At this point, I rarely need to use the LEO to know where the stops are going, but starting out the job really intimidated me - especially when working the 'heavier' routes. When it all finally clicks, working the route becomes much more of a breeze.

Learning a route can be a little stressful and takes time, you have to find ways to do your work as quickly and efficiently as possible. Once you load up your van and go on road, you're on your own. I went part-time almost a year ago, and the rigors of work certainly increased somewhat but with the extra hours and ability to earn overtime I felt that the compensation was worth it (although my feelings about going part-time changed recently, I'll explain further on).Ī typical day at work involves the AM package sort, pulling freight/docs off of the trucks and organizing them by route. As a Casual, you can set your own schedule week-to-week, and come in after the AM sort, missing all of the morning chaos. Initially, I was a Casual Courier, which meant I could only work up to 24 hours a week, and up to 8 hours per day. Training seemed to take a long time, but it's not difficult to learn the tasks of the job. I have been working for FedEx Express for about two years. They could honestly pay double the salary to start and it still wo. Not only is this job a nightmare for your mental health it’s also incredibly physically damaging to your body as well. I honestly couldn’t believe how many lies one person can come up with to try to get you to do their job on a daily basis. Zero integrity in some of the people that worked there. Every morning their was people yelling at each other, getting angry at each other and the same human trash that continually pushed their work off onto either people regardless of their or your workload. Management is really only concerned that the job gets done they don’t care if other employees take advantage of others so they don’t have to work as hard. Your co-workers will screw you into doing their work for them so they can go home early, management just ignores it even if you make a complaint. The level of stress and toxicity of the work environment was something I’ve never experienced before(I’m prior military, didn’t think it got more stressful than that job but I was wrong). You could have the most dishonest, backstabbing garbage person of a manager and they are basically un-fireable because the manager above them would have to admit they made a mistake hiring an idiot so they just ignore bad managers. Their is literally no selection process when they hire management, whoever volunteers gets the job. Rampant favoritism, dishonest management, and Backstabbing co-workers. In the driving categories, new employees were considered to be. We were using an assessment system then to rate couriers that was on a scale of 1-7 in a variety of categories. The topic of 'top pay' came up, and he told us we would reach the top of the pay scale within 5 years (when the company started, it was under 2 years to reach top pay). After a few years, I was invited to attend a meeting with the head of the district.

But such hours are not guaranteed, and in time they dwindled. I went from part-time to full-time in a matter of months, and the padding in my checking account was nice to see. When I began, I worked long hours and there was plenty of overtime available. Overall, however, I'd say FedEx has not been a great company to work for, and I wish I had started somewhere else, even if it meant getting paid less initially. Again, not great, but when you compare it to other American companies, well, it could be worse. You also get paid vacations, maxing out at 5 weeks after 20 years with the company. They are proud of not laying off employees, and to my knowledge, they have never done so. You are also pretty much guaranteed a job with the company as long as you want it. Secondly, you get retirement benefits, and FedEx matches your contribution. It's not great, and it takes a chunk from your paycheck, but at least you have it in case of a catastrophe.

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