How hard is it to get CGN
#21
As a new hire, how hard is it to get CGN? I have dual citizenship in USA and DEU (grew up there, got my high school diploma from Germany, Bachelor's in the USA). Speak both fluently, wonder if FEDEX gives a little more emphasize to fluent speakers and nationals? I always preferred the living in Germany over the USA (The fiancee and me want to leave the USA ASAP, for several reasons, mostly political).
EDIT: I know you'll work as an EXPAT (working under an american contract in a foreign country regardless of citizenship). My dad did that for LH in the USA as an Engineer, so every couple of years you have to go back to your home country (used to be after 6 years go to a different country for 2 years, then come back?), but don't know if it changes anything if you're citizen of both countries.
EDIT: I know you'll work as an EXPAT (working under an american contract in a foreign country regardless of citizenship). My dad did that for LH in the USA as an Engineer, so every couple of years you have to go back to your home country (used to be after 6 years go to a different country for 2 years, then come back?), but don't know if it changes anything if you're citizen of both countries.
“I always preferred living in Germany over the USA...”
That’s ok, live where you want for whatever reasons you want but posting THAT, on this page, ON THIS DAY! just shows abject stupidity.
See what happens when lawyers run your hiring program for way too long?
What a POS!
#22
Albie, looks like we were typing the same thing at the same time bro! Didn’t mean to steal your thunder, and it was appropriately thunderous!
#23
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Click on OP’s profile and you’ll see he’s in no position to even apply at FDX and likely won’t be for quite some time. It also appears he has a pattern of utterly obtuse, tone deaf posts. In short, he appears not to be a troll but merely a garden variety idiot.
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#24
You are free to do as you please, thanks to those gave all.
#26
Salty gets it. On any OTHER day I would have taken the much better advice I give myself as "say what you want to say, say it to yourself, then shut the **** up..." Its good advice I usually try to follow.
However, this week I had to return from the US to my new "home" leaving daughters, friends, many freedoms behind. I spent several hours on social media during the travels and of course was inundated with posts of many of my friends sharing stories of their comrades who had given their lives during their service, and of course thought about my own friends, including a UPT classmate who died in Iraq. Tonight's dinner conversation (we are 12 hours ahead here) included a long report from my teenage daughter about a class speaker today who was involved with the Umbrella protests in Hong Kong in 2014 and why another set of protests are coming in June. Hong Kong is rallying against the proposed extradition law which will allow China to pluck citizens (including Americans) out of Hong Kong to face criminal charges in the Mainland. She asked the speaker if he had any hope of changes or improvement, and his answer was simply "No". Despite the heavy hand of government here, most expats spend most of their time bemoaning American policies and politicians, and seem to make sport of constantly carping about the United States, while turning a blind eye to the issues in the EU, Australia, or right across the river in China. So you caught me...a little homesick, a lot reflective, and long since tired of hearing anything else negative about my country from outsiders.
I've been the outsider, both in Europe and Asia. I lived as a kid in Taiwan, and now live in Hong Kong. I spent two years as a fighter pilot in Europe. I never mocked the Germans when I lived there, belittled their history, or carried myself with sense of superiority. Instead, I made some friends, enjoyed their food and company, and tried to listen and learn. I tried to be a good neighbor, and comply with social norms. My wife took it upon herself to learn some Cantonese, and my daughter speaks some Mandarin, and we don't fly our American Flag over our village house or lecture our friends from around the globe about how screwed up their policies are. We are polite guests, and most days enjoy the chance to see how others live and work. I may feel inside like Merle Haggard some days, but I keep my mouth shut.
The OP showed no such restraint. Like so many expats I've met, he made condescending remarks about the country that I love, miss, and have served as a warrior for over 20 years. He also apparently enjoys many of the opportunities of that same country. He did it on exactly the wrong day. Yes, I'm also a business owner. Yes...I try to support a diverse customer base. But when they finally put me to rest somewhere, and someone hands my family a flag, I expect to meet my God as not an entrepreneur, but as an American soldier that managed to be one of the lucky ones that got the honor of serving but also was rewarded with a long life full of love, family, and friends. This is a Day for those who never got that luxury. It is the most important of National Holidays to me, much more important that even the 4th of July.
