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<blockquote data-quote="worldwide" data-source="post: 5069134" data-attributes="member: 2193">Yes, I did.&nbsp;&nbsp; A dedicated employee workforce is certainly a strong advantage, no doubt.&nbsp; It was not that long ago, however, that the situations were reversed and FedEx earnings were putting UPS earnings to shame, especially on the ground side.&nbsp; This was occurring for many years so I don&#039;t think one can argue that simply because UPS is union and Fedex is not is the primary reason for UPS&#039; recent string of successful quarters.&nbsp; The reply that &quot;the entire Ground model is trash&quot; can&#039;t be entirely accurate when Fedex Ground was having record earnings and beating UPS for years and years.It was also interesting that the article mentioned&nbsp; jobs with &quot;repetitive stress injuries and back pain&quot; and noted that &quot;a job this horrible is one most reasonable people would never take if they could avoid it, no matter the compensation.&quot;&nbsp; One could argue that UPS package care driver jobs fit this description, despite the author of the article also saying UPS has &quot;decent work conditions&quot; and &quot;reasonable hours.&quot;&nbsp; Quite a few people on this site would strongly disagree with those descriptions of a UPS job.&nbsp; So, it can&#039;t simply be better pay and benefits and union workers that have caused UPS&#039; increased financial results but as I previously said, a steady, dedicated workforce is certainly a strong advantage for UPS.One thing that has changed in the past year is that UPS has got very selective in which customers it wants and has let go quite a few large customers that were marginally profitable.&nbsp; The analysts have been telling UPS to do this for years on earnings calls and with the change in C-level leadership, this has finally happened.&nbsp; UPS has also been very strategic in rate changes and how it applies accessorial charges on large/oversize shipments and one requiring additional handling.&nbsp; A lot of the recent financial success of UPS has been due to these pricing changes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="worldwide, post: 5069134, member: 2193"] Yes, I did. A dedicated employee workforce is certainly a strong advantage, no doubt. It was not that long ago, however, that the situations were reversed and FedEx earnings were putting UPS earnings to shame, especially on the ground side. This was occurring for many years so I don't think one can argue that simply because UPS is union and Fedex is not is the primary reason for UPS' recent string of successful quarters. The reply that "the entire Ground model is trash" can't be entirely accurate when Fedex Ground was having record earnings and beating UPS for years and years. It was also interesting that the article mentioned jobs with "repetitive stress injuries and back pain" and noted that "a job this horrible is one most reasonable people would never take if they could avoid it, no matter the compensation." One could argue that UPS package care driver jobs fit this description, despite the author of the article also saying UPS has "decent work conditions" and "reasonable hours." Quite a few people on this site would strongly disagree with those descriptions of a UPS job. So, it can't simply be better pay and benefits and union workers that have caused UPS' increased financial results but as I previously said, a steady, dedicated workforce is certainly a strong advantage for UPS. One thing that has changed in the past year is that UPS has got very selective in which customers it wants and has let go quite a few large customers that were marginally profitable. The analysts have been telling UPS to do this for years on earnings calls and with the change in C-level leadership, this has finally happened. UPS has also been very strategic in rate changes and how it applies accessorial charges on large/oversize shipments and one requiring additional handling. A lot of the recent financial success of UPS has been due to these pricing changes. [/QUOTE]

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