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<blockquote data-quote="Fnix" data-source="post: 289456" data-attributes="member: 10535"><p><a href="http://www.braunconsulting.com/bcg/newsletters/winter2004/winter20041.html#11" target="_blank">http://www.braunconsulting.com/bcg/newsletters/winter2004/winter20041.html#11</a></p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #800000"><em>- <em>FedEx Ground</em> - Pros and Cons</em></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">[SIZE=-1] <strong><em>Fed Ex Ground Pros:</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Drivers can expand their business by hiring their own employees </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Income can go over $100,000 with multiple contracts or routes </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> A sense of independence, working for yourself and managing yourself </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Working "harder and smarter" can make you more money </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Contractors manage their own business </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Drivers are not monitored and are self directed </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em><em>FedEx Ground</em> Cons</em></strong>: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> No benefits, no overtime pay, no sick time, no insurance </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Drivers pay for vehicle, gas, supplies, insurance, and everything else </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> No company retirement, seemingly less stable environment </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> No Teamsters contract or collective bargaining </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Drivers have only one client: <em>FedEx</em> [/SIZE]</span> </p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #800000"><em>- <em>UPS</em> - Pros and Cons</em></span></span> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">[SIZE=-1] <strong><em><em>UPS</em> Pros:</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Drivers are employees with security and benefits </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Tightly managed and controlled schedule and environment </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Company guides improvement and efficiency overall </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Teamsters contract and collective bargaining </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Average tenure for drivers is more than 16 years </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Nearly all drivers are hired from within the company </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em><em>UPS</em> Cons:</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Unless moving up the "corporate ladder" drivers salaries cap out around $70,000</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Tightly managed and controlled schedule and environment </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Teamsters can lead to a strike and cause work disruption </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It can take 4 to 12 years to get a job as a driver after joining the company[/SIZE]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fnix, post: 289456, member: 10535"] [URL]http://www.braunconsulting.com/bcg/newsletters/winter2004/winter20041.html#11[/URL] Thoughts? [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#800000][I]- [I]FedEx Ground[/I] - Pros and Cons[/I][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=-1] [B][I]Fed Ex Ground Pros:[/I][/B] Drivers can expand their business by hiring their own employees Income can go over $100,000 with multiple contracts or routes A sense of independence, working for yourself and managing yourself Working "harder and smarter" can make you more money Contractors manage their own business Drivers are not monitored and are self directed [B][I][I]FedEx Ground[/I] Cons[/I][/B]: No benefits, no overtime pay, no sick time, no insurance Drivers pay for vehicle, gas, supplies, insurance, and everything else No company retirement, seemingly less stable environment No Teamsters contract or collective bargaining Drivers have only one client: [I]FedEx[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#800000][I]- [I]UPS[/I] - Pros and Cons[/I][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=-1] [B][I][I]UPS[/I] Pros:[/I][/B] Drivers are employees with security and benefits Tightly managed and controlled schedule and environment Company guides improvement and efficiency overall Teamsters contract and collective bargaining Average tenure for drivers is more than 16 years Nearly all drivers are hired from within the company [B][I][I]UPS[/I] Cons:[/I][/B] Unless moving up the "corporate ladder" drivers salaries cap out around $70,000 Tightly managed and controlled schedule and environment Teamsters can lead to a strike and cause work disruption It can take 4 to 12 years to get a job as a driver after joining the company[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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