Contractor in Midwest offering huge bonus and pay to work for them?

[bacha29]

I got so distracted when the Quigley got brought up. gosh darn if that wouldn't be awesome to drive around here in Colo! Or a Pinz!

I had an E350 Quigley 4X4 conversion Warn manual hubs 10ft cargo box with overhead door in the back with side access doors 4R100 transmission 7.3L Ford Powerstroke Diesel and a big old cow catcher mounted up front. It took over a year to build it out and it cost me plenty but well worth it .Now with X being so city minded that they wouldn't approve it but the TM at the time was a real life Jeremiah Johnson told me to go ahead and get it so we lied and said it was a P700. By the time they found out about it was too late. Not long afterward when word got around managers from around the region were coming up to take a look at it and take photos. The only real problem was that it set up so damn high I had to install steps to climb up in it,

 

[Southeast Hoss]

no way this is happening

After inquiring about open positions for fedex ground due to my unsatisfactory experience working for my current ground contractor I got an offer from a contractor in the midwest (I'm currently west coast) who offered to pay a $6k bonus and $1k/week to help with the large demand of december. Apparently they are extremely hard pressed for drivers out there which I can only assume is due to the much smaller populations, my question is what's the catch?

I explained my current work environment to this contractor, badly maintained vehicles, low pay, and a sickening turnover rate, they were quite surprised to hear it's like that out here. I can't help but be skeptical and to be honest have a distrust for fedex as a company just by seeing their business philosophy first hand.

Does this sound too good to be true? Am I going to have to get what they're offering on paper to ensure it's a legitimate thing? As far as I can tell they only expect employment through december and after that it's up to me whether I want to stay or not. I'm not particularly optimistic about going so far from home for work as I have some responsibilities here but if it's only a month I could likely work around that.