That's the point. In the eyes of Fat Freddy contractors were making out TOO good and set out to correct that problem in no uncertain terms.The beginning of what? Don’t be mistaken. Ground was an easy investment to make good money for contractors. That’s evaporated in the last few years. Ground adopting an employee model, eliminating the contracts, and forcing its metrics onto drivers making 1/3 to 1/2 what UPS drivers make is still incredibly profitable. And isn’t that always the endgame?
Contractors will just have to learn to get by on much thinner and far more volatile margins. The good times are over. Time to quit the bitching and get after it or get out.