Shifting to a 7/365 operation won't be the hard part........Getting the money out of Fat Freddy........ Now that's going to be the hard part.
There's a "guest login" button on those new copiers.
Judging by the salaries thread my Ground drivers are making more at my starting rate. The top guys that work 6 days are making substantially more.
What's your starting rate and what do your 6 day guys make?
They start at $40k, 45 if they earn their bonus, my guys that have been running 6 days more often than not are on pace for mid 60s this year, it’ll depend on how aggressive they want to be during peak and if they want to keep doing 6 days all year. Schedules will have to change somehow with 7 day operation but who knows what the volume will be. I’m thinking I’ll only need a couple guys to cover my whole area on Sunday.
The train wreck of 6 days didn’t stop them.
True. I mean I hope the train wreck is contained within the major metropolitan areas.
That’ll be me. I don’t think it’ll be too big of a deal. The problem will be with loaders. Today was a mess with no loaders and Monday’s aren’t any better. I can’t imagine Fedex will have enough staff on Sunday.
Salary numbers mean absolutely nothing without an actual hourly rate.
If you say so. My fastest guys can be done in 6.5-8 hrs a day.
You contractors are hilarious. No two routes are the same . I guess if you found suckers, more power to you.
You think a kid in his 20’s working less than 40 hours/week making $50k/year is a sucker? I think a man in their 40s making $35k/year is a much bigger sucker, but that’s me.
I don't know anyone at Express working Full-time making 35k a year. But I do know couriers that have hit 100k+, of which I'm getting close this year. The sucker is one who works for a contractor who pays by salary regardless of how many hours it takes to do the route. Aka @OrioN .
If you are fortunate enough to be in a prosperous, high population density, high percapita income, high percapita consumption, area where your tires never come in contact with an unpaved surface an XG contractor might be able to offer a compensation package that might get within shouting distance of what UPS pays if your employee is willing to damn near kill himself out there and work a reported 70 hours a week actually working closer to 80 .
People work at different paces. Many people enjoy the security of knowing what their paycheck will be every week. If that’s not for you, great keep milking a clock, a lot of guys want to get in and out as fast as possible and make money. It’s all about motivation.
