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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 2358863" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>They won't turn express into a contractor model. They will eliminate the express drivers, the fleet, the terminals, the managers, the payroll personnel, and turn over all the packages to the contractors they already have, who can't afford to lose 'their' business, and force them to hire enough people to handle all the express packages, even if it means having drivers return to the hub, or work part time. The potential savings for fedex are so high, and the 'contractors' already have so much invested, that fedex risks little for those potentially enormoius savings. Won't happen overnight, but little by little, it's the future, like Airbnb, and Lyftt, and Uber.</p><p></p><p>A contractor can hire part timers, full timers, split shifters, or anyone else to deliver packages as needed just as easily as express, and at a lower cost. The proof that it is possible is provided by express drivers here admitting that new hires at express can do the job. It doesn't take a genius to get from point a to point b by a certain time. It means that the 'contractors' will have to be more diligent in overseeing their operation, and becoming or hiring full-time managers, but if they can't or won't, the contractors will lose their tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars they have invested. There is nothing but the egos of express drivers claiming that they are indispensable as evidence against it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 2358863, member: 60252"] They won't turn express into a contractor model. They will eliminate the express drivers, the fleet, the terminals, the managers, the payroll personnel, and turn over all the packages to the contractors they already have, who can't afford to lose 'their' business, and force them to hire enough people to handle all the express packages, even if it means having drivers return to the hub, or work part time. The potential savings for fedex are so high, and the 'contractors' already have so much invested, that fedex risks little for those potentially enormoius savings. Won't happen overnight, but little by little, it's the future, like Airbnb, and Lyftt, and Uber. A contractor can hire part timers, full timers, split shifters, or anyone else to deliver packages as needed just as easily as express, and at a lower cost. The proof that it is possible is provided by express drivers here admitting that new hires at express can do the job. It doesn't take a genius to get from point a to point b by a certain time. It means that the 'contractors' will have to be more diligent in overseeing their operation, and becoming or hiring full-time managers, but if they can't or won't, the contractors will lose their tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars they have invested. There is nothing but the egos of express drivers claiming that they are indispensable as evidence against it. [/QUOTE]
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