They’re quickly learning “cheap “ isn’t the answer for success. Companies literally won’t use Fedx because the inadequacy of ground. Recent events and numbers have brought even more publicity on ground. It’s no longer sustainable to move forward if fedex intends to be successful in the future
There is no evidence they are learning that.
They don't care about the future. They are just like politicians, milking everything they can get out of Ground now and praying that the duct tape will hold just long enough for them to get out before the system crashes.
This is the first time in fedex history they had more volume in October than November. I think there’s evidence
Volume fluctuations is not evidence that corporate is learning whatever lesson you think they should be learning.
It means the company is trending in the wrong direction making poor decisions. It wasn’t simply a fluctuation , but the result of bad business
I don’t disagree with your assessment of the reasons for low volume. I disagree that corporate is learning from it. I think the executives of FedEx are grossly incompetent and way too arrogant to admit they’ve made any mistakes.
$Billions in trucks? More like $millions. They have the money to switch to an all employee workforce, they just don't have the intelligence and will to do it. They'd rather tank the corporation and take their golden parachutes in the end.
We agree there
Do the math. It would be in the billions to acquire enough trucks to replace the current Ground fleet.
No it wouldn't. They wouldn't need to replace every truck. And even if they had to they would not be paying full price like a contractor would. Besides, FedEx spends $Billions every year in capital expenditures and acquisitions. What makes you think they wouldn't have the cash to make the switch?
I didn’t say they don’t have the money. I said it would be stupid to waste money replacing a fleet that they already have use of. If you think that would be a good use of funds it’s probably good you’re still at an entry level job.
FedEx is imploding on its current path. It's probably good that you don't actually own a business.
Do you have that nagging feeling that your days as a contractor just might be numbered?
Not at all. Minnesota and Colorado are already doing large scale integrations of operations with the majority of the work going to the Ground contractors. Corporate executives have spoken about shifting express volume to the Ground network. The only people that have said it would go the other way are express couriers that are terrible at math and drastically overestimate their value.
Ironic. You’ve posted about Corporate Executives incompetence, then bolster their decisions concerning freight allocation.
Your common sense tells you they should take the most expensive option to gain efficiency? What negative impact do you think I’m having exactly? You have no idea how my operation runs or how any of the other 6,000 contractors operate. You have one or two local customers that don’t use Ground, WDFD. You can find customers that won’t use every service, that’s not a big deal.
