Company Profile for FedEx
FedEx Corporation
| Type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Founded | Little Rock, Arkansas (1971) as Federal Express Corporation |
| Headquarters | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Industry | Courier |
| Key People | Frederick W. Smith (Chairman, President & CEO) |
| Products | See complete products listing. |
| Subsidiaries | FedEx Office, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Supply Chain, FedEx Trade Networks, FedEx Services |
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FedEx Customer Relations
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Memphis, TN 38116
1-800-238-4461
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FedEx Punishing Me For Delivering Package Addressed To My Neighbor, Claims It Was Mine
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 14, 2012 3:15 PM
42 Comments
Consumerist reader Kenneth is a pretty good neighbor. After all, he dropped off a misdelivered package FedEx left on his stoop to a house around the corner where it was actually supposed to be going. But that simple act of consideration has resulted in FedEx refusing to deliver what he was supposed to get in the first place. More »
FedEx Quails In The Presence Of A Buzzer, Rendering Next-Day Air A Waste Of Money
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 17, 2012 1:00 PM
49 Comments
Paying a premium price for a special service, say, getting a package the next day, is worth it if you're in the business of needing things quickly. Which is why Chris is regretting that the person delivering an item essential to his work happened to be a FedEx employee who didn't know what to do with a doorbell. More »
Guess What, FedEx Driver? No One At A U.S. Army Base Will Find Your Bomb Jokes Funny
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 26, 2012 2:00 PM
104 Comments
A FedEx driver who apparently was never trained in the "don't ever, ever say the word bomb on the job" is facing a felony terrorism charge, after he allegedly joked that a package was "probably a bomb" at a U.S. Army base. More »
FedEx Gives Someone Else A Very Merry Popeye's Christmas With My Credit Card
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 17, 2012 3:00 PM
94 Comments
FedEx wanted its customers to have a very Merry Christmas — even if they're not the customers who should be receiving a package with a credit card in it. Gabe had to have a new Visa card overnighted to him, and felt confident because the delivery required a signature. Apparently, any old signature will do. More »
FedEx Seems To Think Any Front Door Will Do For Package Delivery
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 13, 2012 2:00 PM
102 Comments
Clayton was waiting at home for a very important package to arrive — his passport via a travel visa service — for which he had paid FedEx for overnight delivery. So when he his package was instead dropped off at a front door nearby, and not his own, he was a bit unnerved. More »
FedEx Apologizes For Monitor-Tossing Delivery Driver
By Chris Morran on December 22, 2011 12:00 PM
103 Comments
By now, you've all probably seen the video of the FedEx delivery driver caught on camera tossing a box containing a new computer monitor over a customer's fence, rather than just walk the few feet to the front door. The people at the delivery service have realized this is probably not good publicity, so they've come out with a public apology. More »
Couple Takes Advantage Of UPS Laziness, Steals Over 100 Packages From Doorsteps
By Chris Morran on December 21, 2011 12:00 PM
110 Comments
We've certainly written enough pieces over the years about how some UPS, FedEx and USPS carriers would rather fling your package somewhere in the vicinity of your house rather than knock and wait to see if you're home. Now the police in Somerville, MA, say a couple took advantage of drivers' willingness to leave packages out in the open by swooping in to steal the deliveries right off folks' doorsteps. More »
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Perhaps This FedEx Delivery Man Is Preparing For A Monitor-Throwing Contest
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 20, 2011 3:00 PM
168 Comments
A soft touch should be a job requirement for package delivery personnel, because recently it seems like we're seeing way too many lobbed and otherwise mistreated boxes. In this new video, a surveillance camera catches a FedEx delivery guy chucking a computer monitor over a fence. More »
FedEx Thinks This Is An Appropriate Place To Leave A Package
By Chris Morran on December 20, 2011 11:31 AM
84 Comments
Consumerist reader Tim was a bit annoyed when he got an e-mail saying a delivery from FedEx had been left at his doorstep. But that was nothing compared to what the FedEx driver did to his next door neighbor. More »
Why Is FedEx Afraid Of My Neighborhood?
By Laura Northrup on October 26, 2011 9:00 AM
47 Comments
Are the people who work at Kevin's local FedEx office in the Midwest classist, racist, or just lazy? He doesn't understand why it is that their drivers have a strange inability to find his apartment building, mostly because the local station manager believes that Kevin's neighborhood is unsafe. More »
