What's up fellow couriers. I finally got my call to be a part time driver at FedEx Express. Currently I work for a HD contractor here in Los Angeles. I'm pretty excited and nervous. I know this is only an interview and shouldn't be expecting to Be putting in my 2 weeks notice anytime soon. I know a lot of you guys will be clowning around about the situation. So I won't be getting butt-hurt or anything. Has anybody ever successfully landed the job and said "peace-out" or gave HD/Ground the middle finger?
Job Interview at Express tomorrow!
- Thread starter bjjrican
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SmithBarney
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Don't flip off your contractor on the way out, unless you want to burn bridges. you(or Express) may decide it's not the best fit...you may need that contact at HD/Ground.
MassWineGuy
Well-Known Member
Express is the only employer I've had where I had a job offer on my phone messages by the time I got home from the interview.
Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
I had a positive hiring experience with Fedex, but that was over 20 years ago.
Route 66
Slapped Upside-da-Head Member
That should've sent up a red flag or two, eh!
Did they hold a mirror in front of your nose to see if you were breathing?
Well me and my contractor are cool. I wouldn’t give him the middle finger personally. I meant the middle finger to be for HD/Ground itself. I know he will ask me to help out this peak season.
Sooner or later Ground management is going to have to come to the realization that they can no longer continue to put contractors in the impossible position of trying to compete in a labor market offering a pay scale just above minimum wage and no benefits. At the same time leaving it to the contractor to find fast food wage labor keeps the " best company to work for" image intact . They don't want their hands dirtied by a cheap wage employer image but that cheap wage is the only thing keeping them in business
Ghettocandybrah
Member
When I started express 3 years ago I didn't even have an interview. He showed me around the place and sent me for a physical....maybe itll be like that for you...lol
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
You can't work for both opcos at the same time.
Oldfart
Well-Known Member
It has been done and still being done at this time. Don't ask, don't tell.
SmithBarney
Well-Known Member
technically he'd be working for JoBloe Contractor Inc.
More likely is he'll be a PT working plenty of hours during peak at Express
Nah, bruh! I got the full on interview. Maybe about 5-6 questions. Then she was like ok. Your good. Let’s get you over to the doctors office for a physical and then bring your paper back today or tomorrow so we can get you started as soon as the background check comes back.
My contractor has many areas for me to help and work out of without clashing into any of the guys/girls at the Express terminal I’m going to be working for. He might use me as a jumper or a shuttler. There’s a lot of roles I can play at his company without bumping into an X driver.
MAKAVELI may be right. If you don't get the question he's raising settled beforehand you might just end up with a job at neither.
Even non-DOT couriers are required to follow HOS rules.
