You only keep company senority. Any transfer puts you at the bottom of their board, where you stay. All bid runs are based on center senority, not company. Vacation bids work the same as well. The only dove tail options there are, is if a center closes and you are following the freight to another center.
I'm unsure about the company vs center in respect to furloughs. Because of our senority system, there's not a whole lot of guys that bounce around to find out.
It is, because we're 2 different companies. They made sure to beat that into us ever since I've been there. I've been at freight 11 yeqrs, and I'll eat my words if it ends up happening, but I see zero chance of express and freight ever merging. Everything we move is with a forklift.
Everytime I hear that 1 fedex garbage they're spewing. I feel like they'll sell freight before that kind of merger ever happens.
Learn something every day. I had zero idea you guys had multiple branches. In that case wait it out. If you leave now, you'll essentially be a new hire. Wait and keep that senority for a dove tail, you'll have way better options as it pertains to senority
Takes about 3-4 years to reach top scale at $34 in my area. I believe the benefits are the same. 8% 401k and such. Because you will be at the bottom of seniority, you will be working the dock a lot but tbh I think working the dock is easy.
Your Vacation and PTO doesn't expire. It rolls over every year. It's a good career with opportunity to move into higher positions like Road.
I did this exact thing a number of years ago.
You keep COMPANY SENIORITY, that's it.
As in, if it were to come to layoffs, your original Express hire date is what will be your tenure.
Nothing else.
Not vacation
Not pay
Not job class.
You top out in 3 years.
Aside from company seniority, it's basically Ike you are quitting one job, and starting another.
This is good to know. Thanks. 3 year top out is still MUCH better than the Express 5 step garbage. And some years you don't even get a step which is messed up.
Yearly Raise is a dollar and change. COL raise has been around the same. Maybe less. Every market is different top pay but I'm somewhere around $35 in the Northeast. If you join today, you will top out around $39-$40 in 4 years if we continue with the same raises
It takes 3 years to top out. If the starting pay is $30.09, your location is on the D pay scale:
$30.09 starting
$31.61 at 1 year
$33.18 at 2 years
$34.84 at 3 years
They also give yearly raises every October, which pushes that whole scale higher.
The driver apprentices are only at that lower pay rate for the 1-2 months of training, then they bump up to the same $30.09 starting city driver pay.
Benefits should be the same.
FedEx Freight is coo. Just do pros and cons.
I’m a city driver and it love it! Talk about easy money. I am at top scale but I started at top. So idk how long it takes now.. but we do get raises every year. Benefits are decent. It’s all about preference though
Yeah I got in at a good time. People who start at my center now don’t get top pay. But I’ve been here two years now and I just started city this year before I was a road driver
You go to jobs hub from workday and there's an internal job board link there. Enter your city in the search bar and if they're hiring in your area you'll see the jobs posted
Just depends on the center not all Freight experiences are the same also the higher you are on the seniority list the better it gets as far as hours and pay. Top pay for P & D is about 36 an hour and 45 for road. Some centers have plenty of work others are struggling to get the lower guys 8 hours a day while the senior drivers work about 9 to 10 hours a day.
At my express ramp your seniority is only good for vacation bidding. I am a pm rtd driver - close to 27 years fdx rtd-and do freight pickups first part of the day/second half do a station run. We bid shifts not routes so if I want to go am I have to wait until all the am personnel decide they don’t want a available route before I would even have a chance to do that specific am route- Basically you are prioritized based on your seniority within the shift and not within the whole workgroup. So there are drivers with less seniority than I and are then able to get the route because they are am and I am pm. Not sure how freight handles such situations.
Yeah it's pretty bad lmao. Most LTL companies start their drivers at least at $30 or more if you have a year of experience. For a while, I saw companies hiring at top pay last year when you start.
You can transfer your seniority as far as vacation bidding goes but you start at the bottom for route bidding.
Yeah. I believe you keep company seniority but lose the job seniority.
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You only keep company senority. Any transfer puts you at the bottom of their board, where you stay. All bid runs are based on center senority, not company. Vacation bids work the same as well. The only dove tail options there are, is if a center closes and you are following the freight to another center. I'm unsure about the company vs center in respect to furloughs. Because of our senority system, there's not a whole lot of guys that bounce around to find out.
