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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1039070" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>No, they haven't. UPS has been very passive regarding Ground, and now it's coming back to bite them hard. UPS could have easily snuffed-out Ground in it's infancy by intentionally lowering prices temporarily to avoid Ground getting any substantial market share. They also could have attacked Ground legislatively through challenging the Ground business model. They did neither, and stood by while Ground grew into a powerhouse. Fred S, who is always bleating about creating welcoming environments for business, has engineered an environment in which he holds all the advantages...a non-union workforce of low-wage/no benefit, non-employees that operates at an approximate 40% cost savings over UPS, and a contractor/ISP model that allows FedEx to run Ground from behind the scenes. The contractor pays and hires employees, but under the strict guidelines established by FedEx, A lot of us think this is a major scam, and that Ground drivers really should be classified as employees. Mr. Smith depends on the taxpayer to provide food stamps and medical care for his Ground workers, another dimension of the scam.</p><p></p><p>I guess UPS is OK with all of this, because they've done nothing to stop it. A lot of complacent UPS drivers aren't thinking very hard about their futures, because Ground is getting a heavily-subsidized ride which will eventually come at their expense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1039070, member: 12508"] No, they haven't. UPS has been very passive regarding Ground, and now it's coming back to bite them hard. UPS could have easily snuffed-out Ground in it's infancy by intentionally lowering prices temporarily to avoid Ground getting any substantial market share. They also could have attacked Ground legislatively through challenging the Ground business model. They did neither, and stood by while Ground grew into a powerhouse. Fred S, who is always bleating about creating welcoming environments for business, has engineered an environment in which he holds all the advantages...a non-union workforce of low-wage/no benefit, non-employees that operates at an approximate 40% cost savings over UPS, and a contractor/ISP model that allows FedEx to run Ground from behind the scenes. The contractor pays and hires employees, but under the strict guidelines established by FedEx, A lot of us think this is a major scam, and that Ground drivers really should be classified as employees. Mr. Smith depends on the taxpayer to provide food stamps and medical care for his Ground workers, another dimension of the scam. I guess UPS is OK with all of this, because they've done nothing to stop it. A lot of complacent UPS drivers aren't thinking very hard about their futures, because Ground is getting a heavily-subsidized ride which will eventually come at their expense. [/QUOTE]
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