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<blockquote data-quote="Star B" data-source="post: 2719697" data-attributes="member: 61246">Here&#039;s the thing though -- by the time an Express driver gets to the point of &quot;friend it, if its late, its late&quot; its after dealing with Express management not being able to get freight to us on time, telling us that &quot;oh, DRA says you should be able to do 99 P1s and drive 300 miles&quot;, or not hiring enough people because the shareholders gotta make bank.From what the old fogies at the station make it sound like... if mgmt cared about the couriers like they did when they were Privately-held Express.... the employees would care a ton more about lates... and management wouldn&#039;t be so hell-bent on costs... so the problem wouldn&#039;t be nearly as bad as it is.that&#039;s where the contractor/employee/employer relationship comes into play.&nbsp; One day we might get an hour added for P1 due to a late plane, other days.... service disruption, just get it off the truck.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you as a contractor would sign &quot;Fines for late P1 will be issued at the sole discretion of FXG&quot;... wait a second, there we go, profitability by fining the snot out of contractors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Star B, post: 2719697, member: 61246"] Here's the thing though -- by the time an Express driver gets to the point of "friend it, if its late, its late" its after dealing with Express management not being able to get freight to us on time, telling us that "oh, DRA says you should be able to do 99 P1s and drive 300 miles", or not hiring enough people because the shareholders gotta make bank. From what the old fogies at the station make it sound like... if mgmt cared about the couriers like they did when they were Privately-held Express.... the employees would care a ton more about lates... and management wouldn't be so hell-bent on costs... so the problem wouldn't be nearly as bad as it is. that's where the contractor/employee/employer relationship comes into play. One day we might get an hour added for P1 due to a late plane, other days.... service disruption, just get it off the truck. I'm sure you as a contractor would sign "Fines for late P1 will be issued at the sole discretion of FXG"... wait a second, there we go, profitability by fining the snot out of contractors. [/QUOTE]

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