FedEx Express Peak (on topic!!)

[It will be fine]

So is anyone picking up Macys,Gap,Neweggor more Nike since UPS announcement they will not be taking more of their stuff? Is Fedex gonna try to take on more?

All shippers are getting capped. This time of year sales focuses on keeping long term customers happy. They aren’t going to chase left overs from shippers without a long term deal.

 

[AB831]

So is anyone picking up Macys,Gap,Neweggor more Nike since UPS announcement they will not be taking more of their stuff? Is Fedex gonna try to take on more?

Of course they are. Over-promise then trot out the excuses once he has your money is Fat Freddy’s M.O.

 

[59 Dano]

Good for you, man. Once you’re off Fat Freddy’s farm, you truly gain an understanding of just how awful of a company it is to work for. The part that kills me is how much effort the company makes to brainwash people into thinking otherwise. “It is what it is”, “all jobs have BS”, “where else are you going to go and make what you make” are repeated over and over by management as if you should just accept having to work 25 days in a row during the happiest time of year for everyone else as part of what having a job entails. The grass truly is greener elsewhere.

Which is why you're not leaving *here*!

 

[59 Dano]

PVD.

Good thing customers don’t care how their packages get there, eh @59 Dano ? @bbsam ? @It will be fine?

LOL, they don't.

 

[59 Dano]

Of course they are. Over-promise then trot out the excuses once he has your money is Fat Freddy’s M.O.

As if you'd know, LOL!

 

[bbsam]

You guys better hope this is a decent December weather wise or it’s going to be an absolute cluster *. Throw a little snow into the mix in a couple of weeks and people might still be getting Christmas packages in February.

So what?

 

[bbsam]

• No driver may be on duty for more than 70 hours over a period of 7 days. The 7-day period may be restarted after 34 continuous off-duty hours.

Seems Texas doesn't operate under IWBF rules.

What’s the sanction for a violation?

 

[AB831]

Which is why you're not leaving *here*!

I don’t work for FedEx, so I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make, but I don’t care either way.

 

[59 Dano]

I don’t work for FedEx, so I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make, but I don’t care either way.

That's the point - you don't work for the company and have supposedly left for greener pastures, though you can't seem to pry yourself away BC and complaining about the company.

I don't know if there's ever been another poster who did that. Well, maybe one, but he was crazy too.

 

[Fred's Myth]

What’s the sanction for a violation?

Up to $16K fine for both carrier and driver, and potential suspension of carrier’s permit.

 

[bbsam]

Up to $16K fine for both carrier and driver, and potential suspension of carrier’s permit.

From what I’ve seen nothing happens until after the sixth violation in a year for a driver.

 

[AB831]

That's the point - you don't work for the company and have supposedly left for greener pastures, though you can't seem to pry yourself away BC and complaining about the company.

I don't know if there's ever been another poster who did that. Well, maybe one, but he was crazy too.

 

[Fred's Myth]

From what I’ve seen nothing happens until after the sixth violation in a year for a driver.

So that makes ignoring the law, and the public safety it addresses, an acceptable risk?

Only for those with no ethics or conscience.

 

[bbsam]

So that makes ignoring the law, and the public safety it addresses, an acceptable risk?

Only for those with no ethics or conscience.

Oh I don’t know. Seems to me that that’s being a bit silly. Fact is the punishment is lax the way speeding laws are lax. Sure the speed limit may be 70 but do we say those who insist on driving 80 to 85 mph are “those with no ethics or conscience”?
I know you’d like people to think that the 70 hour rule is something the DOT takes seriously, but for our industry where it may only come into play 4 weeks out of the year for most, it should be easily managed. I could see how it would me more frequently an issue for OTR drivers.

 

[AB831]

Only for those with no ethics or conscience.

Sounds like a good description of FedEx

 

[Star B]

So is anyone picking up Macys,Gap,Neweggor more Nike since UPS announcement they will not be taking more of their stuff? Is Fedex gonna try to take on more?

we already had nike?

 

[Star B]

Was everyones linehaul as good as ours today?

 

[McFeely]

Was everyones linehaul as good as ours today?

Ours wasn’t too horrible, but our inbound volume was so large that the sort took forever. Left the building about 90 min late with 145 stops but I’ll finish by 17:30.

 

[Operational needs]

we already had nike?

Yes. I deliver Nike shoes all the time.

 

[Operational needs]

Was everyones linehaul as good as ours today?

Ours wasn’t too bad. We actually got to start a little earlier than they planned.