Bill.
I graduated high school with the guy that is now the aircraft maintenance
supervisor at the FedEx hub (It's in the south but forget what state). He
lived across the street from me and we were playmates when we were little.
I haven't seen him since he joined the military right after high school,
but I did communicate via email a couple years ago when a class reunion
came aorund. Can you imagine what he must deal with everyday!?!
Gerard
At 12:03 PM -0800 3/24/00, Bill wrote:
>I agree on the stress as it applies to FedEx/RPS/UPS. I used to be a courier
>for FedEx and it could be very stressful, especially before 10 a.m.
>(delivery requirement) and between 2 p.m. and about 5:30 p.m. for pickups.
>The "numbers" requirements seemed almost impossible to meet.
>
>Then again I had days when I was calling other couriers to see if they
>needed help. Some couriers even went to the movies! Of course this was 10
>years ago before the market (and FedEx' market share) increased..
>
>In addition to calorically challenged, we had a few that were directionally
>challenged. They couldn't find the same place 2 days in a row, couldn't
>remember street names, etc. They were washouts and went back to being
>handlers or quit.
>
>I also had friend who worked in the local (Oakland) USPS mail sort facility
>for a while. He said he always felt like an inmate, working down on the
>floor while the "wardens" walked around the catwalk perimeter above watching
>them all the time. Needless to say he didn't last long. He said It paid well
>but wasn't worth the stress.
>
>Bill Hunt
>64 MK II Sprite - HRBYTOY
>
>
>
><< Do UPS
> for FedEx workers have such problems? Maybe they make fun of the USPO
>workers
> to relive stress? >>
>
>
><<As a former manager of an RPS terminal (now called FedX ground)..yes there
>is
>a fair amount of stress. Work areas are assigned by zip codes, and some
>distant engineer that probably never drove a street or walked through a
>neighborhood has determined the number of stops per hour, number of packages
>
>per stop, number of miles per stop, and average time for each of these to
>let
>you know how many stops per day...or packages per day a "person" can
>deliver.
>
>100% delivery of all stops is expected...that's what we customers pay for,
>and if you are older than average, calorically challanged, only somewhat
>smarter than a plant, or sick, disturbed, angry, upset at your wife, girl,
>car .........etc.............. you can't do it, and someone (used to be me)
>
>will have to call you into the office for a "business discussion".
>
>Yea, it's stressful, and probably more so because it's the best paying job
>most of them have ever had, and the stress is from the chance of losing
>it.>>
G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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