I've been reading these forums for quite some time. There's a lot of Ground / HD trolling. I drive for Ground, which means I'm a push-off vendor for FedEx. I read every Express driver's concerns posted on these forums. Their problems will, in the end, affect me. The future and direction of this company is, as I've observed, dictated first by how the Express drivers are treated (expectations and demands). The same BS philosophy of demanding Express drivers to deliver beyond their limits is exactly what is imposed upon us, here in Ground / HD terminals. However, in this example, it was forced upon Express before Ground.
I do more stops and pickups then the 3 Express drivers in my area (individually, of course). Of these 3 drivers, only one is screwed as far as pickups / windows / traffic and has more then enough reason for stressing out and receiving my sympathy. The other two are done at 4pm sharp. One of which walks slower then a USPS carrier delivering a package to a front door. He lingers at the local hospital, shuffling along, doing a few deliveries over the course of an hour. I'm done delivering to 15 suites before he hits 5. Yeah, wish I could milk my hourly wages like that. GG.
No, Express, you're not leaving in a p1000 stepvan with barely any heat, salaried, no benefits, 320 packages, and picking up 250-400 on a daily basis. No, you're not delivering 150lb packages to 3rd floor apartments. No, you're not leaving with 20 over sized packages which weigh 100+ lbs each. I'd like to see you load a truck, bricked out, with 3-4 TONS of freight and then head off to another 8-12 pickups. As in posts made previously, implying that Ground drivers are stuck on a linear means of thinking (Start at point A, end at Point B) is down right ridiculous. So if we can get past the whole self-righteous, "I'm better then thou!" BS, we'd be better off on these forums.
The endless and needless bickering aimed at Ground / HD drivers needs to end, because when the day is done, I surely work harder then the majority of the outspoken whiners on these forums. The last thing I, or we need, is to read about some keyboard jockey thinking he's the righteous savior of FedEx with great wisdom to shed upon our broken, problematic, criminalized lifestyles.
As per a division between Ground / HD / Express in these forums, it wouldn't matter. The trolling would extend into our forums just the same. Why? Trolls.