I had a dream a week or so ago about a hurricane hitting the gulf area. I did not blog about it because I thought it had to do with our plans to go on vacation, since in the dream it was the building I had considered staying at that was hit, and so I took it as that and nothing more. But, I should have blogged about it anyways.
Last night I had a dream about flooding in the Atlanta area, that there was a bunch of rain coming and they were going to have some more flooding. This was in the central part of Atlanta, the older areas that got flooded last time...the ones with all of the creeks and tributaries that no one notices until it floods.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Fedex, Fortune 100 company, with terrible benefits package
First I want to say that we are very thankful for our family having a steady income and are very thankful for Fedex providing that income. My husband has been a loyal employee for over a decade and does everything he can to support his company. But after receiving our benefits package in the mail, we had to say something about this for once. It is just not fair and it is shameful. I take so much pride in Fedex. I will ship them when it costs me twice as much as say USPS, just to support my home team! I buy their merchandise, I ship with them, and I promote them to businesses I shop with. All because I know it's a good company. But what has happened this year is unacceptable. I would give more specifics but he is still in fear of speaking out and losing his job over this. Here it is.
Ok, I am very disappointed for the second year in a row! My husband works for part of Fedex. Not express. He has worked for this supposed Fortune 100 company for over 10 years. His company used to have decent benefits. Not excellent, but fairly good benefits. That is until last year. Last year the benefits offered went and skyrocketed by price and the benefits went down in quality. For the first time ever we had to elect to get middle of the road medical benefits and it was so crappy we just never went to the doctor. Not once last year did we go to the doctor. I did not want to pay the over 700 dollar a person deductible! Plus, none of the well visits were covered 100 percent for our kids, so why bother with that either. We used to have those co-pays reimbursed. Not anymore.
We just got the enrollment forms for next years benefits and it is even worse than last year! To get medical insurance that we can afford, that is one that is under 250 dollars a month that we would have to pay out of our check, we have to go with the middle of the road which now has deductibles of $1250.00 a person!!!! That is a total of 5000 for a family of say 4! It only pays for 70% of in network costs and you have to pay for your office visits. You don't get to pay a co pay and that is it! Ridiculous! The drug coverage is absurd and only covers 50 percent! Thank God we don't have regular prescription needs.
The 'high end' premium choice they offer is not great either. It only covers 80 percent! Fedex is a Fortune 100 company and they give their employees worse benefits than Aldi does! That is right. I was talking with a cashier at Aldi the other day and she pays $20.00 every two weeks and gets 90% coverage and has Cigna. We pay 30 dollars every two weeks and get 70 percent coverage and a 1250.00 deductible! So, we could get better benefits if we worked for a discount grocery store chain than big time Fedex!?!
Fedex is doing this to their money makers. Fedex Express costs the company money. But they treat those employees like gold. They get company picnics and parties and company paid bbq's and all kinds of perks and benefits for doing a job well done. It is the other branches like Home Delivery and Ground and Freight that bring in the money, and the money making branches are the ones whose employees are worked to death and treated like crap. Freight, Ground, and Home Delivery do not get company perks and parties and incentives anymore. We used to get perks for coming in and working on a Saturday to help out, but not now. My husband does not even get any sick days. He has to take a vacation day if he gets sick. SO, he just does not get sick. My husband works 10 hour days on average. He is a manager, but still. And that is not him taking a lunch break either. He works none stop, balls to the wall, so to speak. He doesn't even have time to talk to me for more than a couple of minutes at a time, if that. That is not including when it is peak season, which is almost upon us. It is even worse then. You can forget getting any time off for our family to have time from Thanksgiving to New Years. You are not allowed to take any days off during the Holiday season. Which means, we never get to go home and see our family for the holidays without it being totally chaotic and stressful. We have gotten used to that and have come to accept that is the nature of the business, even though we do not like it.
It does not end there. If you win an award and they give you something they tax you for it. Like, if you win a trip to a company event, they say it is part of a bonus and tax you overtime pay rate for it. I have heard about this happening from other employees themselves, not my husband. It is just ridiculous what they are doing to their employees. For a company that makes so much money, you would think they would do more to help and support their employees. For example, the dental benefits are horrible, too. There are no participating providers where we live. None. Everyone here is out of network. So, I just pray over my teeth. It works. But it is kind of sad that I don't have a reasonable option with this Fortune 100 company. The vision benefits are ok. We have to go with an out of network provider and pay up front and get reimbursed. The people in net work are not quality providers. Why is Fedex doing this to their backbone? Why would they treat their people this way?!
I am really thankful that I know God's Word and that I pray over my family and their health because with Fedex's benefits package we can't afford to go to the doctor. It is ridiculous and sad. I hope that whomever in corporate that got the kick back for choosing the lousy benefits, for the thousands of employees that now have to suffer thanks to them, sleeps well at night. I am praying for you, you know who you are. May God forgive you for you know not what you do.
