A good solution to get the west back to a profitalble company is to go back to system that was in placed before all this anti-west from the east, ie. “ The west don't know what the f#*k their doing” attitude. If this is some retaliation to what the east went through back in Viking days, when Viking had the nerve to service the whole USA, this is wrong!
Most of the managers that were behind that are gone,I.e. Bill Zollar! And we all know what a jem he has been for YRC.
East. If you want to see some profit from the west. Give us a month to run this division like it used to run. The Viking managers,drivers,dockworkers and office personnel all know how to run a an LTL company.
Because of some of you ex-Central,Spartan,Cole freight people just can't let go of the past.
Is this FedEx's definition of "Diversity"?
THE FEDEX WATCHDOGS
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
F.Y.I.
My fellow FedEx Freight employees, I want to make you aware of a recent change concerning our short term and long term disability benefits.
As of Jan 1, 2010 Cigna manages our disability claims. Whenever you are out due to medical or injury and need these benefits to cover the time off work, Cigna has to approve it. FXF pays them to micro manage our claims and deny them when possible. I had double knee surgery in April 2009, Cigna approved my STD claim and then months later in July denied it. The claims manager for Cigna stated that my doctor’s medical records were too brief and did not contain the info she wanted. After fighting with them with no resolution, FXF sent me forms to apply for FMLA and General leave to cover the unpaid time off. I did this to make them happy. This was a huge mistake. FXF sent me a letter just recently informing me that unless I return to work by March 2, 2010 they would consider it my "resignation".
This was due to the fact that you can only be off on FMLA or General Leave protected time for 90 days. At that time the employer can demand you return to work or you can be fired legally regardless of whether you or healed. If it had not been for CA State Disability, I would have had no pay for the entire time I was off. So you see, here is just another example of how benefits that we pay for are worthless.
Unless we have a say in how our benefits are managed then we are subject to whatever FXF wants to do. The only way we will be able to have that say is with a collective bargaining agreement. The time is now to stand up and fight for our jobs, benefits and stop the use of these purchased transports.
I spent most of last night at WHT unloading FXF trailers destined for the Northwest and loading the freight onto PT long vans. This is ridiculous. Those routes were once driven by our Line Drivers.
We CAN change FedEx to win for us and our families. One thing is for sure, it will not change if you wait for someone else to do it for you. Get involved now, get to a meeting at a local and make an informed decision about your future!
Jimtrucky
Road Driver
OXN
As of Jan 1, 2010 Cigna manages our disability claims. Whenever you are out due to medical or injury and need these benefits to cover the time off work, Cigna has to approve it. FXF pays them to micro manage our claims and deny them when possible. I had double knee surgery in April 2009, Cigna approved my STD claim and then months later in July denied it. The claims manager for Cigna stated that my doctor’s medical records were too brief and did not contain the info she wanted. After fighting with them with no resolution, FXF sent me forms to apply for FMLA and General leave to cover the unpaid time off. I did this to make them happy. This was a huge mistake. FXF sent me a letter just recently informing me that unless I return to work by March 2, 2010 they would consider it my "resignation".
This was due to the fact that you can only be off on FMLA or General Leave protected time for 90 days. At that time the employer can demand you return to work or you can be fired legally regardless of whether you or healed. If it had not been for CA State Disability, I would have had no pay for the entire time I was off. So you see, here is just another example of how benefits that we pay for are worthless.
Unless we have a say in how our benefits are managed then we are subject to whatever FXF wants to do. The only way we will be able to have that say is with a collective bargaining agreement. The time is now to stand up and fight for our jobs, benefits and stop the use of these purchased transports.
I spent most of last night at WHT unloading FXF trailers destined for the Northwest and loading the freight onto PT long vans. This is ridiculous. Those routes were once driven by our Line Drivers.
We CAN change FedEx to win for us and our families. One thing is for sure, it will not change if you wait for someone else to do it for you. Get involved now, get to a meeting at a local and make an informed decision about your future!
Jimtrucky
Road Driver
OXN
Thursday, March 4, 2010
How To Destory A Profitable Company ...
One of the reasons you would think that FedEx made the purchase of Viking Freight was because it was a profitable and fine tuned machine? When the talk of any raises for the coming fiscal year comes up, the answers have been we are not as profitable as years before, so any kind of pay increase in the near future is questionable. So whose fault is it?
We have a system which is a model from anywhere but Vikings original territories, i.e. Arkansas. The elimination of long haul runs for the use of PT drivers. Cutting full time dockworkers to part time, or dock drivers.
The Watch Dogs would say that some of the reasons why this system is a waste of money are because when a PT driver comes in to pick a trailer and it has HM loaded. The dock has to unload that trailer to remove it. Why? That driver has no HM endorsements? Or when a PT driver who was suppose to make a pick-up is late or shutdown and cannot make the pick-up. It’s reloaded onto a set so our line drivers can move the freight. This is most likely a last resort, because the company has to pay a high paid employee now. There was a report that an employee turned in a PT driver because he was intoxicated and the police were called to remove him from the terminal!
Is This the New Purple Promise we have been reduced too?
We have a system which is a model from anywhere but Vikings original territories, i.e. Arkansas. The elimination of long haul runs for the use of PT drivers. Cutting full time dockworkers to part time, or dock drivers.
The Watch Dogs would say that some of the reasons why this system is a waste of money are because when a PT driver comes in to pick a trailer and it has HM loaded. The dock has to unload that trailer to remove it. Why? That driver has no HM endorsements? Or when a PT driver who was suppose to make a pick-up is late or shutdown and cannot make the pick-up. It’s reloaded onto a set so our line drivers can move the freight. This is most likely a last resort, because the company has to pay a high paid employee now. There was a report that an employee turned in a PT driver because he was intoxicated and the police were called to remove him from the terminal!
Is This the New Purple Promise we have been reduced too?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
What Makes 100%?
Mathematics
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this:
What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that, while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this:
What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that, while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top
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