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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 546896" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>i must say first of all that you are extremely pleasant and on many cases well informed. however, your generalities about contracting, while possibly relevant in the past have become somewhat less so in recent years. the degree to which the company "control" the actions of a contractor has diminished and at least in our terminal never really existed. on a regular basis i deliver out of a minivan with no fedex markings. i call in in the mornings to check on routes, drivers, etc. and then go golfing. i am advised of problems with service, vehicles, customers via cell phone by company and my drivers alike. i pay the tow bills, fuel, and repairs, and if i wanted too, i could take one of my spare trucks, load it up with lawn equipment and go do landscaping work. there is no provision in the contract to prohibit any of this from happening. as for using contractors at express, it would not require firing couriers if done over time and thus slowly eroding the power of the union one courier at a time. again, let me thank you for the interesting though i think surface level impression of the situation at fedex. though i tend to disagree with most of what you say, i do find your posts engaging and thought provoking. mrfedex should take a cue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 546896, member: 22662"] i must say first of all that you are extremely pleasant and on many cases well informed. however, your generalities about contracting, while possibly relevant in the past have become somewhat less so in recent years. the degree to which the company "control" the actions of a contractor has diminished and at least in our terminal never really existed. on a regular basis i deliver out of a minivan with no fedex markings. i call in in the mornings to check on routes, drivers, etc. and then go golfing. i am advised of problems with service, vehicles, customers via cell phone by company and my drivers alike. i pay the tow bills, fuel, and repairs, and if i wanted too, i could take one of my spare trucks, load it up with lawn equipment and go do landscaping work. there is no provision in the contract to prohibit any of this from happening. as for using contractors at express, it would not require firing couriers if done over time and thus slowly eroding the power of the union one courier at a time. again, let me thank you for the interesting though i think surface level impression of the situation at fedex. though i tend to disagree with most of what you say, i do find your posts engaging and thought provoking. mrfedex should take a cue. [/QUOTE]
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