Simply a new way to plunder and reduce contractor rates and settlements. They'll simply use this scam of a ranking system to further eliminate contractor power to "negotiate" (lol) new contracts. It creates a mechanism allowing FXG to use blackmail , intimidation or sheer force of will to bully contractors into providing donated time and assets servicing never will be profitable routes. Talk back to any terminal manager and you'll be "bronze" level contractor so fast you won't know what hit you except to find that you've got one foot out the door and the other one will catch up with it very shortly.
4-5 years ago I said, It's never going to get any better than it is right now. Time to find your own way out of this scam.
My god what this means is that instead of having a back of their hand to slap you and cuff you around they now have a club to beat you into submission.
This is just anew tool to achieve the total subjugation they have always felt they couldn't do without. As a result migrant farm workers now have better protection under the law than contractors. And what I think brought this on is the way they were able to effortlessly crush Spencer Patton and his rebellion.....and didn't even break a sweat. .
I have an awful lot of respect for people like Spencer Patton. A logical guess is that he is the individual with "255 routes in several states" mentioned in the article. Too bad the other contractors didn't back him up, because after they watched Raj make "an example" of Patton, they just scooped out a 5-yard bucket of dirt for their own graves. Maybe 10 yards.
People have always asked me why I hate FedEx so much, and Patton is a prime example. You can make your numbers, exceed your numbers, and blow away your numbers, and they will still dry fist you in a split second to increase profits and exert absolute control. Every time. Without fail. It's just the way they roll, and this corporation has been rotten to the core since Day 1, with Killer Smith at the helm. No honesty, no ethics, and no shame.
Yes, I hate FedEx, and you should too.