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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 4855694" data-attributes="member: 60252">No- I am saying that they can&#039;t control who you hire, how many employees you must have as a minimum, or how you want to get the work accomplished. You must control the manner of producing the desired results if you are really independent UNDER THE LAW.&nbsp; Fedex has merely managed to make you so dependent that you can&#039;t even use the law to enforce the independence you claim. If you even tried to pay your drivers as contractors like Uber and lyft, you would be violating a condition solely included to make fedex safer.&nbsp; At best, you are a contract employee with a budget to perform work for the company based on the size of the area and population/area demand.&nbsp;Your budget is disguised as payment for services, but is really a carefully controlled amount with you have very limited chance to increase your profit through innovation. If you had aa few packages discovered after dispatch, could you call an Uber driver or a local delivery service to deliver them instead of buying or renting an extra vehicle that would only be used intermittently??? No.&nbsp; If you were really a legally independent business, fedex would only set the outcome they desire, not how you achieve it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 4855694, member: 60252"] No- I am saying that they can't control who you hire, how many employees you must have as a minimum, or how you want to get the work accomplished. You must control the manner of producing the desired results if you are really independent UNDER THE LAW. Fedex has merely managed to make you so dependent that you can't even use the law to enforce the independence you claim. If you even tried to pay your drivers as contractors like Uber and lyft, you would be violating a condition solely included to make fedex safer. At best, you are a contract employee with a budget to perform work for the company based on the size of the area and population/area demand. Your budget is disguised as payment for services, but is really a carefully controlled amount with you have very limited chance to increase your profit through innovation. If you had aa few packages discovered after dispatch, could you call an Uber driver or a local delivery service to deliver them instead of buying or renting an extra vehicle that would only be used intermittently??? No. If you were really a legally independent business, fedex would only set the outcome they desire, not how you achieve it. [/QUOTE]

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