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Carolyn Fiveash Perkins4/7/2015
#1 is true
Rebecca Felts4/7/2015
4 was true for a while but withdrawn. 5 was true but I never used it.
Debora Williams Waller4/7/2015
1. FedEx did consider putting daycarea on site. 5. I did purchase gas from the gas station by the WWII hangar and the new one built some time later. That was an awsome benefit.
Sherry Little4/7/2015
1,3,5,6 true. 4 true for business need only.
Jim McBryde4/7/2015
7 is true. Its called a reorg. I had several jobs over my last 12 years and never submitted a jca or interviewed for any of them. Just got moved.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/8/2015
Answers
1. FedEx services planned to put a day care at the WTC in Collierville
TRUE
2. 6x6 was originally named zero to six by 2006
TRUE
3. At one time, 4 day workweeks for IT was going to be standard
FALSE (It was discussed but IT, called DATA SYSTEMS
having a 4 day work week and not for others in the company could
not be reconciled)
4. Fedex pays for employee home internet service
FALSE (used to be true for work related support,
but cancelled with cell phones
for employees) except in a few cases.
5. At one time FedEx employees could buy cheap gas at FedEx facilities
TRUE
6. At one time FedEx offered pilot training for ladies to increase opportunities for them
TRUE
7. At FedEx you can change jobs without doing a JCA
TRUE
Subject: FedEx to buy TNT
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/7/2015
Peter Dangerfield4/7/2015
Who knows what TNT stands for, they were an Australian company many years ago when. I was growing up there, Like UPS here.
Dave Hansen4/8/2015
Shortly after the cessation of hostilities of World War 2 in Asia, Australian Ken Thomas set up Thomas Nationwide Transport with a single truck.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/8/2015
John Schwarzmann who was a Managing Director at FedEx left to become the CTO of TNT Logistics 1994-1996
Peter Dangerfield4/8/2015
Both Dave and Jimmy are right.
Larry Tieman4/9/2015
When I was at GE Capital trying to put together a logistics company we were packed to go to Australia to do the due diligence when the Dutch jumped in and WAY overpaid.
Peter Dangerfield4/9/2015
Hi Larry how are you doing?
Subject: FedEx Trivia Poll 4/8/15:
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/8/2015
FedEx Trivia Poll 4/8/15:When I was hired in Feb 1980, I was told that there was a 'No Layoff Policy'.Were you told the same thing? and how did you interpret that policy?
Rebecca Felts4/8/2015
Yes I was told that but I never believed it or interpreted it as literally being true. I always used common sense about such stagements. If a company or the economy dipped any company would have to take measures to cut costs,(including layoffs), to save the greater majority of the company. Just think back to 2009 if any of you were still at FedEx. In fact there were two layoffs during my career. One shortly after Rob Carter became CIO. They had management "rate" their employees performance,etc. The ones that fell to the bottom were let go. Then the mortgage crisis came in 2009 and Fedex had to lower pay and let folks go then. This also included removing on-call pay. So I don't know if the "no layoff" was ever a written policy or just a verbal policy.
Eddie Garrison4/8/2015
I've been there 30 years and was a former zap mail person .. And they found s job for us .. I work in express and I don't know of anyone that's ever been laid off.. Granted we have taken couple of pay cuts and no merit raises but still working
Dan Elliot4/8/2015
Yes, I was told that also... it proved true until black friday...
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/8/15
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/8/2015
FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/8/15In the mid 90's a crushed & flat SuperTracker was sent from the field to the Repair center. It was obvious it had been run over by a vehicle.
On the return tag was:a. ST walked under a vehicle
b. Keyboard doesn't work
c. Software needs to be re-loaded
d. Error when powered on
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/9/2015
Answer: B---Keyboard doesn't work
Nancy Hinds4/9/2015
clark said something about that the other day - and i forget what was on tag when returned.
Subject: FedEx Retiree Poll:
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/9/2015
FedEx Retiree Poll:Many of you retired, and have spent much of your life at FedEx. Today, what is your favorite memento that you kept from your years of service?(coffee cup, pin, photo, memo, shirt, plaque etc)
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/9/2015
Two of my favorites. For some reason I've always liked the international thingies they gave us from time to time, like the INTL pen; and when I havd my first staff meeting in LHSD, if was like herding cats. My admin(s) bought me a gavel to keep control, which I used there for about 5 years...
Jim Bentley4/9/2015
A DADS terminal! I spent an awful amount of time working with this device
Gary Phillips4/9/2015
My 401K
Marcie Littles Moss4/9/2015
My two favorite items are two plaques I received from Jim Colson. One, a BZ plaque received in FY'88 and the other a Star Award in 1996, the year before he passed away. I cherish those two items.
