Pros
You get paid to exercise, the job overall is not as bad or hard like everyone thinks it might be. Don't let fast paced environment scare you, it is an easy job. The pay could be a little better, but each year FedEx ground will reevaluate their standpoint on the economy. Depending on how the economy is, each package handler may or may not get a raise (cost of living raise).
Cons
It usually seems that the terminal I work at is understaffed. For the most part though, with the the full time package handler program coming about into the Pitt terminal, more and more people are starting to come into the different shifts. It works out OK, but there is a period of time between the outbound full time, and the preload full time people. Which means for us, OTP, that we are usually very short on people anywhere from 11:45 until 12:30. It is not all bad though, it just depend on when the full timers hit their 7.5 hours for the day. Other than being understaffed, the only thing that I see that could be a downside is you don't get compensation for what you do. $9.40 an hour for the work that a package handler does, I don't think that $9.40 is the right hourly rate. I think that package handlers should be making $11.25 - $12.00 an hour to start. With the recent raises though, I only know of one person who is a package handler, making $11.75 an hour.