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<blockquote data-quote="GroundGame" data-source="post: 2462123" data-attributes="member: 65188">The key to being &quot;happy&quot; at FXG is being the &quot;Business Contact/GM/Manager&quot; FXG is always going to be the same though.&nbsp; Coming in fresh, just remember, a route can only make so much.&nbsp; If FXG charges a rate to the customer and then have their margin to keep, they will only ever pay the Contractors/ISPs/CSPs a very finite amount.&nbsp; Whether they bargain that to be per stop and per package, &quot;advertising fees&quot; for the truck, wearing your uniform, etc....The amount ain&#039;t going to change, just the verbiage.&nbsp; The route will only ever gross probably 75k/135k a year.&nbsp; That means a driver in that route after expenses can only gross a third or so.&nbsp; If you have one of the few owners who goes for volume and takes a smaller cut per route or diversifies their fleet and tries to actually build a logistics business and not only baby sit routes in a FXG building, you may make more, but by and large, 32k-45k is going to be it.&nbsp; The small businesses collectively may have some power, but they are too busy competing for routes, leverage, attention and so on to ever realize they are stronger together when it comes to negotiating rates for insurance and other normal <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> ancillary benefits.&nbsp; The only way to make a good check at FXG is to be the owners right hand man who manages all the headache and covers when drivers even dare be sick or ask for time off.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t missed (called in sick) a day of work in years because you&#039;re made to feel like a sub human if you do and I have enough pride about myself to come in unless I am literally dying.Where UPS is better I assume is that the air and ground are consolidated and the &quot;churn&quot; at the bottom allows drivers who can stick around to make more.&nbsp; That or they try to give lower earning drivers the hours and send the higher paid guys home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GroundGame, post: 2462123, member: 65188"] The key to being "happy" at FXG is being the "Business Contact/GM/Manager" FXG is always going to be the same though. Coming in fresh, just remember, a route can only make so much. If FXG charges a rate to the customer and then have their margin to keep, they will only ever pay the Contractors/ISPs/CSPs a very finite amount. Whether they bargain that to be per stop and per package, "advertising fees" for the truck, wearing your uniform, etc....The amount ain't going to change, just the verbiage. The route will only ever gross probably 75k/135k a year. That means a driver in that route after expenses can only gross a third or so. If you have one of the few owners who goes for volume and takes a smaller cut per route or diversifies their fleet and tries to actually build a logistics business and not only baby sit routes in a FXG building, you may make more, but by and large, 32k-45k is going to be it. The small businesses collectively may have some power, but they are too busy competing for routes, leverage, attention and so on to ever realize they are stronger together when it comes to negotiating rates for insurance and other normal :censored: ancillary benefits. The only way to make a good check at FXG is to be the owners right hand man who manages all the headache and covers when drivers even dare be sick or ask for time off. I haven't missed (called in sick) a day of work in years because you're made to feel like a sub human if you do and I have enough pride about myself to come in unless I am literally dying. Where UPS is better I assume is that the air and ground are consolidated and the "churn" at the bottom allows drivers who can stick around to make more. That or they try to give lower earning drivers the hours and send the higher paid guys home. [/QUOTE]

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