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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 707646" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 707646, member: 24302"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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