Do better, FedEx

[CatWoman]

FedEx put a Black driver on unpaid leave after two white men chased and shot at him, according to his lawyer

FedEx put a Black driver was put on unpaid leave because he was too anxious to continue delivering packages on his route after two white men chased him through their neighborhood and shot at him while he was making a delivery, his attorney said.

Brandon Case has been charged with aggravated assault and his father Gregory Case has been charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault in connection with the shooting in Brookhaven, Mississippi, according to the Brookhaven Police Department. Attorney's for D'Monterrio Gibson, a Black FedEx driver, said that last month, the two men chased Gibson and shot at him while he was delivering FedEx packages at a news conference on Thursday.

Gibson told reporters that he believed the shooting was racially motivated.

"After they actually fired the initial shots they proceeded to chase me to the highway," Gibson said. "So like you failed to kill me the first time you still chasing me. It was some dark stuff."

https://www.insider.com/fedex-put-black-driver-unpaid-leave-being-shot-at-by-two-white-men-2022-2

[uponit7771]

1. "because he was too anxious to continue delivering packages " WTF Shit is this Fed EX?!

[Cha]

7. Then it Should be Paid Leave!

[KS Toronado]

12. AMEN

[uponit7771]

19. +1

[LoisB]

25. Amen #3!

[getagrip_already]

14. it's worse - they put him on the SAME route afterwards....

They didn't even give him a different neighborhood. Go drive by that house over and over. It'll be fine.

Sheesh. How tone deaf can they be?

[BidenRocks]

23. Perhaps I don't understand your response.

Let's try this gain. OK?

[sakabatou]

2. WTAF?!

[BidenRocks]

24. I am too old to have to Google every acronym.

WTAF. What the actual fuck?
WTF does that mean?
USMC 73-78
Sgt

[sakabatou]

26. WTAF equals "what the actual fuck"

[DiamondShark]

32. I'll help

WTAF "What the actual fuck"
WTF "what the fuck"
USMC 73-78 "United States Marine Corps 1973-1978"
Sgt "Sergeant"

[Roc2020]

35. .

[Meowmee]

3. Awful 😔

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

4. An employee almost gets killed and FedEx's response is

to treat the employee like the perpetrator(s).

This isn't going to play out well for FedEx.

[KT2000]

5. they even kept him on the same route

It is my understanding that Fedex sells the routes to individuals so the owner of D'Monterrio's route needs to be questioned over this. I wonder if Fedex even has minimum employee protections and guidance for an incident like this.

[ms liberty]

15. Fed Ex Ground is contractor owned

They're beginning to require their Ground contractor/route owners to own several routes, not just one.
Fed Ex Express and Fed Ex Freight are corporate owned and operated.
If this guy was a Ground driver, then the Fed Ex Corp is in the clear and he will have to go after the contractor. If he's with Express, then Fred Smith better get ready to pay up bc it sounds like this driver has a really good case. I hope he is with Express.

[Cha]

6. FedEx Driver while Black..

FedEX

[sheshe2]

8. WTF were they thinking!

[blm]

9. Wow. No question it should be paid leave

with counseling as well.

[live love laugh]

10. "Assault" my MF ass. Attempted murder!

If the tables were turned I can assure you the charges wouldn’t be assault.

FOH.

[Mr. Evil]

18. I'm with you on that.

Where's the attempted murder charge?

[monkeyman1]

31. rule of law has taken a royally big dump ?

[Srkdqltr]

11. FedEx should be hiring the lawyer for the driver.

If he was my employee I'd be pissed. I would see to it that the shooters were prosecuted. Would be wonderful PR for the company.

[Scruffy1]

28. "Fed Ex route deliverers" are not Fed Ex employees.

They all work for Fed EX subcontractors. This is why I don't do business with Fed EX. This is so because they don't have to pay wages and benefits like they do to their over the road drivers. They are just a shithole scab company in my estimation. UPS tried the sane thing years back and it was a big flop. Not enough people fell for the low wage "independent operator" routine.

[George II]

13. He's been reinstated.

[Crunchy Frog]

16. With back pay and a different route?

[sakabatou]

27. Good.

[BadgerMom]

17. If ever a situation cried out for a Go Fund Me, this is it.

[Catherine Vincent]

20. Both mfers better get prison (not jail) time

And FedEx? Pull out the checkbook.

[BlueIdaho]

21. Fed Ex shits on their drivers

Routinely.

[Ligyron]

22. Another father and son racist tag team trying to kill black people in the neighborhood.

Don't FedeX drivers wear uniforms?

Thank gawd they were lousy shots.

[iemanja]

37. He was wearing a uniform

They decided to kill him anyway.

[Jacson6]

29. FedEx Ground Drivers are employed by independent contractors

If he can't work then he can file a worker's compensation claim to get health care and compensation for the time he can't work. I'm sorry, it is the same system for all employees across the United States of America.

[NowISeetheLight]

33. I was just thinking why not work comp?

[CaptainTruth]

30. "FedEx restored the driver's pay after a public outcry, his attorney said on Twitter."

[hydrolastic]

34. This is the problem with the shareholder first doctrine !

The employee has to fight to have the company do the right thing every time.
The company should have recognized the severity of the incident from the beginning. I hope that they get sued to within a inch of making a profit for the year thats the only way this is going to change their behavior. leave without pay unbelievable !

[PatrickforB]

36. And yet, I just know all of you will be happy to note that

FedEx PROFITS are up 18% over last year, with a 2021 net income of $1.23 BILLION...

AND...

FedEx CEO Fred Smith 'earned' $11.13 MILLION in compensation.

Just knowing that makes me feel whole lots better! Those employees don't matter - FedEx needs to keep those profits comin' for their SHAREHOLDERS.

That's how it is here in 'Murika, don't cha know! Employees can go hungry because they don't make enough (Kroger), pee in bottles because they don't get long enough breaks and the restrooms are too far away from their workstations (Amazon), or be put on unpaid leave because Kluxers take potshots at them for working while being black (FedEx).

Gosh, what could be better than this capitalist utopia that is 'Murika?

[Boomerproud]

38. I wish your post was exaggerated, but it's all factual.

These facts should be on the news, not a 60 minutes story or 20/20.

[calimary]

39. After his life was threatened, they put him on unpaid leave???

SHEESH. Something's VERY wrong here.

[58Sunliner]

40. He had to get a lawyer to be taken seriously. Even after they shot at him 5 times.

[Quakerfriend]

41. I cannot believe this stuff is happening!

The poor kid said they initially put him right back on this same route the very next day, after he was shot at-
but, he was so anxious that they finally allowed him the unpaid leave. 😳