When will fed ex pass ups in volume and earnings?

[onehandsolo]

Fed Ex continues to grow its ground volume and there earnings. I remember when fed ex would cherry pick a lot of UPS accounts. At some point they will experience some growing pains, but they may eventually catch UPS

 

[Box Ox]

Won't be long if they keep letting their drivers make their own decisions. Let's hope they decide they want their own ORION too.

 

[olroadbeech]

august 1st, 2018

 

[Brownslave688]

Fed Ex continues to grow its ground volume and there earnings. I remember when fed ex would cherry pick a lot of UPS accounts. At some point they will experience some growing pains, but they may eventually catch UPS

 

[Myleftsideistan]

Hopefully soon, I'm tired of working 12 hour days.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Just lay me off for a few weeks.

 

[Wally]

august 1st, 2018

Darn, that was the date I was going to pick!

 

[onehandsolo]

All ups employees should buy fed ex stock as an insurance policy for August 01 2018

 

[Coalminer2005]

The problem with Fedex is they are directly driven by the market. They have no real assets and are extended out on borrowed money and for whatever reason Wall Street loves this. There trying to expand and compete with UPS. It will catch up with them eventually. UPS is built for the long hall and make sound and less risky business decisions.

 

[Big Arrow Down...D]

Fed-ex ground was built on Un-desired freight...

 

[Coalminer2005]

Fed-ex ground was built on Un-desired freight...

Must be tough for those guys. Ground and home delivery are out there competing for the same work. No union, no company representation, and there out there robbing each other.

 

[hellfire]

finding more than enough reason for doing online ordering .RIGHT NOW on the internet Fed ex ground is the cheapest way to get my object from a to b I the consumer never see the homeless looking deadly driver ....i see less $$$

 

[hellfire]

Must be tough for those guys. Ground and home delivery are out there competing for the same work. No union, no company representation, and there out there robbing each other.

Yet at UPS we make alot more $$ and we are miserable

 

[Coalminer2005]

Yet at UPS we make alot more $$ and we are miserable

Maybe for some but most UPS drivers stick around. FedEx drivers are a rotating door.

 

[UPSGUY72]

Fed Ex continues to grow its ground volume and there earnings. I remember when fed ex would cherry pick a lot of UPS accounts. At some point they will experience some growing pains, but they may eventually catch UPS

That isn't going happen. If Fed Ex employee got paid what UPS employees do Fed Ex wouldn't be making money.

 

[ManInBrown]

That isn't going happen. If Fed Ex employee got paid what UPS employees do Fed Ex wouldn't be making money.

Exactly. That's the only reason they are profitable. That's why the teamsters and UPS wanted to level the playing field. They would be out of business if the RLA ever got overturned. The stock is thru the roof because they treat the employees like garbage. Fred S has said it himself. If the union ever broke thru he would shut the doors on the place. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I could have sworn he has said that in the past

 

[MAKAVELI]

Exactly. That's the only reason they are profitable. That's why the teamsters and UPS wanted to level the playing field. They would be out of business if the RLA ever got overturned. The stock is thru the roof because they treat the employees like garbage. Fred S has said it himself. If the union ever broke thru he would shut the doors on the place. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I could have sworn he has said that in the past

He did say that, but it is an empty threat. He does not have the power to shut the doors. He gave that up when Federal Express became FedEx Corporation.

 

[MAKAVELI]

That isn't going happen. If Fed Ex employee got paid what UPS employees do Fed Ex wouldn't be making money.

Actually they could still make money. It would just mean less for executive management and investors.

 

[TUT]

Fed-ex ground was built on Un-desired freight...

Interesting RPS was built on desired B2B routes, they had to offer residential to continue to expand, perhaps that was undesirable, but where they came from was cherry picking high volume off the freeway business.

 

[TUT]

Exactly. That's the only reason they are profitable. That's why the teamsters and UPS wanted to level the playing field. They would be out of business if the RLA ever got overturned. The stock is thru the roof because they treat the employees like garbage. Fred S has said it himself. If the union ever broke thru he would shut the doors on the place. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I could have sworn he has said that in the past

First they all say things like that, sends fear to the current work force. But I believe you are quoting something in the lines he'd hire a bunch of illegals the next day if it happens. There are pluses and minuses, the difference is UPS drivers vs Fedex drivers, white collar the same, station workers more the same. So it isn't everyone. What additional costs Fedex would have, they then get to save on their current doubling up drivers/equipment, higher turnover, a ground network where you have to negotiate with vs simply direct drivers where to go and they would gain some additional business being more unified. But from my experiences, every owner that isn't union will always over play how damaging a union would be to the company, live in absolute fear of a union, in Fedexs case there would be some benefits to help offset new benifits and it isn't like you just get everything UPS has day 1.