Sandy Bringhurst Howard4/9/2015
I love the 25 year plaque!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Poll 4/10/15:
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/10/2015
FedEx Trivia Poll 4/10/15:It's been almost 7 years since I retired, and it is as if it was yesterday. I don't miss going to all those meetings, but do miss the many talented and dedicated friends I worked with thru the years.Name a few of the friends you worked with and would like to see again..........and may you all have a great and sunny weekend!
Shirley Lovelace Williams4/10/2015
Kay Moody, Lisa Gross, Belinda Watkins, Pat Bryan, Denise Wood, Ruth Edwards (don't know her new name). I worked with many wonderful people the 22 years I was at FedEx. Have been retired 7 years.
Gary Phillips4/10/2015
I still see some of the folks I worked with......Roy Patterson (G'twn reserve cop), Ronnie Turner and chat with some online like Ron Foster (lives in Springfield, MO). The group I had the most fun with was Network Eng. (Denise Wood, Roy Beard, Tom Snyder, Belinda Watkins, etc). Don't get a chance to see them often. I do miss some of the people in my most recent job (like Reggie Shaw, Eden Pickle-Clark, Paul Maynard, Chuck Hogue, Chris Hammond, Susie Peek, Susie Langston (decessed), Heather Hannah.......on and on. Have gone back to visit a few times but things just don't seem the same. A lot of people have left Tech Services and the ones there seemed very stressed.
Shirley Lovelace Williams4/10/2015
Gary, I forgot about how wonderful you were to work with. I also enjoyed working with the Nertwork Eng. group. That was one of my first assignments.
Gary Phillips4/10/2015
A lot of people forgot that Shirley....lol. That group was a lot of fun....You, Irene Williams, Denise, Kay Moody, Jill Bradbury Greer, Bobby Simmons, Eddy Honeycut (decessed), etc.
Deby Abbott Jolley4/10/2015
Way too many to list! Thank goodness for Facebook - being able to still keep up a bit.
Roger Yannett Sr4/10/2015
For me it was Jim Toleffson, and Dave Dalton
Subject: Blast from the past. . .
Ron Houston4/12/2015
Blast from the past. . .
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/13/15
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/13/2015
FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/13/15Around 1982 Jim Barksdale was CIO & SVP of FedEx Data Systems located in Clark Tower where the Computer Center was located.Then it seems, he then left Clark Tower fairly quickly and moved elsewhere1. Why did he have to leave Clark Tower?
2. Who asked him to move?
3. Where did JLB move to?
Akita Hank4/13/2015
1 - promotion, 2 - Fred Smith, 3 - Corp Hq. Just guessing???
Ron Houston4/13/2015
1.? 2.FSW 3. Flash-cube building?? Also that is when Data Systems/Computer ops moved to Module I (CAC) by the Airport - used to be a horse farm where as a child I went to watch horse shows. . .
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/14/2015
Answers pretty much correct.
1-He was advised that for future opportunities in the company he needed to be mesh and be located with the other SVP's where overall planning was done
2-FWS
3-Headquarters/Flashcube which was located on Airways
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/14/2015
and I always had heard that the CAC was referred to as Elvis' pony farm, and was told he had kept his ponies there
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/14/15
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/14/2015
FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/14/15Who was Jim Barksdale's Office Mgr/Mgr of Administration while he was at Clark Tower?
Don Rose4/14/2015
Sharon?
Dickie Dunn4/14/2015
David John
Don Rose4/14/2015
Forgot all about David John.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/14/2015
Richard is correct. David John was the manager of the office. JLB promoted DJ to Director of Telematics.
Subject: Phone Update: I upgraded my iPhone to a 5c yesterday at AT&T; I had to show my FedEx badge but they ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/14/2015
Phone Update: I upgraded my iPhone to a 5c yesterday at AT&T; I had to show my FedEx badge but they gave me the employee discount.
Debora Williams Waller4/14/2015
Super, if they ask you for your fedex email address, you are sunk.
Subject: FedEx Trivia 4/15/15 FedEx Computing Answer any of the following:
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/15/2015
FedEx Trivia 4/15/15 FedEx Computing
Answer any of the following:1. Where was the original Burroughs mainframe located?
2. Where was the first IBM mainframes located?
3. Where were the IBM mainframes moved next?
4. Where are the IBM mainframe and most all Unix servers running FedEx located today?
5. Where is IBM system support for FedEx located today?
6. Where were the Tandem computers located for Zapmail?
Akita Hank4/15/2015
1 - RCA Building (B3500) 2 -Clark Tower 3 - Pony Farm
Akita Hank4/15/2015
IBMs in Clark Tower were from Cook Industries aquisition.
