Route 66
Slapped Upside-da-Head Member
No, but I have been to Dayton once... I didn't actually talk to any drivers while I was there, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.
Why is there such hatred between Ground and Express drivers here?
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MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Ohio...dump.
Welcome to the site, Slick. I do know of one other member that made the switch. I'm interested to hear what your experiences / impressions have been. Compare and contrast one opco to the other.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
In the past this would have been viewed as a promotion but in the new FedEx it is a lateral move.
HomeDelivery
Well-Known Member
SlickSilver said:
Slick,
I was thinking about it since I don't need to work 70 hours a week & don't need their healthcare/bennies...
the only thing that's keeping me here is the flexibility of the contractors are to my changing fam-work life; they all work around it as it changes from season to season.
Plus, the local management at the 2 hubs i'm working out of are actually decent & leaves you alone if you know what you're doing (ie i got more customer compliments than complaints/disputes/followups)
Is it true that those Express managers are really on your ass about every little thing?
hypo hanna
Well-Known Member
Yes.
dezguy
Well-Known Member
Giving away your location is probably not the best idea..... I'd probably edit my post if I were you but it's probably too late now...
Slick silver
Well-Known Member
Actually at the express terminal here they are pretty cool, I never had a problem. If I'm over loaded on the pm side my manager will either move them or sometimes he will go out and run some
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dezguy
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Well, I'd watch what you say around here. It's well known upper management monitors this place. With all the info you've given, it would be very easy for them to figure out who you are. If you're planning on staying with Express for a while, I'd watch what you post here...
hypo hanna
Well-Known Member
For now, but understand this can change in an instant. Managers quit, get fired or are threatened with their own jobs if they don't crack down and or hit numbers.
Often managers and dispatchers go easy on the newbies until they get up to speed. (Often without the driver even knowing its being done). They have learned that classroom training isn't enough and just throwing them out there only speeds up the time they eventually quit.
Slick silver
Well-Known Member
My experience has been great. I been with FedEx for 4 years. 3 with ground and 1 with express. I just hope to change the culture on here with the animosity. We are all drivers, been and seen it all. My life since switching last year has been better personally and professionally. Maybe one day down the road we will all be employees instead of technically being 2 different entities
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Cactus
Just telling it like it is
As long as Fred's alive, It ain't gonna happen.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Very true. Combining the two would never happen unless Ground drivers become employees. Even then, Fred wouldn't do it because the RLA exemption would be threatened. Fred does not want either of his scams tampered with.
Can you honestly believe that any successor to Fred would see things any differently?
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
No. Fred has set it up very carefully. He especially doesn't want anyone thinking that Express isn't an airline with trucks as opposed to a trucking company with airplanes.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
We'll see how thick HIS wallet is so he can keep buying lawmakers.
Right. The point is that it's not MFE
Cactus how thick headed are you? It's not Fred's money that buys lawmakers. It's the company money and the company makes the most money under the status quo. It's not just Fred sucking up to Washington, it's the entire FDX corporate structure. And when you get to Ground, it's even more entrenched with vague laws, lengthy court proceedings, appeals and subsequent changes to the IC model. FDX is far, far, bigger than Fred and I bet Fred knows it. In fact, every CEO of any publicly traded company knows it.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Fred is still the point man, and that's what I mean when I talk about "Fred's Money". I can't speak for Cactus, but I think most of realize that Fred is pulling the strings on where and to whom FEC money goes.
