Local FedEx employees at risk of losing their jobs

On Tuesday, over 200 FedEx employees had the rug pulled from underneath them. FedEx and FedEx ground are merging and closing four local sites in the process.

[@Ediesel1shorts]

I left this crap company after 18 years. Best decision I ever made. They no longer care about their workers, only their shareholders.

[@FreeTheMasses]

That's all they care about

[@williammuthee2474]

as a shareholder, that makes me smile

[@redfather5342]

So buy shares

[@willn8664]

@@williammuthee2474 lol stop the cap. You're some neckbeard living in your parents' basement trolling online.

[@backintogear9071]

Same here.. left few months ago after 16yrs

[@perryhess7999]

I was an Express employee for 41 years. When the company obtained RPS Express and changed their name to FedEx Ground the crap started. It’s taken this long but now that the founder is no longer involved, his son and the current CEO are running this once great company into the ground. The have absolutely no concern for their hourly employees like they used to have. So glad I retired and got out when I did.

[@erikt454]

No doubt you're glad to be outta there... the merger has been a total disaster where I am. Our bosses at the morning speeches said there wasn't much interest among ground staff for joining Enxpress, but an actual Ground employee told me a bunch of managers at ground applied, as one has to do at this company that has zero loyalty to its workers, and they hadn't heard back, and were scrambling to look for jobs elsewhere, so Fedex could save on buy-outs... Everyone I know who's been there longer than me says it wasn't the toxic workplace it's become. Oh, and some managers love snitches. And some snitches think telling on an open van door, or a driver wearing an incorrect fedex shirt is going to gain said snitch some kind of meaningful respect from Corporate. I'm glad their shares are tanking, if people knew how bad it was they'd dump their shares yesterday.

[@xstaticman6774]

I WORKED at Punta gorda express site. We heard this rumor at the start of 2023 with no actual news from the higher-ups. The station started losing drivers fast just from the rumors at least 3 drivers a month. We all saw the writing on the wall. All our vehicles were being swapped out with rental vans and gave zip code areas to the ground station down the road. I left after news years. It's better to look for another job before this happened. Now all my co-workers are truly terrified. At this point the only option is find another and quit the day you ready. They don't deserve 2 weeks notice.

[@Silks]

These layoffs need to be made national news. They aren't the first frontline employee layoffs they've done in the last year. FedEx is going to keep doing this very slowly all around the US to keep it in the local news only.

[@garcjr]

That's the layoffs God only knows how many people they quiet fired already.

[@AL20199]

Ground contractors will destroy Fed Ex company. Dumb idea

[@nevets4190]

All Fedex ground is contractors has been for YEARS.

[@NarwhalBoop]

lmao fedex ground is the reason the company has stayed afloat for this long

[@strawdemindset]

@@NarwhalBooplol have u looked at the financial statements?

[@jediwookie9240]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah fedex corporate has nothing to do with it

[@ChunSan-td2yo]

Express already destroyed it. Express is merging with ground, not the other way around

[@MeoMiyo]

My FedEx van has no muffler and 4 different sized tires on his van. Live in rural AZ.

[@mohitbhatt5979]

I can relate to that 😂

[@Joe-dw7xu]

Terrible place to work

[@SlenderSporty]

Absolutely. Especially the Moonachie, NJ (Bergen County) location.

[@TheKing75691]

FedEx need a union

[@PhilHaddad]

Unions have taken away enough jobs in America, I’ll pass on the union option, history is not favorable to them.

[@tylerkriesel8590]

@@PhilHaddadoh so you can ship FedEx jobs overseas? Do you think before you type?

[@jermainemyrn19]

​@@PhilHaddadunions don't take jobs

[@stevejobs3895]

Corporate won’t allow it. That’s why Spencer Patton left. Corporate wants all the control without any responsibility. So they setup the company as a Pyramid Scheme forcing Drivers into the Subcontractor model. This way they only have to control the Contractors, not have to worry about Taxes, labor laws or lawsuits for sub contractors… It is a Pyramid Scheme.

[@erikt454]

@@PhilHaddad Yet the other big courier companies' drivers are unionized and make make way more money than fedex drivers, Coincidence?

[@multigaming855]

I work for ground and unless you start your own contract with routes or make BC(manager for contractors) you make a little over 800 to 1000 a week no retirement plans

[@Furrylicorice]

All contractors are different. Here in Washington state some are offering $65k a year with medical and retirement.

[@Fastlane_Woodiee]

It depends on contractor i bring home 1300 after taxes a week I’ve worked for 4 other contractors you just have to find the right one

[@SgtJoeSmith]

twice as much as any company ever paid me. Where can I apply?

[@Silks]

@@Furrylicorice what are the company names of these incredibly rare contractors? I'd sooner see a unicorn than a contractor you just described.

