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<blockquote data-quote="Brown287" data-source="post: 708909" data-attributes="member: 14940"><p>I work for UPS and have neither worked for Wal-Mart or FedEx Ground so I cant speak on which is best. However I can comment on the obvious, Wal-Mart may pay you $12 an hour as well but the physical expectation there is a lot less. Anyone who has worked in a delivery capacity can agree on one thing, that the toll on you is both physical and mental. The average Joe off the street can never comprehend this until they sit behind the wheel. Now another point is that like Wal-Mart, FedEx has enjoyed nice profits thanks to its hard working employees, unfortunately those at the Ground and H.D. don't get to enjoy in the monetary perks due to this.</p><p>As a contractor you see first hand Bbsam what FedEx pays you, now there are only two options. First they do pay you enough to compensate your driver at the industry average, or second they do not. At this point I am willing to say that the biggest threat to FedEx Ground is not UPS but a rebounding economy. Once the economy is providing jobs like it should then all of Ground's "professional" drivers are going else where. This situation puts the contractors between a rock and a hard place. Pay your drivers more to retain them, which would drive your profit down. Or hire what ever is available, which will be those at the bottom of the food chain. I believe that you Bbsam can see the predicament that this will put contractors in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown287, post: 708909, member: 14940"] I work for UPS and have neither worked for Wal-Mart or FedEx Ground so I cant speak on which is best. However I can comment on the obvious, Wal-Mart may pay you $12 an hour as well but the physical expectation there is a lot less. Anyone who has worked in a delivery capacity can agree on one thing, that the toll on you is both physical and mental. The average Joe off the street can never comprehend this until they sit behind the wheel. Now another point is that like Wal-Mart, FedEx has enjoyed nice profits thanks to its hard working employees, unfortunately those at the Ground and H.D. don't get to enjoy in the monetary perks due to this. As a contractor you see first hand Bbsam what FedEx pays you, now there are only two options. First they do pay you enough to compensate your driver at the industry average, or second they do not. At this point I am willing to say that the biggest threat to FedEx Ground is not UPS but a rebounding economy. Once the economy is providing jobs like it should then all of Ground's "professional" drivers are going else where. This situation puts the contractors between a rock and a hard place. Pay your drivers more to retain them, which would drive your profit down. Or hire what ever is available, which will be those at the bottom of the food chain. I believe that you Bbsam can see the predicament that this will put contractors in. [/QUOTE]
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