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<blockquote data-quote="HomeDelivery" data-source="post: 1168721" data-attributes="member: 33696"><p>no problem... i'm not a purple kool-aid drinker, my LOCAL management & contractors are pretty decent & they do treat most of the drivers w/ respect around here. if you scan my other threads, i didn't partake in that dog-pony show about the "chairman's challenge"</p><p></p><p>I also don't like cheapskate contractors who don't value their own workforce. But some routes are pretty bad to have high turnover of both drivers & contractors. FredEx is too cheap to pay those certain routes a decent settlement to make it both profitable for the contractor & better than min-wage for the driver... other contractors are waiting to see if they'll make more routes instead of them carrying the burden of running supplemental routes & breaking even or operating at a loss.</p><p></p><p>For example, this week a driver quit on the spot & i have to cover that area... too many stops & it takes 1.5 hours to get to the service area to start flinging out the stops. I reached my max limit of 14 hours on-duty time & had to DNA 15 packages (that's with not counting the load/sort time). Now i gotta wait 10 hour rest period so i'll have another late dispatch tomorrow. I don't blame that driver for quitting since that route sucks so bad to have ~3 hours non-paid for the driving to/from the service area. I had 200 miles from start-to-finish today.</p><p></p><p>but come Labor Day, i'll be out of the contractor pay structure & back on to getting an hourly pay once i set foot in the door...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HomeDelivery, post: 1168721, member: 33696"] no problem... i'm not a purple kool-aid drinker, my LOCAL management & contractors are pretty decent & they do treat most of the drivers w/ respect around here. if you scan my other threads, i didn't partake in that dog-pony show about the "chairman's challenge" I also don't like cheapskate contractors who don't value their own workforce. But some routes are pretty bad to have high turnover of both drivers & contractors. FredEx is too cheap to pay those certain routes a decent settlement to make it both profitable for the contractor & better than min-wage for the driver... other contractors are waiting to see if they'll make more routes instead of them carrying the burden of running supplemental routes & breaking even or operating at a loss. For example, this week a driver quit on the spot & i have to cover that area... too many stops & it takes 1.5 hours to get to the service area to start flinging out the stops. I reached my max limit of 14 hours on-duty time & had to DNA 15 packages (that's with not counting the load/sort time). Now i gotta wait 10 hour rest period so i'll have another late dispatch tomorrow. I don't blame that driver for quitting since that route sucks so bad to have ~3 hours non-paid for the driving to/from the service area. I had 200 miles from start-to-finish today. but come Labor Day, i'll be out of the contractor pay structure & back on to getting an hourly pay once i set foot in the door... [/QUOTE]
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