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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5569268" data-attributes="member: 24302">If everything was crashing around you you&#039;d still demand UPS wages and benefits.&nbsp; Let&#039;s see how it goes after they combine operations.&nbsp; If Express ends up a primarily part-time workforce they&#039;ll have to top people out faster to keep them.&nbsp; And with them working in the same building as Ground they&#039;ll likely insure that their contractors are paying better too.&nbsp; This is assuming that combining operations makes them much more profitable.&nbsp; If they are then they&#039;ll have to pay better.&nbsp; In spite of what [USER=55017]@It will be fine[/USER] thinks the Ground guys haven&#039;t been doing the same job and to demand people do everything both opcos do at low pay and few if any benefits won&#039;t last long.&nbsp; That&#039;s a fantasy.And IWBF, Express once did do all of it before Ground came along.&nbsp; We drove 700&#039;s and 900&#039;s, often bulked out, and had to run like maniacs all day to get the freight off and pickups done.&nbsp; Handled international and haz too.&nbsp; Yes, it can be done.&nbsp; But the demands on us were much more than when we started driving Sprinters delivering lightweight Amazon and overnight letters.&nbsp; But we did it because we had, or so we thought, a future.&nbsp; I&#039;m betting a lot of people would rather take a $12-$14hr job than hump like that for $18hr.&nbsp; About the only way FedEx will have enough workers without higher pay is if the economy crashes severely and laid off people are desperate for anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5569268, member: 24302"] If everything was crashing around you you'd still demand UPS wages and benefits. Let's see how it goes after they combine operations. If Express ends up a primarily part-time workforce they'll have to top people out faster to keep them. And with them working in the same building as Ground they'll likely insure that their contractors are paying better too. This is assuming that combining operations makes them much more profitable. If they are then they'll have to pay better. In spite of what [USER=55017]@It will be fine[/USER] thinks the Ground guys haven't been doing the same job and to demand people do everything both opcos do at low pay and few if any benefits won't last long. That's a fantasy. And IWBF, Express once did do all of it before Ground came along. We drove 700's and 900's, often bulked out, and had to run like maniacs all day to get the freight off and pickups done. Handled international and haz too. Yes, it can be done. But the demands on us were much more than when we started driving Sprinters delivering lightweight Amazon and overnight letters. But we did it because we had, or so we thought, a future. I'm betting a lot of people would rather take a $12-$14hr job than hump like that for $18hr. About the only way FedEx will have enough workers without higher pay is if the economy crashes severely and laid off people are desperate for anything. [/QUOTE]

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