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<blockquote data-quote="SmithBarney" data-source="post: 464587" data-attributes="member: 709"><p>FedEx Ground makes money off the Driver.. they get paid peanuts and have to pay for their vehicles, etc.. most I see around here are bulked out, and for what its worth FedEx Ground is Doing remarkably well.</p><p></p><p>FedEx Express, is a truck of Overnight premium product(NDA in UPS terms)</p><p>But as an example I deliver 175 pieces a day and even in the roughest</p><p>math $40/each is about $7000 worth of shipping costs, but realistically most</p><p>of the packages are over 10lbs, I only have 25 letters maybe. (and on average</p><p>a letter costs $40 to ship overnight) So in reality I probably have closer to 10k in packages, 90% of which need to be off by 10:30.</p><p></p><p>Having worked at UPS and Express, I know the difference in workload, the complaints</p><p>you'll hear from Express drivers are of a different type, Yes we have less work, but in general we have to get it all done a lot sooner, when I was at UPS, I had 10-15NDA Stops(plus one bulk) and had to have it off by 1200(followed by 150 Ground Delivery's,) with a 10am leave building of the center, at FedEx I have 15-20(one bulk) deliver by 1030 with a 9:45-10 leave building.</p><p>the big difference is when you see us at 1200 most of our delivery work is done for the day. And many express drivers end up taking 2 hour lunches before pickups, unless they are AM drivers in which case they go home when they are done.</p><p></p><p>But in any case the complaints I've heard on either side are valid, although I get a kick </p><p>out of it whenever my new coworkers(FedEx) say that I run one of the hardest routes.</p><p>Its easier than the easiest at UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmithBarney, post: 464587, member: 709"] FedEx Ground makes money off the Driver.. they get paid peanuts and have to pay for their vehicles, etc.. most I see around here are bulked out, and for what its worth FedEx Ground is Doing remarkably well. FedEx Express, is a truck of Overnight premium product(NDA in UPS terms) But as an example I deliver 175 pieces a day and even in the roughest math $40/each is about $7000 worth of shipping costs, but realistically most of the packages are over 10lbs, I only have 25 letters maybe. (and on average a letter costs $40 to ship overnight) So in reality I probably have closer to 10k in packages, 90% of which need to be off by 10:30. Having worked at UPS and Express, I know the difference in workload, the complaints you'll hear from Express drivers are of a different type, Yes we have less work, but in general we have to get it all done a lot sooner, when I was at UPS, I had 10-15NDA Stops(plus one bulk) and had to have it off by 1200(followed by 150 Ground Delivery's,) with a 10am leave building of the center, at FedEx I have 15-20(one bulk) deliver by 1030 with a 9:45-10 leave building. the big difference is when you see us at 1200 most of our delivery work is done for the day. And many express drivers end up taking 2 hour lunches before pickups, unless they are AM drivers in which case they go home when they are done. But in any case the complaints I've heard on either side are valid, although I get a kick out of it whenever my new coworkers(FedEx) say that I run one of the hardest routes. Its easier than the easiest at UPS. [/QUOTE]
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