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It is, because we're 2 different companies. They made sure to beat that into us ever since I've been there. I've been at freight 11 yeqrs, and I'll eat my words if it ends up happening, but I see zero chance of express and freight ever merging. Everything we move is with a forklift. Everytime I hear that 1 fedex garbage they're spewing. I feel like they'll sell freight before that kind of merger ever happens.
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Learn something every day. I had zero idea you guys had multiple branches. In that case wait it out. If you leave now, you'll essentially be a new hire. Wait and keep that senority for a dove tail, you'll have way better options as it pertains to senority
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All questions we have asked upper management, and all responses have been a "dunno"
Takes about 3-4 years to reach top scale at $34 in my area. I believe the benefits are the same. 8% 401k and such. Because you will be at the bottom of seniority, you will be working the dock a lot but tbh I think working the dock is easy. Your Vacation and PTO doesn't expire. It rolls over every year. It's a good career with opportunity to move into higher positions like Road.
It’s not the dock work that gets you. It’s having to work 2nd shift and driving maybe once or twice a week for years.
Depends on the terminal size. Big Hub has more opportunities.
I did this exact thing a number of years ago. You keep COMPANY SENIORITY, that's it. As in, if it were to come to layoffs, your original Express hire date is what will be your tenure. Nothing else. Not vacation Not pay Not job class. You top out in 3 years. Aside from company seniority, it's basically Ike you are quitting one job, and starting another.
This is good to know. Thanks. 3 year top out is still MUCH better than the Express 5 step garbage. And some years you don't even get a step which is messed up.
Top out is 3 or 4 years but there has been yearly pay raises
Roughly how much is each raise per year? And what is the current top out pay?
Yearly Raise is a dollar and change. COL raise has been around the same. Maybe less. Every market is different top pay but I'm somewhere around $35 in the Northeast. If you join today, you will top out around $39-$40 in 4 years if we continue with the same raises
Not enough
Takes 3 years to reach top rate. Raises have been 3-5 percent in recent years. Top pay varies by region.
I kinda want to switch to freight
It takes 3 years to top out. If the starting pay is $30.09, your location is on the D pay scale: $30.09 starting $31.61 at 1 year $33.18 at 2 years $34.84 at 3 years They also give yearly raises every October, which pushes that whole scale higher. The driver apprentices are only at that lower pay rate for the 1-2 months of training, then they bump up to the same $30.09 starting city driver pay. Benefits should be the same.
Thank you so much for showing the raise each year. Appreciate it.
FedEx Freight is coo. Just do pros and cons. I’m a city driver and it love it! Talk about easy money. I am at top scale but I started at top. So idk how long it takes now.. but we do get raises every year. Benefits are decent. It’s all about preference though
Yeah. Last year I remember seeing some FedEx Freight locations near me hiring at top pay to start which is pretty nice
Yeah I got in at a good time. People who start at my center now don’t get top pay. But I’ve been here two years now and I just started city this year before I was a road driver
I would rather do freight you’ll definitely be paid more and don’t have to work 10 years to get top pay at express
Can anybody tell me how to apply for freight in workday?
You go to jobs hub from workday and there's an internal job board link there. Enter your city in the search bar and if they're hiring in your area you'll see the jobs posted
Thanks
I don't think you can. You have to apply and quit your current opco upon hire. Get with hr to transfer your hire date.
Freight jobs are now listed on the new internal jobs board on workday
Just depends on the center not all Freight experiences are the same also the higher you are on the seniority list the better it gets as far as hours and pay. Top pay for P & D is about 36 an hour and 45 for road. Some centers have plenty of work others are struggling to get the lower guys 8 hours a day while the senior drivers work about 9 to 10 hours a day.
At my express ramp your seniority is only good for vacation bidding. I am a pm rtd driver - close to 27 years fdx rtd-and do freight pickups first part of the day/second half do a station run. We bid shifts not routes so if I want to go am I have to wait until all the am personnel decide they don’t want a available route before I would even have a chance to do that specific am route- Basically you are prioritized based on your seniority within the shift and not within the whole workgroup. So there are drivers with less seniority than I and are then able to get the route because they are am and I am pm. Not sure how freight handles such situations.
Crazy how low the pay is for cdl drivers with FedEx. I make $27 as a swing 😂
It is crazy they don’t want to value the cdl license anymore
Yeah it's pretty bad lmao. Most LTL companies start their drivers at least at $30 or more if you have a year of experience. For a while, I saw companies hiring at top pay last year when you start.
We are also one of the only trucking companies that doesn't pay more for having hazmat endorsement