Charlie Derrick4/15/2015
1. Admin building between hangers 6 and 7.
Subject: Had lunch with Winn Stephenson, Belinda Watkins, Linda Brigance, Larry Netter & Jimmy Sowell today. ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/15/2015
Had lunch with Winn Stephenson, Belinda Watkins, Linda Brigance, Larry Netter & Jimmy Sowell today. All are enjoying their retirement lives including me.
Linda Brigance4/15/2015
It was great seeing all of you. Fun conversation and great memories.
Ron Houston4/15/2015
Holy cow - - - flash-backs. . .
Subject: FedEx Trivia 4/16/15
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/16/2015
FedEx Trivia 4/16/15Who was the first VP Development over Datasystems reporting to Jim Barksdale when he became Senior Vice President?
Buddy Johnson4/16/2015
Hank Howell
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2015
Buddy is correct!
As I understand....
Charlie Brandon was SVP and reporting to him in COS was Howard Bedford whom he hired from AVIS to oversee development for COSMOS. Howard Bedford was fired. Jim Barksdale moved into Charlie's slot when Charlie decided he didn't want to continue to develop a large IT group. Hank became VP reporting to JLB, and he was the VP when I got to FedEx in Feb 1980.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/17/15 Answer any of the following questions:
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2015
FedEx Trivia Quiz 4/17/15
Answer any of the following questions:1. Where was the first, or almost first, ZapMail document sent from and by whom?2. What kind supplement could you get billed to pick up a FedEx Overnight Letter when it was first introduced?3. What is the supplemental charge on many packages that averages a couple dollars for domestic and $18 for International that hits many shipments?4. What regular meeting did Ron Ponder start at FedEx , where a toy fish was sometimes tossed about?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/18/2015
Answers:
1. Where was the first, or almost first, ZapMail document sent from and by whom? Jim Barksdale @ 2955 Republican 1st floor
2. What kind supplement could you get billed to pick up a FedEx Overnight Letter when it was first introduced?
if you have other packages to pick up, you didn't have to pay a surcharge, otherwise you paid for the pickup
3. What is the supplemental charge on many packages that averages a couple dollars for domestic and $18 for International that hits many shipments? DIM WEIGHT
4. What regular meeting did Ron Ponder start at FedEx , where a toy fish was sometimes tossed about? The PonderRama
Subject: @ FedEx: Brothers Randy & Ray Burk & David Anderson
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2015
@ FedEx: Brothers Randy & Ray Burk & David Anderson
Subject: Jimmy Sowell & Janie Haynes
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2015
Jimmy Sowell & Janie Haynes
Linda Shelley Morton4/17/2015
Two of my favorite people.
Subject: @ FedEx: Sherry Aaholm, Matt Marek, Rebecca Jones, Steve Streittmatter & Winn Stephenson
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2015
@ FedEx: Sherry Aaholm, Matt Marek, Rebecca Jones, Steve Streittmatter & Winn Stephenson
Subject: Trivia: Who are these employees...from 1985 photo?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2015
Trivia:
Who are these employees...from 1985 photo?
Don Beethe4/17/2015
Think that's Marge Cole
Bob Baxter4/17/2015
Bob Palasz?
Judy Davidson4/18/2015
lol...those "computers"
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/18/2015
Answers: Marge Cole & David Dietzel
Subject: Trivia: Who are these 2 employees...photo from 1985?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2015
Trivia:
Who are these 2 employees...photo from 1985?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/18/2015
Answer: Vernitta Rogers & Ace McInturff
Subject: Out of Town Off to Disneyworld with our 3 grandkids & their parents...back in 8 days; feel free to p ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/18/2015
Out of Town
Off to Disneyworld with our 3 grandkids & their parents...back in 8 days; feel free to post your trivia questions, photos and memories and have a great weekend and great next week..................................................
Larry Tieman4/18/2015
Did WDW and a Disney cruise in Dec with everyone. Had a fantastic time. Everyone I know who has done WDW with grandkids loved it. Have a super time.
Don Rose4/18/2015
Enjoy Jimmy.
Dan Elliot4/18/2015
It's hot down here!!
Subject: from Pam Knowles
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/21/2015
from Pam KnowlesI am saddened to inform you that Gloria Cardwell passed away last night.
She had complications during her heart surgery.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time.Pam
Shirley Lovelace Williams4/21/2015
I am so sorry to hear this. Loved working with Gloria and didn't think she would ever retire.
