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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 4428651" data-attributes="member: 12508">I didn&#039;t know FedEx promised &quot;no layoffs&quot;. I&#039;m wondering how long that will last if the economy continues to contract. My guess is maybe a month or two at most. Please don&#039;t believe management. They&#039;ll say whatever they need to right now to keep people working during the pandemic.Ground is basically a scab UPS Brown, and Fred knew exactly what he was doing as he diverted Express profits into building Ground infrastructure. Remember, this is while they were telling us how poor FedEx was and that there would be either minimal raises or no raises. Those extra lean years for Express employees allowed Smith to build his non-union replica of Brown. And he did it.In the current political/economic environment the argument over whether or not Ground drivers are employees has largely been forgotten. The recent Supreme Court decision in regard to franchisees won&#039;t help the matter.Ground was a major victory for Smith, and if you look at Jeff Bezos and Amazon, the FedEx Ground model is essentially working for them too. All of their drivers are contracted, the planes are leased, and very few are actually real &quot;employees&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 4428651, member: 12508"] I didn't know FedEx promised "no layoffs". I'm wondering how long that will last if the economy continues to contract. My guess is maybe a month or two at most. Please don't believe management. They'll say whatever they need to right now to keep people working during the pandemic. Ground is basically a scab UPS Brown, and Fred knew exactly what he was doing as he diverted Express profits into building Ground infrastructure. Remember, this is while they were telling us how poor FedEx was and that there would be either minimal raises or no raises. Those extra lean years for Express employees allowed Smith to build his non-union replica of Brown. And he did it. In the current political/economic environment the argument over whether or not Ground drivers are employees has largely been forgotten. The recent Supreme Court decision in regard to franchisees won't help the matter. Ground was a major victory for Smith, and if you look at Jeff Bezos and Amazon, the FedEx Ground model is essentially working for them too. All of their drivers are contracted, the planes are leased, and very few are actually real "employees". [/QUOTE]

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