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Is FedEx legally obligated to negotiate in good faith with their contractors?
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<blockquote data-quote="XEQaF" data-source="post: 4144686" data-attributes="member: 76117"><p>FedEx is contractually obligated to act within the Purple Promise of raping its contractors silly until they tap out to the absurdity of thinking they are an independent operator. IMO a one sided contract isn't considered "negotiating in good faith".</p><p></p><p>Rural routes are not and will never be money makers. You carry them only to bolster your PSA numbers for your Enhanced Primary Plus quarterly bonus if they still do that with ISP. You can't build your "business" off rural area and hope it multiples in years to come. You will have poor ROI. You need to build off density and that's your only hope because as a contractor you don't have control over pricing, tariffs, national contracts etc. you are essentially a cost center. The better you manage your costs, the more you make.</p><p></p><p>I use the word "more" loosely when referring to FedEx. They keep the carrot dangling for most contractors knowing that they have invested heavily with all the eggs in one basket and will be in dire straits if they walk away. Good investment if you need to buy yourself a job complete with a tyrant set of bosses, yea to being an entrepreneur.</p><p></p><p>Your best bet is to hang in, maybe see if you can spin off and diversify your talents and area knowledge into finding your own B2B delivery contracts. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XEQaF, post: 4144686, member: 76117"] FedEx is contractually obligated to act within the Purple Promise of raping its contractors silly until they tap out to the absurdity of thinking they are an independent operator. IMO a one sided contract isn't considered "negotiating in good faith". Rural routes are not and will never be money makers. You carry them only to bolster your PSA numbers for your Enhanced Primary Plus quarterly bonus if they still do that with ISP. You can't build your "business" off rural area and hope it multiples in years to come. You will have poor ROI. You need to build off density and that's your only hope because as a contractor you don't have control over pricing, tariffs, national contracts etc. you are essentially a cost center. The better you manage your costs, the more you make. I use the word "more" loosely when referring to FedEx. They keep the carrot dangling for most contractors knowing that they have invested heavily with all the eggs in one basket and will be in dire straits if they walk away. Good investment if you need to buy yourself a job complete with a tyrant set of bosses, yea to being an entrepreneur. Your best bet is to hang in, maybe see if you can spin off and diversify your talents and area knowledge into finding your own B2B delivery contracts. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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