Pal, the simple fact of the matter is that no contractor, past,present or future can do what you want them to do and that is to mitigate the level of risk you would be assuming if you bought out a contract.
There are a handful of current successful contractors here, not many. The ones crying about how terrible it is haven’t had a contract or ran a business contracting with FedEx in at least 5 years. Many of the negative people are express drivers with even less knowledge of Ground operations.
Think it might be because nearly all Express couriers have heard countless complaints from Ground customers regarding missed pick-ups, mis-deliveries, unprofessional conduct, bad hygiene etc. We’ve heard more than an earful out there, so yeah, we have knowledge on how Ground operates alright.
For those so called "successful" contractors, their success is due in no small part to being lucky enough to be operating in the one the more lucrative parts of the country. Areas that are much more in tune with the overall business model. Fast growing, modern infrastructure, population dense, high per capita incomes high per capita consumption and a large pool of cheap labor to draw from . The simple fact is that it doesn't exist everywhere. And FXG is a consumption driven business.
How can anyone possibly believe that experience has any bearing on what the OP is asking for?
There are countless successful rural contractors across the nation. To claim otherwise is obviously nonsense.
That's a very broad statement . I would love to see the numbers you're basing your assertion on .
Him and his buddy can witness all that for themselves when they spend a week working pro-bono. With the kind of wages that Ground offers, that's the kind of help you get.
I said that What I'm saying is that the XG business model doesn't work well in those parts of the country whose demographics do not match up well with the business model . if that isn't true then why is Bezos only taking the easy in town stuff while leaving the money losing boonie boxes for the other carriers? Fat Freddy was right when he told Bezos to go pound salt when he saw what he was up to.
I’m sure your definition of “successful” is “barely making it.”
In other words, you’re willing to be compensated at the standard FXG rate.
What would you know about being normal? Most bets are on not much.
