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<blockquote data-quote="Washu234" data-source="post: 593829" data-attributes="member: 10258"><p>I will be the first to admit I don't entirely understand the workings of UPS. I often ask the three brown drivers who cover my route about their job. I'm slowly but surely learning the board as I swap just to see how it compares to the powerpad. </p><p></p><p>I'll have to ask about the layoffs because this is the first I've heard about the 'bumped back to the station'. If that's true, (non sarcastic) I'm floored by the good will of the company and the work of the union, but again all I've heard from my buddies in Brown around me is how useless Teamsters has been as they've been more concerned about saving jobs then people being overworked.</p><p></p><p>As far as the financials go, yes in a down economy FedEx does suffer more then UPS largely because of FedEx's reliance on the Express division for revenue. The Express division has huge overhead (as does UPS's) but the fact that you guys ship more ground packages means that you also fly fewer planes. Both our companies are facing huge drops in volume but its a lot cheaper to drive an empty truck then to fly an empty plane. </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry to flat out say I think FedEx is a superior because of the lack of Union, but from a Management perspective FedEx has more flexibility. If I'm running a business and my FedEx driver misses commitment I know he'll be a lot more accountable then if my UPS teamster protected driver does. Not to be devils advocate but accountability is a good thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Washu234, post: 593829, member: 10258"] I will be the first to admit I don't entirely understand the workings of UPS. I often ask the three brown drivers who cover my route about their job. I'm slowly but surely learning the board as I swap just to see how it compares to the powerpad. I'll have to ask about the layoffs because this is the first I've heard about the 'bumped back to the station'. If that's true, (non sarcastic) I'm floored by the good will of the company and the work of the union, but again all I've heard from my buddies in Brown around me is how useless Teamsters has been as they've been more concerned about saving jobs then people being overworked. As far as the financials go, yes in a down economy FedEx does suffer more then UPS largely because of FedEx's reliance on the Express division for revenue. The Express division has huge overhead (as does UPS's) but the fact that you guys ship more ground packages means that you also fly fewer planes. Both our companies are facing huge drops in volume but its a lot cheaper to drive an empty truck then to fly an empty plane. I'm sorry to flat out say I think FedEx is a superior because of the lack of Union, but from a Management perspective FedEx has more flexibility. If I'm running a business and my FedEx driver misses commitment I know he'll be a lot more accountable then if my UPS teamster protected driver does. Not to be devils advocate but accountability is a good thing. [/QUOTE]
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