I'm wondering when he will figure out the way FedEx really works. Like WalMart, Fred always "gets more for less", which translates into dollars in his pocket and pennies in yours. If Express volumes get shifted over to Ground, FedEx will ensure that the profit structure that benefits them (not bbsam) will stay firmly in place. Once again, I'd like to see how the average Ground driver would do on an Express route with P1 and SOS time commitments, not to mention on-call pickups. I'm guessing it would be ugly. You get what you pay for, and 12 bucks an hour doesn't get you much. Good luck on making that 99.7% service level bbsam...you'll need it.
But why would they do next day? There's a place for permanent employees, and while BBSam is certain he can do what we do most likely he'll only have to worry about 1630 commits for business and 1900 for resi's. There may come a day when FedEx is completely a contractor operation. It'll take time to get there. If they were to give express saver and 2-day to Ground it'll require substantial hiring to cover the extra freight. There would still have to be planes to fly that freight while regular Ground freight is trucked. FedEx doesn't have enough planes to fly Express and Ground freight(Would negate much of the profit if they did). And trucking all freight would be problematic for 2-day and Express Saver, near impossible for next day delivery. Most likely we'll see regular employees dispatched to pup all services, including Ground. Ground will be diverted at return to station. 2 day and three day, unless local, will go to hubs, sorted into separate containers at hub, either loaded into separate trucks at ramp or trucked to Ground station after dropping off next day at Express station. Most likely different logistical situations will require different methods. Just a guess, but in order to keep Express employees from getting very expensive OT they'll have couriers doing deliveries only in the morning with pup only couriers working the afternoons. Standard Overnight will be divided between the 2 groups, whatever it takes to keep everyone to under 35 hrs. You know what, if the company would embrace this, give us a great hourly rate but only work us 30 or so hrs a week, mornings or evenings, I bet you'd see some real enthusiasm for this, a much happier workforce. Saturday is a regular day for me, usually a shorter day, and definitely a nicer day to work compared to during the week. 6 or 7 hrs a day max, still make a living, that'll be much more likely than $70k a year working long hrs.