[@Furrylicorice]

@@Silks I’m guessing you don’t live in Washington state ? Full of unicorns here 😂

[@headhunter7881]

Ive been at fedex ground for 8 years im leaving we are paid one set rate for a day as we merge we will have more work for the same pay ✌

[@405DCFL]

Well at least you won’t be lazy no more. By doing more

[@headhunter7881]

@@405DCFL very true was motivation to get to the next step you get comfortable plus with inflation the money we make doesn't go as far so have to go get some more 💵 😂

[@jermainemyrn19]

​@@405DCFLmakes 0 sense

[@j6t0th3max8]

No phones allowed, No breaks get yelled at when someone else misses their package for their truck you get yelled at for not scanning their package and work barcode. You're doing 4 trucks and get told to move fast when its BUSY AF! The people on the front trucks don't want to sort the packages making it hard to find yours then you miss 10 packages with your truck number and they have to run through again. This job blows smh I've been here for almost 1 month. And they love to switch the start time at the last minute too so they can write you up.

[@AnotherMagicalday]

Get out of there as soon as you get another job that place is unsafe and very stressful! I'm glad I left 3 years ago it was a terrible terrible unsafe place to work! I got another warehouse job 20 x times better and your treated with respect!

[@edman813]

I worked at a Ground for almost 5 months but got so fed up with the extra bullshit everyday. I left it for a Amazon Delivery Station and it's considerably better, I've been at it for almost 3 years now and while it's still giving me shit every now and then it's a vast improvement over trashy Ground anyway.

[@AnotherMagicalday]

@@edman813 yup definitely better

[@jhariz7387]

Not surprised after losing that contract with the postal service…

[@jediwookie9240]

This was going on long before that. And they let it go.

[@AnotherMagicalday]

Terrible place to work very unsafe working conditions to!

[@zoomanx9661]

More layoffs = more crime.

[@contactpq]

They really did a poor job at disguising her voice for some reason

[@misery4407]

Idk I don’t recognize it

[@maestrovso]

Amy looks like a child labor for Wink 😉News.

[@FreeTheMasses]

Yeaaahh yiy need to be on a list

[@ShimmySha]

Well…she’s in her 30’s sooooo

[@JK-jl1bf]

My CSP had the DOT numbers changed on all the trucks and some are having drivers carry letters saying it’s because FedEx has a new name and essentially a new company.

[@steveurbach3093]

The Video showed some of the OLD (green) FedEX ground logo. The color were by divisions Purple,Blue, Green. I suspected something was up when The colors merged into the Purple logo (the word Ground vs Express, below was how you tell).

[@NarwhalBoop]

Actually it used to be green for ground, orange for express and red for freight. A few years ago they all changed to Orange.

[@andreijunie1095]

I moved from Naples to north Atlanta and since February 2023 i have a big increase and is more affordable in Georgia

[@dallas69]

FedEx was made by 727 bough for scap Al. There is no money in freight air or ground. No packages No employees FS knew you cant buy used aircraft you have to buy scrap aircraft. As an ex FedEx aircraft engineer i wrote 1,000 of EOs to keep those scrap 727s flying. Same for ground Buy scrap trucks and do not turn the key till the truck is full.

[@chewy98ta28]

Remember when you ship something that FedEx wants nothing to do with people having a good job and retirement. They pay a few contractors/ISP's good but the majority are money pits that entrepreneurs get suckered into massive debt to obtain and they have no issue screwing contractors out of their contract and control who they can sell the contract to. Drivers are screwed the most, usually hustling for not much more than minimum wage with no benefits. Express was a good job but FedEx is doing away with it. Last week at UPS I grossed $2740 in just under 51.5 hours. I can net $1200 in a three day work week. Yeah, we are more expensive but our drivers can contribute to the economy instead of living in their parents basement. Yeah, I contracted for FedEx for over a decade so I know the deal.

[@masterkinglee]

Is this why I haven’t got my package for the last three weeks?

[@erikt454]

Also could be Forge, new software full of glitches, rolled outage same day fedex changed everyone's routes at my station. So everyone's lost and pissed off. And getting tons and tons more packages dumped on them some days, so ringing doorbells, and luxury frills like that are toast.

[@rocksg13]

Worked for express for 6 years and funny thing is I had a handler ups job lined up too but fedex stepped up and hired me first but fuck fedex. Never enjoyed working for FedEx express

[@pimpnamedkane]

I’m happy the warehouse I work at actually has nice managers and are competent. I’ve also learned to stand my ground or speak up for myself. I have excellent relationships with all managers and they want me to be a trainer.

[@AnotherMagicalday]

That makes a difference having good people will make the atmosphere a better place to work! Unfortunately there's to many crappy bad people that work there! In management!

[@C33-n8e]

I haven’t received a fedex package on-time in 15 years. I’m 33 now.

[@patreecebloom3200]

I drove for fed ex and they are the worst!!

[@codelessunlimited7701]

FedEx has a terrible service than UPS though.

[@KyleEdwards-if3po]

I worked for them here in New Jersey and only lasted a week. They had me loading two busy backed up trucks all by myself.

[@rustymugg9658]

Blackrock, Statestreet, and Vanguard stockholders made millions , trillions even because they own everything. Power, water, groceries, pharmaceutical, hospital, insurance and more.

[@JRBROOKS42]

SHOW THE PROPER WAY TO LOAD THE BOXES ON TRUCK THEN !!🧐🧐👎👎

[@Interdacted]

They bend the knees, and place the package gently down, or else it gets damaged again

[@j6t0th3max8]

​@@InterdactedI damage boxes and don't bother to tape it up I disorganize the packages I don't care the hell with this job I've only been here for 3 weeks and already hate it!

