I am sure MFE really didn't think about RPS back in the day because it was just another company doing basically the same thing. Back in the day I dont think any of you cared because you were FedEx Express. FedEx buys out RPS and starts Ground because they want their piece of the pie in the Ground business. The problem with this is they run it basically the same way, turn into FedEx Corp, and the addition of Ground makes FedEx look like trash.
How many Ground trucks do you see out there running around and you can still see RPS under the white or off white, paint. They could not even take a heat gun to the RPS and remove the decal. How many times do you see a Ground truck smoking, leaking, or on the side of the road with the hood up.
Then there are the employees. Some look like they have not shaved in 3 weeks have long hair, piercings, and covered in tatto's.
Their uniforms are falling apart because the Contactor does not get them new ones. Now FedEx is sending drivers home to clean up before they hit the road problem is they should have no say. No one trashed FedEx except for FedEx when they decided to run operations this way. We all know why they decided to run it this way which is to keep the Union out.
Their are some good people working at Ground. Who came to Ground because it was about 100 dollars every 2 weeks better than unemployment, this people will leave at first chance because we all want to be treated like productive members of society again by both our employer and our counter parts. I especially love it when I hear how we take food off your table now remember we are trying to raise a family too and we are not taking food off your table that would be UPS air services because to the best of my knowledge Express never delivered Ground. Consumers would not choose Express over UPS ground services if Ground was not here, they want a cheaper price.
Instead of having a attitude towards the Ground drivers who have nothing to do with this blame Fred he is the one who did this to the Company and he is the one who created all the annomsity between the diffrent divisions.
Would you sing a diffrent tune if they rolled it all into one and we went union? I bet you would.