561 It's happening to me right now. In my opinion, these people are evil and soulless.
Shareholder ROI shouldn't be the overriding factor of ruining people's lives!
welcome to corporate america my friend!
Welcome to America. It looks that you know not a lot about your country.
Ground makes Express look bad.
Treating employees right…… hmmm thats up for debate. They spent money on cameras for inside the trucks which could have been used else where like adding vehicles. Stations are under staffed. Not enough vehicles. Late freight yet they demand the couriers to still make service with more stops and less time. Or the new system of having a computer tell courier the exact order to deliver to make it more efficient yet the couriers are still faster then the computer doing it their way by experience and route knowledge and common sense. Or how they play the numbers game with everything including the raises. Paying new employees more then current employees with years there or the fact that they said in 10 years youll top out but nope you have with 7 10 15 years still not topped out and new hires coming in making just as much.
Lets not even get started on the ground side issues either.
It no wonder why UPS is thriving they take care of the employees and compensate them but a huge margin.
Agreed I work for FedEx express right now and you’re on point.
Yea it's crazy I've been a swing courier at FedEx Express for 6 years and a new swing coming in makes as much as me.
You nailed it on the head! I worked for Express for over 25 years. Beyond angry how they have treated employees (their meat and potatoes employees)
Not only this, but they treat their lazy buddies as if they're all doing a great job. Hard workers get shoved to the side. There are loads of couriers and OPS managers who need to go and there needs to be more appreciation for those who do care about the customer and getting the job done well.
Sounds like my station. I've lost all faith in express.
Upper level executives who’s contribution was questionable
I just read that they want to get rid of all couriers and use contractors.
TRUE.
FedEx is not the fun place used to be more . Upper management lost touch with the ground force workers. Lots of great hard working people are leaving.
Well the layoffs have continued. express stations are closing and drivers are being let go. Express pkgs are now being diverted to Ground for their drivers to deliver. The company has spent billions of dollars on programs and systems that the front-line employees told them would not work but they did not listen to the people that are actually doing the job.🤬
Their deliveries have been unreliable ever since they started using contractors for deliveries instead of employees. 15 to 20 years ago they were great, but since then I can't count the number of times I have had to call customer service because deliveries didn't come when scheduled and packages damaged. They have become a poor package delivery company in my opinion.
I'm a courier in NW Arkansas, it is a complete ,shitshow here. This company SUCKS
They have done ridiculous spending for more than 25 years! The almighty Fed Ex is finally getting what they rightfully deserve!!
Exactly, what do they deserve?
@@dinoaplzful Right? That's what I was wondering by that statement.
Angry swing driver for sure.
Raj is a profit marginer, not a CEO. He doesn’t actually care for the employee, nor the contractors. It would be essentially impossible for all of the contractors to unionize because they’re not considered employees. But, if Express employees want answers, & solutions to the answers that we know we’ll get…. Unionize. Otherwise you’re just a powerless employee, working under a CEO who doesn’t even have his employees as an afterthought. UNIONIZE. Raj will never recognize you as the foundation upholding the company structure unless you threaten collapse before he can restructure and get rid of you, & get over on the contractors.
UPS is where it is because their union steers the company, not the company steering the employee.
If he's talking about all arms of FedEx, Mr. Solomon doesn't have all his facts straight. We did have layoffs.
FedEx is going bankrupt
Promise unpromised, surprise!
😱🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏✌️
It's going to get better 😂
Greed kills companies
Greed on whose part specifically? FedEx has been very generous with employees & charities since day1.
@@mikehoysler4322 Charities yes, employees absolutely not
@@mikehoysler4322 Generous? 😆
@@carnivalhands2884 I was hired by Federal Express (notice the original name) in 1984 as a part time courier & retired from Corp Safety in 2019. I was paid competitively well for each job I had. I worked double shifts, split shifts, I froze my backside loading & unloading bellys on the 727s & feeders. What we didn’t have was heat in the tugs, air conditioning in vans, handheld scanners to tell us where to send the packages as we had to look it up in an Service Reference Guide that was 2” thick. I sure would have appreciated a routing plan for a route I’d never done on a Mon morning when the regular courier was absent. I promoted thru non-managerial ranks to finish my career in MEMHQ. So IMO FedEx was and still is very generous to their employees. If your experience is/was different (or you’re just a troll) so be it, but no one is going to spoon feed you life.
@Mike Hoysler It's clear you haven't worked for FDX in the past 15 years. FdX went woke and down hill pretty fast.