The standard line from Ground management to contractors was....."hire somebody"! Problem is Mr. Somebody flat out will not bite on the chum being tossed his way and in many cases Mr. Somebody is nowhere to be found.
As you mentioned before, the trend looks to be toward larger contractors. The problem they have with larger contractors, is that larger contractors can generally affor to walk away far more easily and are far more difficult to control.
If Raj is half the control freak Fred is, then that’s a deal killer.
Indeed. Especially if the are speculative contractors who are there simply to flip contracts for profit. If the returns aren't there in a certain amount of time....it's "hasta la vista baby"! Time to cut their losses and go. They're not there to get Fat Raj out of his troubles or to save some other corporation from their own poor decisions.
Thank you for reinforcing my assertion that an experienced courier is more desirable and dependable than inaccurate data.
Saying "I'm leaving" and actually leaving are two different things. Perhaps they will.
Even the retirees feel threatened by technology!
The technology we have should be retired.
There’s already been a few around here that have walked. It doesn’t take many to cause some real problems across the network. Those problems hurt the remaining contractors and make walking easier for them. With current fuel prices it won’t surprise me if some contractors just can’t continue to operate even if they wanted to.
True. I think it’s probably a matter of time. We’re living in an age with 8.5% inflation and a company continuing to cut rates with a fuel supplement that covers about 40% of the increase from a base amount.
Not this retiree. I’m LMAO at this circle-jerk technology.
Not me—family and friends. But let’s not be facetious, and admit that dollar store technology isn’t cutting it. You and your peers are betting on the wrong horse.
Spot on. With the potential for Putin to completely cutting off fuel to Europe and the country slowly moving to a war footing the prospect of emergency conservation measures if not out and out energy rationing could easily become a reality. Going back to 5 day a week delivery of nonessential goods with the rural areas going to 3 day service perhaps 2 would likely become a primary focus of those conservation measures.
You claim you have retired, you claim you own no FDX stock, yet you are consumed by the daily activities that occur at the company.
Now just exactly where in my previous comments did I mention FDX? I can plainly understand your undying albeit brain washed devotion to Fat Freddy. I'm sorry to have to bring this to your attention but your beloved company is just one player among many players in a global transportation industry. An industry that is totally vulnerable to geopolitical forces even during times of relative stability. And today with East/West tensions as high as they have been since the Cold War we could be entering into an entirely new era political one-upmanship .