So, if I failed anyone's "professional" standard today, that's why. I'm far from perfect. Four years away makes me only appreciate our country even more. And I get cranky...
However, this week I had to return from the US to my new "home" leaving daughters, friends, many freedoms behind. I spent several hours on social media during the travels and of course was inundated with posts of many of my friends sharing stories of their comrades who had given their lives during their service, and of course thought about my own friends, including a UPT classmate who died in Iraq. Tonight's dinner conversation (we are 12 hours ahead here) included a long report from my teenage daughter about a class speaker today who was involved with the Umbrella protests in Hong Kong in 2014 and why another set of protests are coming in June. Hong Kong is rallying against the proposed extradition law which will allow China to pluck citizens (including Americans) out of Hong Kong to face criminal charges in the Mainland. She asked the speaker if he had any hope of changes or improvement, and his answer was simply "No". Despite the heavy hand of government here, most expats spend most of their time bemoaning American policies and politicians, and seem to make sport of constantly carping about the United States, while turning a blind eye to the issues in the EU, Australia, or right across the river in China. So you caught me...a little homesick, a lot reflective, and long since tired of hearing anything else negative about my country from outsiders.
I've been the outsider, both in Europe and Asia. I lived as a kid in Taiwan, and now live in Hong Kong. I spent two years as a fighter pilot in Europe. I never mocked the Germans when I lived there, belittled their history, or carried myself with sense of superiority. Instead, I made some friends, enjoyed their food and company, and tried to listen and learn. I tried to be a good neighbor, and comply with social norms. My wife took it upon herself to learn some Cantonese, and my daughter speaks some Mandarin, and we don't fly our American Flag over our village house or lecture our friends from around the globe about how screwed up their policies are. We are polite guests, and most days enjoy the chance to see how others live and work. I may feel inside like Merle Haggard some days, but I keep my mouth shut.
The OP showed no such restraint. Like so many expats I've met, he made condescending remarks about the country that I love, miss, and have served as a warrior for over 20 years. He also apparently enjoys many of the opportunities of that same country. He did it on exactly the wrong day. Yes, I'm also a business owner. Yes...I try to support a diverse customer base. But when they finally put me to rest somewhere, and someone hands my family a flag, I expect to meet my God as not an entrepreneur, but as an American soldier that managed to be one of the lucky ones that got the honor of serving but also was rewarded with a long life full of love, family, and friends. This is a Day for those who never got that luxury. It is the most important of National Holidays to me, much more important that even the 4th of July.
So, if I failed anyone's "professional" standard today, that's why. I'm far from perfect. Four years away makes me only appreciate our country even more. And I get cranky...
I have news for you up there on your high and mighty throne. People die in all works of life. I did 22 years in law enforcement. Public safety workers from all fields die. Not since Vietnam has the American soldier taken it on the chin from the American Public like law enforcement does.
You have basked in the well deserved admiration of the American Public for many years but it has gone to your head.
Happy Memorial Day
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#27
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How hard is it to get CGN
Sorry to disagree. You are a dick. OP made none of the remarks you accuse him of. You are the entitled prick.
I have news for you up there on your high and mighty throne. People die in all works of life. I did 22 years in law enforcement. Public safety workers from all fields die. Not since Vietnam has the American soldier taken it on the chin from the American Public like law enforcement does.
You have basked in the well deserved admiration of the American Public for many years but it has gone to your head.
Happy Memorial Day
I have news for you up there on your high and mighty throne. People die in all works of life. I did 22 years in law enforcement. Public safety workers from all fields die. Not since Vietnam has the American soldier taken it on the chin from the American Public like law enforcement does.
You have basked in the well deserved admiration of the American Public for many years but it has gone to your head.
Happy Memorial Day
Sooo, you’re butt hurt because you perceive that veterans (and apparently military members who died fighting or training on your behalf) get too much praise and attention? Wow. Yes, people die every day in all manner of ways. Sorry you feel you don’t get enough credit for your service in LE. I, for one, support and admire all first responders. Just as I appreciate the service of servicemen and women. They are not “superior” - and certainly don’t consider themselves “superior” - just because there are days like today and Veterans’ Day. It is their service, just like that of first responders, that makes them deserving of admiration and recognition. Apparently that galls you because no one ever told you “thanks for your service”. While I find that pretty pathetic, I nonetheless extend a sincere “thank you” for your time in LE.