Ok, I am very disappointed for the second year in a row! My husband works for part of Fedex. Not express. He has worked for this supposed Fortune 100 company for over 10 years. His company used to have decent benefits. Not excellent, but fairly good benefits. That is until last year. Last year the benefits offered went and skyrocketed by price and the benefits went down in quality. For the first time ever we had to elect to get middle of the road medical benefits and it was so crappy we just never went to the doctor. Not once last year did we go to the doctor. I did not want to pay the over 700 dollar a person deductible! Plus, none of the well visits were covered 100 percent for our kids, so why bother with that either. We used to have those co-pays reimbursed. Not anymore.
We just got the enrollment forms for next years benefits and it is even worse than last year! To get medical insurance that we can afford, that is one that is under 250 dollars a month that we would have to pay out of our check, we have to go with the middle of the road which now has deductibles of $1250.00 a person!!!! That is a total of 5000 for a family of say 4! It only pays for 70% of in network costs and you have to pay for your office visits. You don't get to pay a co pay and that is it! Ridiculous! The drug coverage is absurd and only covers 50 percent! Thank God we don't have regular prescription needs.
The 'high end' premium choice they offer is not great either. It only covers 80 percent! Fedex is a Fortune 100 company and they give their employees worse benefits than Aldi does! That is right. I was talking with a cashier at Aldi the other day and she pays $20.00 every two weeks and gets 90% coverage and has Cigna. We pay 30 dollars every two weeks and get 70 percent coverage and a 1250.00 deductible! So, we could get better benefits if we worked for a discount grocery store chain than big time Fedex!?!
Fedex is doing this to their money makers. Fedex Express costs the company money. But they treat those employees like gold. They get company picnics and parties and company paid bbq's and all kinds of perks and benefits for doing a job well done. It is the other branches like Home Delivery and Ground and Freight that bring in the money, and the money making branches are the ones whose employees are worked to death and treated like crap. Freight, Ground, and Home Delivery do not get company perks and parties and incentives anymore. We used to get perks for coming in and working on a Saturday to help out, but not now. My husband does not even get any sick days. He has to take a vacation day if he gets sick. SO, he just does not get sick. My husband works 10 hour days on average. He is a manager, but still. And that is not him taking a lunch break either. He works none stop, balls to the wall, so to speak. He doesn't even have time to talk to me for more than a couple of minutes at a time, if that. That is not including when it is peak season, which is almost upon us. It is even worse then. You can forget getting any time off for our family to have time from Thanksgiving to New Years. You are not allowed to take any days off during the Holiday season. Which means, we never get to go home and see our family for the holidays without it being totally chaotic and stressful. We have gotten used to that and have come to accept that is the nature of the business, even though we do not like it.
It does not end there. If you win an award and they give you something they tax you for it. Like, if you win a trip to a company event, they say it is part of a bonus and tax you overtime pay rate for it. I have heard about this happening from other employees themselves, not my husband. It is just ridiculous what they are doing to their employees. For a company that makes so much money, you would think they would do more to help and support their employees. For example, the dental benefits are horrible, too. There are no participating providers where we live. None. Everyone here is out of network. So, I just pray over my teeth. It works. But it is kind of sad that I don't have a reasonable option with this Fortune 100 company. The vision benefits are ok. We have to go with an out of network provider and pay up front and get reimbursed. The people in net work are not quality providers. Why is Fedex doing this to their backbone? Why would they treat their people this way?!
I am really thankful that I know God's Word and that I pray over my family and their health because with Fedex's benefits package we can't afford to go to the doctor. It is ridiculous and sad. I hope that whomever in corporate that got the kick back for choosing the lousy benefits, for the thousands of employees that now have to suffer thanks to them, sleeps well at night. I am praying for you, you know who you are. May God forgive you for you know not what you do.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
More dreams
First the one from a week or two ago. The dream had owls in it. It was night time and I had someone walking with me, on my right side, down a street that curved towards us and then to the left. I noticed a great barred owl walking on the side of the road. Then I saw it stop and mourn it's partner or friend who had died and was laying on it's side, facing away from us on the side of the road. The owl stayed there for a moment mourning and then moved on towards the left following the road on what I guess would be a sidewalk in the dream. We were in the road itself, I believe. We followed the owl briefly. Then I saw a snowy owl on a line on the left side of a road. The line traversed the road horizontally. The road went off ahead into the distance. I remember thinking I was amazed to see a snowy owl in our town. There was a pigeon opposite the owl on the other side of the road on the line, as well.
Now last night I had a dream about some weird things and I just brain farted. I will remember thanks to the Holy Spirit and will post later.
Any interpretations?
Now last night I had a dream about some weird things and I just brain farted. I will remember thanks to the Holy Spirit and will post later.
Any interpretations?
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