[@Interdacted]

@@j6t0th3max8 Have you tried placing boxes like you're laying brick?

[@yagga8885]

This is devastating. Losing all your benefits along with your job The reporter Amy looks like 14

[@Smackyjack440]

F this company

[@phxrus]

Build back not going too well

[@r77oliver]

This ball started rolling more than 4 years ago. Is this what you would call Great Again?

[@isaac198428]

Making this political is dumb since it’s been in the works for years. Many companies have had such plans to maximize profits for along time. It has nothing to do with who is in office.

[@italiannn16]

​@@r77oliver😂😂😂😂 More than 4 years? How convenient. Life was Great Again. Now there are Nazis everywhere.

[@ShimmySha]

@@isaac198428of course you would say that. You people know nothing of politics anyways. Still stuck in the late 1800’s

[@trailhiker8063]

Fedex sucks!

[@crush9197]

Bidenomics lay offs inflation and its so hard to get a new job under Biden let’s go Brandon

[@nevets4190]

you know trump started the money printing? He's going to to the same as biden. STOP the money printing 2024

[@godc1109]

Only option is to Accept Jesus Christ in ur life & continue to pray. When they finish breaking down this world it’s truly going to be a sad day. Ppl just acting like they can’t process what’s happening like their slow. How else can the soup 🍜 lines begin if the world is still Up & running. U nd to break it down.

[@RideRedRacer]

you're calling people "slow" when you are too slow to know you used the wrong "they're"....its " they're slow" not "their slow" its so easy to learn it but you had your whole life to learn this, that literally makes you slow

[@stevenotero2627]

The Amazon effect. Amazon has taken a lot of other companies market shares. Im stating the obvious, I know.

[@tylerkriesel8590]

This has nothing to do with Amazon. Not even in the slightest.

[@erikt454]

Not obvious to the well paid geniuses at fedex corporate management... those ninnies predicted Covid money would keep everyone at home ordering packages, with free money till the end of time, and that there wouldn't be a million new players entering the delivery business. Memphis school of Economics, I guess.

[@AverageReviewsYT]

Strafford mo location. There is no benefits worth anything at all contractors… it’s ground.. not express.

[@Interdacted]

FedEx One, now with 401k potential

[@erikt454]

You mean they can now haemorrhage money even faster?

[@mohitbhatt5979]

Way to go AMERICA

[@jeffteyrosado9966]

Fed ex sucks

[@celestialtl]

Employees fired over the News?

[@balance555]

Fight the Power

[@sturmbreakers7817]

What happened FedEx I thought UPS was only getting screwed because they got a raise? FedEx didn’t so what’s the problem?

[@marksellinger3736]

UPS is union and is laying of, I believe, 12,000 employees after the last contract ratification. Frankly, employees are too 'expensive' to a business. Its cheaper hire a company to staff the routes than to pay employees directly.

[@sturmbreakers7817]

@@marksellinger3736 What does that have to do with anything? UPS is getting fired and FedEx is getting fired! One got a raise and the other didn’t. So my question is what is the problem then since they are both on the same situation?

[@garcjr]

If there's a slowdown in shipping it's part of the global recession taking place.

[@phillipbunch3151]

Mobile and fort Walton too.

[@misery4407]

Durham in NC as well as

[@reggie4229]

It’s private sector. If they don’t have revenue then they will release people. Also, it’s the end of the school year. Teens and college students looking for jobs. All the drivers with Class A I bet will have a job.

[@richardwilson9085]

Don’t boo vote- keep voting republican

[@specs1616]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 FX employees are so full of fear, they work in it, this ain't the first time, maybe the fear way is all wrong guys....

[@davidmichael4002]

Teamsters.

[@bakerfrank101]

Artificial intelligence in the works

[@merc0506]

While driving my bus route a fed ex driver tried to sneak by me while I was making a right turn in his personal vehicle. After he crashed into the back of the bus he talked about how he’s a professional driver an I was at fault. Pretty happy FedEx is merging with express. They need to make it like Amazon and not pay these dip shits anything

[@chipinfoos]

No more 170k a year for you fedex employees 😂😂😂

[@terrelle5087]

They make nowhere near that

[@treyvonthetricker]

They would be lucky to even be making 39k a year a lot of terminals only pay 4 dollars more than minimum wage i

[@terrelle5087]

And you never top out

[@perryhess7999]

I never made even half that in my 41 years with express. You’re delusional.

[@mikeodee1164]

fed ex is horrible they refuse to pay for map real time tracking service amazon does this makes amazon alot better

[@angelachanellehuang5663]

Independence

[@juan1256roblox]

Snap my fingers

[@eddie_alabama7997]

Just send all your money to Donald Trump and everything will be ok! #Trump2024

[@rubenrebenz1000]

Trump should start up a crypto currency people could buy. Call it Trump Coin, he’s good for it, right?

[@PhilHaddad]

I’d rather be homeless.

[@theoneonly259]

Wow. Amy is haf.