Saturday, December 23, 2006

I HATE FEDEX!!!!!!!!!

I hate Fedex reason # 5....
Getting an interrogation every single time I go to pick up a package that one of my co-workers ordered. Even though the package says NCR on the box and I am wearing an NCR badge and I have the specific tracking # for that box.
I hate Fedex reason # 10....
If you don't pick up your package in 5 days they ship it back to sender. I went to help out up in Boston and stopped to pick up some supplies that the TM had ordered to help me out. They shipped them out the day before I got there. At least DHL would hold them longer and if they were not picked up within a certain time they would just forward them on to our ESL.
What about vacations or trips out of town. I am not coming to Fedex to pick up my packages when I am on vacation and I spent 3 weeks up in Boston helping them out, who knows how many packages got sent back.
I hate Fedex reason # 32....
Being that I work for NCR, we have tons of stuff shipped to be held at fedex locations around the country. I was working out of town and went to Fedex to pick up a package that another one of our techs had ordered. I told them the name of the tech and the approximate size of the box. she came out with a tiny little package saying that this was the only package for him. I gave her the tracking number and she then managed to find teh correct package. The other Techs name wasn't on the specific Fedex label, it was on the part ID label. she then told me "Your company needs to get its act together!"
I cannot stand the lack of respect I have gotten from every single Fedex I have been to. Warwick, RI. Cincinnati OH, Hebron, Ky, Dayton, OH,
I hate Fedex reason # 65....
I went to drop off packages today and even though the office was staffed, they refused saying that they had stopped shipping out at 3pm. pickups only from 3-5pm. I don't even have room in my van to pick up all my stuff. Looks like more stuff that'll get shipped back due to the 5 day rule.

Friday, December 8, 2006

possible new job.

Well I was running a Dell call the other day and my mind was totally frazzled and the first board I installed didn't fix the problem, so I had to come back the next day. and wouldn't you know that even though I didn't quite get it right (shhh, they don't know I made a mistake), they offered me a job. I had some over the phone screenings and today I went in for a formal interview, and it feels like a strong possibility. I really wasn't looking but I just don't want to wait around for my current boss to leave (he graduates in a year and a half) and then find out that I'm not going to get his job.
Paywise it is a lateral move, and I might even be making less if you were to take my current pay and add in the company van, cellphone and laptop. Although I am trying so get a little more money than the average starting operator. and 7p-7a isn't exactly a dream shift, but it is more in my field and I may get some time to study and update my certifications. Maybe if I get it, in a year or so I can look for something either within the company or something better out there.
Good news is that I won't be falling asleep at 10pm on my days off so I can actually stay awake on poker night.