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#28
Sooo, you’re butt hurt because you perceive that veterans (and apparently military members who died fighting or training on your behalf) get too much praise and attention? Wow. Yes, people die every day in all manner of ways. Sorry you feel you don’t get enough credit for your service in LE. I, for one, support and admire all first responders. Just as I appreciate the service of servicemen and women. They are not “superior” - and certainly don’t consider themselves “superior” - just because there are days like today and Veterans’ Day. It is their service, just like that of first responders, that makes them deserving of admiration and recognition. Apparently that galls you because no one ever told you “thanks for your service”. While I find that pretty pathetic, I nonetheless extend a sincere “thank you” for your time in LE.
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Not minimizing your or anyone else’s role at all, because just like a Police Officer, any day could be your day to be attacked and killed. However, when, since 1960 has the reasoning for the use of American military power not been heavily weighted towards support of the American Military Complex, or large Corporations who support our Political mass? I appreciate more than you could possibly know that our Military is poised to defend my right to live in a sovereign nation.
It galls me to watch today’s military men and women try to take credit for their sacrifices which they freely signed up to take. Thumping your chest and claiming you defended me minimized all the action that was taken on our behalf by the greatest generation. I am in Brussels right now. This is a place that seems to get the sacrifices the Americans made on their part and ultimately my part as an American.
BTW, today, I made all of those same phone calls that Albie did. I guess some of us minions who came up through the trenches in life instead of OCS or the academy, understand that this is life and how fortunate I am to be where I am being compensated as I am.
Wonder how many hot bed crash pads with 8-10 other pilots, some farting, snoring, and smelling of alcohol Albie did? Again not butt hurt and would do it again. Just part of paying my dues. All of us pay our dues in one way or another.
In the words I understand best, Suck it up Cupcake
#29
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No, absolutely not butt hurt at all it is well deserved. It is also well deserved is the criticism of some law enforcement operatives. The consensus here seems to be that the OP is out of line. My opinion is that way at you signed up for in the military was so that the OP could do just what he did.
Not minimizing your or anyone else’s role at all, because just like a Police Officer, any day could be your day to be attacked and killed. However, when, since 1960 has the reasoning for the use of American military power not been heavily weighted towards support of the American Military Complex, or large Corporations who support our Political mass? I appreciate more than you could possibly know that our Military is poised to defend my right to live in a sovereign nation.
It galls me to watch today’s military men and women try to take credit for their sacrifices which they freely signed up to take. Thumping your chest and claiming you defended me minimized all the action that was taken on our behalf by the greatest generation. I am in Brussels right now. This is a place that seems to get the sacrifices the Americans made on their part and ultimately my part as an American.
BTW, today, I made all of those same phone calls that Albie did. I guess some of us minions who came up through the trenches in life instead of OCS or the academy, understand that this is life and how fortunate I am to be where I am being compensated as I am.
Wonder how many hot bed crash pads with 8-10 other pilots, some farting, snoring, and smelling of alcohol Albie did? Again not butt hurt and would do it again. Just part of paying my dues. All of us pay our dues in one way or another.
In the words I understand best, Suck it up Cupcake
Not minimizing your or anyone else’s role at all, because just like a Police Officer, any day could be your day to be attacked and killed. However, when, since 1960 has the reasoning for the use of American military power not been heavily weighted towards support of the American Military Complex, or large Corporations who support our Political mass? I appreciate more than you could possibly know that our Military is poised to defend my right to live in a sovereign nation.
It galls me to watch today’s military men and women try to take credit for their sacrifices which they freely signed up to take. Thumping your chest and claiming you defended me minimized all the action that was taken on our behalf by the greatest generation. I am in Brussels right now. This is a place that seems to get the sacrifices the Americans made on their part and ultimately my part as an American.
BTW, today, I made all of those same phone calls that Albie did. I guess some of us minions who came up through the trenches in life instead of OCS or the academy, understand that this is life and how fortunate I am to be where I am being compensated as I am.
Wonder how many hot bed crash pads with 8-10 other pilots, some farting, snoring, and smelling of alcohol Albie did? Again not butt hurt and would do it again. Just part of paying my dues. All of us pay our dues in one way or another.
In the words I understand best, Suck it up Cupcake
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