GROUND IS TAKING OVER EXPRESS

[dezguy]

And yet he stays at Ground. Have you ever wondered why?

I assume he doesn't want to deal with management over at Express. Also, he's stated a few times that he has a side gig, which he makes decent money from.

I get it, when you're comfortable with where you're at, you're less likely to leave.

 

[OrioN]

Talked to a express courier this morning. He knows a guy who has 6 res stops taking him 3 hrs a day. I know these r rural stops way out in boonies. Wouldn’t that cause your cost to go Up at ground?

Ugh, part of my old route was like that... I finally moved on to a better terminal, but get this... Same umbrella corporation! (Investor group)

They have to UP their compensation to compete in my region since Amazon and UPS offer better pay. So yeah, PTO, and bennies are offered

Yeah, I already have taken care of my own retirement plans, so that's ok

No micromanaging. They ALL know how I operate and get things done. Text me the route # & vehicle # is all I need the night before.

Some BCs are worse than others, but it'll take a whole lot of incompetent actions for me to just get FedUp & walk off without any notice, like I see every year

I have no beef with FXE, UPS, Amazon, USPS... even dhl (which I only see once every few weeks)

 

[yadig]

Ugh, part of my old route was like that... I finally moved on to a better terminal, but get this... Same umbrella corporation! (Investor group)

They have to UP their compensation to compete in my region since Amazon and UPS offer better pay. So yeah, PTO, and bennies are offered

Yeah, I already have taken care of my own retirement plans, so that's ok

No micromanaging. They ALL know how I operate and get things done. Text me the route # & vehicle # is all I need the night before.

Some BCs are worse than others, but it'll take a whole lot of incompetent actions for me to just get FedUp & walk off without any notice, like I see every year

Do u drive big truck?

 

[bbsam]

I assume he doesn't want to deal with management over at Express. Also, he's stated a few times that he has a side gig, which he makes decent money from.

I get it, when you're comfortable with where you're at, you're less likely to leave.

I think he married well.

 

[yadig]

No. We’re probably out there anyway. And if it’s taking him 3 hours, well maybe this isn’t the job for him.

I was just curious. I never was a courier here at express. I worked at ramps as a handler, ramp agent, now rtd. Thought bout management for a minute but didn’t want to take the pay cut.

 

[bbsam]

I was just curious. I never was a courier here at express. I worked at ramps as a handler, ramp agent, now rtd. Thought bout management for a minute but didn’t want to take the pay cut.

No problem. Just saying that we’re already in the boonies every day.

 

[MAKAVELI]

Lol!
Truck Loses FedEx Delivery on GWB

 

[bbsam]

Lol!
Truck Loses FedEx Delivery on GWB

Classic

 

[OrioN]

Do u drive big truck?

I used to drive the 24-26' bulk straight truck to mostly businesses/ docks. Hard on the body & I went straight to residential deliveries only.

Once they got rid of the Home Delivery name, they still kept the operations in the terminals. So some are the Ground b2b/ business pickups & what I cover are mainly residential and resis pickups with a few Walgreens deliveries/pickups for their "hold at location" customers (24 hours, no commit times)

That's the thing with independent subcontractors. There's a few that'll work WITH YOU, not to set u up to fail, hence jeopardizing their own business/contracts.

 

[dezguy]

I think he married well.

That's the best plan.

 

[bbsam]

That's the best plan.

I thought so. But the mother in law is far healthier than I expected. Still a sizable inheritance but after 25 years with the wife, I may not even break even.

 

[yadig]

Lol!
Truck Loses FedEx Delivery on GWB

He quit! Lol.. Got that call from ups freight. When can u start? Right now!! Lol

 

[yadig]

I used to drive the 24-26' bulk straight truck to mostly businesses/ docks. Hard on the body & I went straight to residential deliveries only.

Once they got rid of the Home Delivery name, they still kept the operations in the terminals. So some are the Ground b2b/ business pickups & what I cover are mainly residential and resis pickups with a few Walgreens deliveries/pickups for their "hold at location" customers (24 hours, no commit times)

That's the thing with independent subcontractors. There's a few that'll work WITH YOU, not to set u up to fail, hence jeopardizing their own business/contracts.

Glad to hear it’s working for you. I’m starting to see it’s different from location to location. Just talked with a ground truck driver. He’s a new driver and was content with job. He’s getting 1 wk vacation and health insurance with blue cross/shield.

 

[It will be fine]

Lol!
Truck Loses FedEx Delivery on GWB

Hey buddy, you dispatched with doubles, where’s the second one?

 

[OrioN]

Ikr,

Truck Loses FedEx Delivery on GWB

That crappy news article doesn't even guess it was a pulling a double...

an abandoned trailer, without its cab, was left in the middle lane. The cab and its drivers were no where to be found -- leaving one to question if they even knew they lost such a massive load.

 

[yadig]

Ikr,

Truck Loses FedEx Delivery on GWB

That crappy news article doesn't even guess it was a pulling a double...

Hey buddy, you dispatched with doubles, where’s the second one?

I hope the other half was parked on shoulder. There is no way he didn’t feel that.

 

[OrioN]

With the hustle/bustle of NYC/northern joisey traffic, I bet they didn't know until they were at the destination, LoL

 

[It will be fine]

I hope the other half was parked on shoulder. There is no way he didn’t feel that.

Meth, it’s a heck of a drug.

 

[Cactus]

No. We’re probably out there anyway. And if it’s taking him 3 hours, well maybe this isn’t the job for him.

Or you just don’t know how to pick ‘em.

Duh!

 

[Working4the1%]

Ground and the BAD publicity strikes again. Youtube Fedex Fail. Ground ground. Fatal this and that GROUND