Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
That their managers failed to properly train them......??? LOL
Is FedEx legally obligated to negotiate in good faith with their contractors?
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dezguy
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About as much as it says of FedEx's hiring practices?
That they're management material.
Are we sure this wasn’t an episode of The Office?
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
You say that in jest, but it's not unusual to hear it as an excuse for the dumbest of things.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
I say BS.
I would believe it if he said ground drivers...
542thruNthru
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Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
Well, the driver WAS told to clean his truck!
Perhaps
Operational needs
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542thruNthru
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Fake news.
XEQaF
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FedEx is contractually obligated to act within the Purple Promise of raping its contractors silly until they tap out to the absurdity of thinking they are an independent operator. IMO a one sided contract isn't considered "negotiating in good faith".
Rural routes are not and will never be money makers. You carry them only to bolster your PSA numbers for your Enhanced Primary Plus quarterly bonus if they still do that with ISP. You can't build your "business" off rural area and hope it multiples in years to come. You will have poor ROI. You need to build off density and that's your only hope because as a contractor you don't have control over pricing, tariffs, national contracts etc. you are essentially a cost center. The better you manage your costs, the more you make.
I use the word "more" loosely when referring to FedEx. They keep the carrot dangling for most contractors knowing that they have invested heavily with all the eggs in one basket and will be in dire straits if they walk away. Good investment if you need to buy yourself a job complete with a tyrant set of bosses, yea to being an entrepreneur.
Your best bet is to hang in, maybe see if you can spin off and diversify your talents and area knowledge into finding your own B2B delivery contracts. Good luck!
Rural routes are not and will never be money makers. You carry them only to bolster your PSA numbers for your Enhanced Primary Plus quarterly bonus if they still do that with ISP. You can't build your "business" off rural area and hope it multiples in years to come. You will have poor ROI. You need to build off density and that's your only hope because as a contractor you don't have control over pricing, tariffs, national contracts etc. you are essentially a cost center. The better you manage your costs, the more you make.
I use the word "more" loosely when referring to FedEx. They keep the carrot dangling for most contractors knowing that they have invested heavily with all the eggs in one basket and will be in dire straits if they walk away. Good investment if you need to buy yourself a job complete with a tyrant set of bosses, yea to being an entrepreneur.
Your best bet is to hang in, maybe see if you can spin off and diversify your talents and area knowledge into finding your own B2B delivery contracts. Good luck!
floridays
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I stopped reading after I read one sided contract, What clown would actually sign a "one sided contract?"
I've got to Finnish, yes Finnish the rest of your spiel.
XEQaF
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What clown you ask? Well let's start with every Ground Contractor that ever lived signed the infamous, generic, unilateral one sided contract. Hopefully that answers your question, now go ahead and Finnish the read.
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ManInBrown
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The entire Fedex model is based on a scam. The scam is, putting as much money in Fred’s pocket as possible, and let all the employees scavenge for scraps and crumbs. 500K lol
It's a model Fat Freddy bought off of Roadway. Trouble is it was never designed to serve multiple markets and demographics but Fat Freddy desperate for returns is trying to make it do just that.
Indeed. Every current contractor as well as those who think they want to be one has to decide for themselves just how much money they're willing to place at risk for the sake of a venture for which asset and equity growth is not the purpose or objective and is plainly stated as such. Whether you sell your contract for $1,000,000 or....$8.44 is an outcome Fedex will decide.
Granted , there will be a few who will come out ahead but that number will likely shrink in the coming days as contractors scramble to find enough boxes and people willing to work weekends and holidays year round for low wages and zero benefits. And along with it will come fewer interested buyers willing to pay more than "take it off your hands" money to acquire a contract.
