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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 2397041" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Let me explain. Fedex is a holding company.Express, Ground, Freight etc are operating units that work by and large independent of each other. Fedex Ground was originally RPS and was bought out from Roadway and rebranded in 1997. At one time RPS did some air business with 2 day air using spaced leased from commercial airlines. That left when X took over. At the beginning one contractor had his own one route. For the last several years there has been a conversion to a contractor having multiple routes. It's being done on a state by state basis and will be completed in a couple of years if not sooner. As for pay it varies from contractor to contractor. A few pay by the hour but most are on perdiems or on a pay per stop basis. Therefore that wage figures you hear are often per diems divided by the length of day or hours worked per day or what they earn per stop divided by the length of day. Also a few contractors will pay a little bit in bonuses. Keep in mind for a period of 4-6 weeks leading up to Christmas expect to work 6 day weeks and there is persistent talk that 6 day work week will become year round. Don't expect much in the way of benefits such as a pension or employer paid healthcare plans or overtime. Very few contractors pay it. Think of what you have as transitional employment. Just the job between jobs. Something to tide you over until a really good opportunity comes along.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 2397041, member: 58386"] Let me explain. Fedex is a holding company.Express, Ground, Freight etc are operating units that work by and large independent of each other. Fedex Ground was originally RPS and was bought out from Roadway and rebranded in 1997. At one time RPS did some air business with 2 day air using spaced leased from commercial airlines. That left when X took over. At the beginning one contractor had his own one route. For the last several years there has been a conversion to a contractor having multiple routes. It's being done on a state by state basis and will be completed in a couple of years if not sooner. As for pay it varies from contractor to contractor. A few pay by the hour but most are on perdiems or on a pay per stop basis. Therefore that wage figures you hear are often per diems divided by the length of day or hours worked per day or what they earn per stop divided by the length of day. Also a few contractors will pay a little bit in bonuses. Keep in mind for a period of 4-6 weeks leading up to Christmas expect to work 6 day weeks and there is persistent talk that 6 day work week will become year round. Don't expect much in the way of benefits such as a pension or employer paid healthcare plans or overtime. Very few contractors pay it. Think of what you have as transitional employment. Just the job between jobs. Something to tide you over until a really good opportunity comes along. [/QUOTE]
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