Linda Shelley Morton4/21/2015
I loved Gloria.....she was a very kind person and always willing to help. Sorry to hear of her passing.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/21/2015
from Jim Thannum:
This is to let you know Gloria passed away Monday, after complications from a heart valve replacement. She was a wonderful woman, and a great friend to many, and an unbelievable asset to FedEx during my 22 years at FedEx. We stayed in close contact after both retiring in May 2013, and she was “Auntie Glo” to my granddaughter, and a very close friend to my entire family. Actually she was part of my family, and will be greatly missed.
Visitation is at Memorial Park on Poplar, Thursday 5-7pm, and the funeral is Friday at 11:30am also at Memorial Park.
May God’s Blessing shine upon Gloria,
Jim Thannum
Janie Haynes4/21/2015
I'm very sad to hear this. Gloria was one of those people you thought would be around forever. She had such a sweet spirit.
Subject: Jim Moore's birthday with his kids...Happy Birthday Jim
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2015
Jim Moore's birthday with his kids...Happy Birthday Jim
Buddy Johnson4/22/2015
Happy Birthday, Jim!!!
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2015
Jim is the cool guy in yellow...He started the Radio Group and was known as the father of DADS. Jim Bentley, Richard Dunn, moi and others were Munchkins of DADS
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2015
Jim was an ElectrIcal Engineering graduate of Christian Brothers Univ in Memphis
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2015
FedEx Trivia QuizWhen FedEx purchased Flying Tigers, who was the Managing Director of Development in LA?
Buddy Johnson4/22/2015
Heidi Amling
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/24/2015
Heidi Amling is correct!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2015
FedEx Trivia QuizTed Crampton, denis Guerts, and Alfred Pun all did the same job but in different places.What were their jobs... and where?
Ron Houston4/22/2015
Telecom/ITD - Sr. Managers? or Directors? - Guerts was in Brussels. Crampton UK?, Pun Singapore? . . . ok, lots of guessing here.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/24/2015
Excellent guess!
Subject: Is anybody else having a problem getting reimbursement from OneExchange for health care premium? All ...
Brenda J. Brunner4/24/2015
Is anybody else having a problem getting reimbursement from OneExchange for health care premium? All of a sudden (after 4 yrs of claims) my documentation is not right. No way in heaven to get benefits on the line. Sheez why do they use these 3rd party jerks 😡😡
Buddy Johnson4/24/2015
Guess we are lucky so far. May have a problem later. It/
Buddy Johnson4/24/2015
it's all about outsourcing to save $$$$
Ann Hoff Crum4/24/2015
I had to fill out info again since they've changed the company handling it. I got my $$ for March but nothing deposited yet for April. I believe the info mailed out stated there could be a gap during transition.
Brenda J. Brunner4/24/2015
Buddy Johnson. I have been uploading a copy of the electronic check for 4 yrs. then this month that was denied. What do you furnish?
I don't have a monthly bill which is what she is asking for
I think she was just being a a$@$)(. 😳
Brenda J. Brunner4/24/2015
Ann Hoff Crum. Yes I got March and waited after the transition to file new claim. I have not received any mail from them. Just checking online
Kathy Guererri Heatherly4/24/2015
Brenda J. Brunner, the site has been down for a month, I was advised not too file April reimbursement until end of month. Called several times lots of misleading information from customers service representative. Prior to filling reimbursement they said to call and made sure all of my information has been updated. Plan on doing that. Yes it was a good system sure hope they didn't screw it up.
Margaret Canon Bruch4/25/2015
I don't have fedex insurance but $ from the buyout and it is a challenge every time to get my $$$ and you can call to ask about why it was rejected and get a different answer every time 😱 total frustration!!!!
Buddy Johnson4/25/2015
Hey folks. Here is the phone number for the FedEx Transaction team (855-794-4392). They are a group located in WHQ off Winchester that is supposed to help with variety of matters for Retirees. For past couple of years, we have applied at beginning of year for monthly distribution of the $$$. So far, so good.
Email for this Transaction team is HR-Transactions@fedex.com
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/27/2015
FedEx Trivia QuizWhen Zapmail was shut down, four directors (two directors under VP Jim Vaughn and two directors who were under Gil Mook ) were all transferred to another VP who was told to keep only two of the directors.a. Who were the Directors?
b. Who was the VP they were transferred to?
c. Which Directors did he keep?
Peggy Dawson Black4/27/2015
Was it Jim Colson and Jim Moore?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/28/2015
Actually....there were 5 directors transferred...and Jim Colson and Jim Moore were in the 5
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