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<blockquote data-quote="The Youngin&amp;#039; Of It All" data-source="post: 2705676" data-attributes="member: 66633"><p>Catching myself up on the thread from today.&nbsp; Clearly you have no idea what&#039;s coming through the pipes down the road.&nbsp; It&#039;s already been confirmed by my sources it&#039;s going to happen.&nbsp; Why do you think they are closing and collapsing Express hubs and adding more Ground hubs within a denser radius? They already did this where I live and the Express hub moved 15 miles further away from where it used to be making the routes more spread out.&nbsp; In my area alone we are moving almost 20 miles closer to my first stop versus where I am now for Ground.&nbsp; I&#039;ll admit when I first saw the color brand coming I knew it wasn&#039;t a coincidence and was even skeptical it was going to be X throwing out the contractor model and making everyone employees.&nbsp; But using Economics 101 here, I was able to think about it in a different perspective.&nbsp; If X can cut the 401&#039;ks, pensions, and benefits and put SOME of the Express volume on contractors and still be able to negotiate how much a contractor makes per delivery, package, etc., and run a successful operation without incurring the business costs, what good are you to the company at $28 when it can be done for $14?&nbsp; It&#039;s all about productivity levels, cost allocation, and profit maximization.&nbsp; Same applies to X if they can cut out the perks, employee pay, and truck costs.&nbsp; It&#039;s all about having running the sort (inbound &amp; outbound), having a SMALL office staff depending on the size of the hub, and zero interaction.&nbsp; And with no union there, Fred&#039;s licking his lips in satisfaction with that stock right about now.&nbsp; Point is, every one is expendable if the work can be done at a better rate and properly done. Get the big picture like they tell us to drive safe and not be a deer in the head lights to change.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Youngin' Of It All, post: 2705676, member: 66633"] Catching myself up on the thread from today. Clearly you have no idea what's coming through the pipes down the road. It's already been confirmed by my sources it's going to happen. Why do you think they are closing and collapsing Express hubs and adding more Ground hubs within a denser radius? They already did this where I live and the Express hub moved 15 miles further away from where it used to be making the routes more spread out. In my area alone we are moving almost 20 miles closer to my first stop versus where I am now for Ground. I'll admit when I first saw the color brand coming I knew it wasn't a coincidence and was even skeptical it was going to be X throwing out the contractor model and making everyone employees. But using Economics 101 here, I was able to think about it in a different perspective. If X can cut the 401'ks, pensions, and benefits and put SOME of the Express volume on contractors and still be able to negotiate how much a contractor makes per delivery, package, etc., and run a successful operation without incurring the business costs, what good are you to the company at $28 when it can be done for $14? It's all about productivity levels, cost allocation, and profit maximization. Same applies to X if they can cut out the perks, employee pay, and truck costs. It's all about having running the sort (inbound & outbound), having a SMALL office staff depending on the size of the hub, and zero interaction. And with no union there, Fred's licking his lips in satisfaction with that stock right about now. Point is, every one is expendable if the work can be done at a better rate and properly done. Get the big picture like they tell us to drive safe and not be a deer in the head lights to change. [/QUOTE]

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