they do have some independence, for example, where to go to maintain their vehicles & how to pay their employees...
but as far as the other operations of driver release & doortags, then it's up to them to follow what the contractor has signed up with FedEx for upholding their end of the bargain...
some drivers of this one contractor i was cover-driving for wasn't using doortags. I recently have to follow-up on a disputed claim & since he did use doortags, the contractor is cleared from paying for it. I did brought it up to him to have a quick meeting about using those post-it notes... & how he'll be paying for any future claims if his other drivers aren't going to be using them.
those drivers all say it's just a waste of time. hence why i want them to implement the scanner camera for DR stops already.