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They begged me for months too and finally after they told me the numbers they were willing to pay being so desperate I decided it was worth it after all. Was terrible actually going there and doing it but well worth it after the fact.
Could get out smaller contractors but that isn't their concern. A contractor with 5 employees will not try to make claims they are employees, they are invested in the business and the model. They want to get out the people that have no interest in that, have nothing to lose and want to sue FedEx to be employees.
Fedex is increasing the contractor control. They don't want more contractors in a terminal they are learning less contractors the better. They are increasing the amount you can own case by case I know a contractor that has 53% of a terminal. What they are looking for is guys that can handle the volume and the headache.
Okay, I hear it going both ways, regardless of that the actual point of the post still applies.People like me didn't sue to become employees. We sued because we were treated like employees. I wanted the true independence of an IC that I had had before, and as a Day one HD contractor, many promises were made that were not kept.
That information is all available on mygroundbiz. I'm assuming you've already ready the sample agreements and other information? The incentives have been known for years. Nothing has changed.Basically what we were told in Georga is the timetable will be posted in Feb. It begins summer of 2016 and completes in 2020 like others here have posted. It seems alot rides on overlap. Eventually HD will be phased out. The idea being ground will absorb / bid on HD zipcodes that already match. When negotiations begin all contracts ar non renewable . The two things I am trying to gey info on are the cash incentives to help get to scale and the cash incentives for those not to scale to sign limited contracts to prevent service disruptions until a CSA takes over.
It's 5 PSA as well not just 500 stops. Also I know if you have less than 31 PSA in a terminal. They have a scale of 400 stops 4 PSA. They may have a 300 stop 3 PSA rule in much smaller terminals but I'm not aware of them. I just know the two tiers at the moment.When talking about scale in terms of 500+ stops , doing that at the terminal I was in would involve 35+ zip codes stretched across atleast 4 rural counties. Therefore while it is important to discuss such matters as how the ISP impacts matters at a given terminal keep in mind that demographics and the strengths and weakness of the economy a terminal serves is widely varied. Right from the very outset it was quite clear that the last thing the area I served needed was another small box hauler. It is therefore important to identify the most common consequences the conversion is going to have on all terminals. Management skills will not have nearly the impact as will a dying local economy as well as X's hard bargaining, leaving some contractors faced with the greatest threat of all, the law of diminishing returns and any propective buyer will spot it immediately.
So even when it all becomes ground there will still be HD packages?Not all of your trucks run 6 days ( Home packages Sat. Ground packages Monday) but you or your manger will be responsible for your area 6 days a week, Sunday is the only day i can relax.
Fedex will still charge for HD and it will be sat premium. Your Monday HD package will be limited on Monday hence why FedEx wants one CSA running in the area you may only need 3 HD trucks in your area on Mondays not 7 if that's what you normally run.So even when it all becomes ground there will still be HD packages?
As long as you are 5 when merged you are staying. They incourage merging ground/HD it is not a requirement to contract.So if I own Ground routes only (unfortunately less than 5 but willing to merge) and NO HD routes, what is the chance Fed Ex will let me stay in my contracted area without any HD routes?
Thanks GT, but you know how X is, don't you think they are going to try and work us against each other? The HD guys in my area have many more routes than I do. When they tell you "having 5 routes will give you a right to negotiate" that's scary language.As long as you are 5 when merged you are staying. They incourage merging ground/HD it is not a requirement to contract.
They've always been able to cancel a contract for anything. The bigger you are the bigger a PITA it is for them to do that, so you'd have to screw up badly for a decent amount of time before it happens in ISP. They've taken everyone down to one year deals now to make it easier which is unfortunate. It's easier for them to accept bids for a work area than to pull a contract in the middle of the term.Florida had ours but I blew it off. Too afraid I might strangle somebody. It Will Be Fine, what are the benefits you see with ISP? I just hate that they can cancel a contract FOR SEEMINGLY ANY REASON if you get on their bad side.
Better to just let them fire you, and then file for UI than to sign a release.Yeah read some sample incentives . It listed a $ amount for signing cessation of current contract date and an unknown amount for releasing X from claims. Was hoping to hear from some that have been thru it already. Better to sell now if your lucky but if not and sale at a loss later how did it go ?