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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 732724" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>For some reason Ground kept very hush-hush a change in planning for the coming contract. The odd thing was that when we finally learned the "secret", noone could understand why the hush-hush. Simply put, the company will no longer contract with LLCs, LLPs, or sole proprietorships. The context of this change had to do with ongoing litigation of the contractor model, but it didn't really seem to fit. This is really such a small issue (incorporating takes a lawyer and $500) but they kept repeating that "much more about this will be forthcoming in the next few months." So where's the connection? There is none evident but that there should be anything more than the 12 minute meeting suggests there is much more going on than what they are saying. As for adding routes, no but everybody knows they need to. In fact, that on it's own suggests a change coming in some respects. Why add contracts if the model is going to change? I have one supplemental that runs about 90 stops in 170 miles makes 8-10 pickup stops and delivers about 300 pieces a day. I don't know about at express, but at ground that constitutes a 9-10 hour day easily. In fact we have several such supplementals (basically routes without contracts) in our terminal.</p><p> </p><p>Now the other thing that seems strange is that I know of two websites where I could put in orders for new vans and with verification of bank funding have the vehicles within a week. Why can't Express? Because for some reason they don't want to or considering future moves they may be planning they don't see any reason that the would need to. Maybe they think the economy is about to tank again. Personally I don't think that is their rationale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 732724, member: 22662"] For some reason Ground kept very hush-hush a change in planning for the coming contract. The odd thing was that when we finally learned the "secret", noone could understand why the hush-hush. Simply put, the company will no longer contract with LLCs, LLPs, or sole proprietorships. The context of this change had to do with ongoing litigation of the contractor model, but it didn't really seem to fit. This is really such a small issue (incorporating takes a lawyer and $500) but they kept repeating that "much more about this will be forthcoming in the next few months." So where's the connection? There is none evident but that there should be anything more than the 12 minute meeting suggests there is much more going on than what they are saying. As for adding routes, no but everybody knows they need to. In fact, that on it's own suggests a change coming in some respects. Why add contracts if the model is going to change? I have one supplemental that runs about 90 stops in 170 miles makes 8-10 pickup stops and delivers about 300 pieces a day. I don't know about at express, but at ground that constitutes a 9-10 hour day easily. In fact we have several such supplementals (basically routes without contracts) in our terminal. Now the other thing that seems strange is that I know of two websites where I could put in orders for new vans and with verification of bank funding have the vehicles within a week. Why can't Express? Because for some reason they don't want to or considering future moves they may be planning they don't see any reason that the would need to. Maybe they think the economy is about to tank again. Personally I don't think that is their rationale. [/QUOTE]
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