Seniority Question
#21
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
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Throwing boxes will give you a leg up. It will give you an FDX employee number which your interviewer will see and you can talk about. A current or former employee shows loyalty and a good work record. There have been times in the past when the only hiring going on was internal hires. So the box throwing job lets you understand the company and see what the behind the scenes business looks like.
You might get a leg up when trying to get an interview. You might be an earlier interview than those that were on the outside waiting for years to be called. If you get through your interview and are hired, you start over at the back of the line. Maybe you received a benefit from throwing boxes maybe not. If you did, then it was for the best. If not, then you will have to decide if throwing boxes was a better gig than what alternative job you might have been doing waiting to be called.
You might get a leg up when trying to get an interview. You might be an earlier interview than those that were on the outside waiting for years to be called. If you get through your interview and are hired, you start over at the back of the line. Maybe you received a benefit from throwing boxes maybe not. If you did, then it was for the best. If not, then you will have to decide if throwing boxes was a better gig than what alternative job you might have been doing waiting to be called.
#24
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Joined APC: Sep 2015
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Honestly, you have your sights set too low. Stay in that box throwing job a couple more years, and move into a senior VP position. Isn't that the very same logic you want to apply to the pilot group?
A 15 year ramp worker who gets an accounting degree, doesn't move to the head of the accounting department if they get hired there. They are new to the department, and go to the end of the line.
Everyone here was a captain of his ship before they were here, but the majority of us spent a little while plumbing when we got here.
A 15 year ramp worker who gets an accounting degree, doesn't move to the head of the accounting department if they get hired there. They are new to the department, and go to the end of the line.
Everyone here was a captain of his ship before they were here, but the majority of us spent a little while plumbing when we got here.
#25
#27
Everybody is giving crap, I get it. I’m going to assume he’s not a troll and was curious. Many other union/seniority based jobs (union plumbers, pipe fitters, electricians, etc.) have portable seniority.
To the OP, the airline industry doesn’t work like that. Your position on the pilot seniority list (separate than company seniority) is determined when you start Basic Indoc as a pilot.
But, to everyone else who is giving him grief... does he have such a bad idea? Not in the way he thinks, but as a new-hire I wouldn’t have been opposed to people who previously worked at the company having higher seniority in their new-hire class. The way we do it now is random anyhow. Last 4 of your SSN. If I had a guy or gal in my class with a 2XXX last four, but he threw boxes for 10 years here at Express, I wouldn’t have blinked an eye if they put him ahead of everyone else that had no previous time with the company. Now that I think of it, I like my idea. If I was king of BI, I’d determine seniority within a BI class as:
1) Previous full-time employees based on time with company
2) Previous part-time employees based on time with company
3) Everyone else based on last 4 of SSN.
That would reward people like Pros, corporate guys, box throwers who hitched their wagon to this company before they were pilots here.
To the OP, the airline industry doesn’t work like that. Your position on the pilot seniority list (separate than company seniority) is determined when you start Basic Indoc as a pilot.
But, to everyone else who is giving him grief... does he have such a bad idea? Not in the way he thinks, but as a new-hire I wouldn’t have been opposed to people who previously worked at the company having higher seniority in their new-hire class. The way we do it now is random anyhow. Last 4 of your SSN. If I had a guy or gal in my class with a 2XXX last four, but he threw boxes for 10 years here at Express, I wouldn’t have blinked an eye if they put him ahead of everyone else that had no previous time with the company. Now that I think of it, I like my idea. If I was king of BI, I’d determine seniority within a BI class as:
1) Previous full-time employees based on time with company
2) Previous part-time employees based on time with company
3) Everyone else based on last 4 of SSN.
That would reward people like Pros, corporate guys, box throwers who hitched their wagon to this company before they were pilots here.
#28
If you are a FedEx employee you can apply "internally" for a Crewmember position.
Good luck to you
fbh
Last edited by frozenboxhauler; 10-11-2018 at 01:01 PM.
#29
This will dictate everything in you career:
Aircraft Assignments
Seat Assignments
Monthly Schedule Award
Vacation Award
Promotions/Demotions
Keeping a Job/Being Furloughed
Etc, etc, etc.
#30
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Retired
Posts: 404
It used to be that way in the early to mid 70's but later the policy was changed and only counted for vacation and retirement accrual. That policy was discontinued with the CBA of 2006.(I think it was 2006)
If you are a FedEx employee you can apply "internally" for a Crewmember position.
Good luck to you
fbh
If you are a FedEx employee you can apply "internally" for a Crewmember position.
Good luck to you
fbh
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