Must Pick up Ground Packages

[Nick9075]

Then my drivers will take a pay cut.

Would they stay then ??probably have no other options. I decided to stay on until after peak and then sell but I am quickly realizing more way more trouble than worth impossible to find anyone qualified who won't completely botch service on any given occasion

 

[bbsam]

Would they stay then ??probably have no other options. I decided to stay on until after peak and then sell but I am quickly realizing more way more trouble than worth impossible to find anyone qualified who won't completely botch service on any given occasion

We don't seem to be having that problem. We get alot of part time firemen and some school bus drivers that work well. Sometimes we have to work around some scheduling but a. Can usually make it work out. Not everyone is needed 7:30 to 5. In fact, more and more I need people for later pickups anyway.

 

[fessup]

I was told by our district director that picking up ground packages is "contract interference" - Fedex has a contract with an independent contractor to pick up ground packages and Fedex is breaking that contract if xpress crr picks it up, takes it back to the station and gives it to another independent contractor. I pick up ground pkgs at drop boxes but refuse to do it at a business.

 

[bbsam]

I was told by our district director that picking up ground packages is "contract interference" - Fedex has a contract with an independent contractor to pick up ground packages and Fedex is breaking that contract if xpress crr picks it up, takes it back to the station and gives it to another independent contractor. I pick up ground pkgs at drop boxes but refuse to do it at a business.

Good point. Those are supposed to be proprietary areas.

 

[STFXG]

Good point. Those are supposed to be proprietary areas.

That doesn't stop them from moving packages to fedex office locations for pick up. No difference.

 

[Mr. 7]

And, it sure seems to me that Ground practically refuses to do on call pick ups. I know they don't pup until the next bus. day.

 

[dezguy]

And, it sure seems to me that Ground practically refuses to do on call pick ups. I know they don't pup until the next bus. day.

I actually had a ground driver tell me to go pick up a package of his at the hospital. He made a del there and they had a pup for him but since he didn't have a call for it, he wouldn't grab it. I laughed at him and told him it wasn't my job to fix his mistake for being an ass.

 

[MrFedEx]

I was told by our district director that picking up ground packages is "contract interference" - Fedex has a contract with an independent contractor to pick up ground packages and Fedex is breaking that contract if xpress crr picks it up, takes it back to the station and gives it to another independent contractor. I pick up ground pkgs at drop boxes but refuse to do it at a business.

It sounds like Fred needs to start reimbursing contractors for Express stealing Ground revenue. Let me know when you get your check.

 

[fredup]

The ground guy in my area mis=delivers all the time. should i retrieve that for him too? BTW, i pick up nothing I cannot scan/

 

[Cactus]

If I have customers that have a problem with Ground, I just give them the phone number which is the direct line to the Ground terminal. Forget wasting time with some idiot at the call center in San Salvador.

 

[Nick9075]

The ground guy in my area mis=delivers all the time. should i retrieve that for him too? BTW, i pick up nothing I cannot scan/

why is he still working?? after the second mis delivery he should have been given the boot...

 

[MrFedEx]

If I have customers that have a problem with Ground, I just give them the phone number which is the direct line to the Ground terminal. Forget wasting time with some idiot at the call center in San Salvador.

WAD. Direct them to San Salvador so they can experience maximum frustration before being angered a second time having to talk to the Ground terminal.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Aren't FedEx Express drivers paid by the hour? If so......why would anyone care whether or not the ground packages they are paid BY THE HOUR to pick up are also being credited to the Ground drivers for their pay? The only issue I see here is an apparent flaw in the entire business model for FedEx Ground. Fred S should have a problem with essentially paying two different drivers to handle the same packages.

 

[Cactus]

Aren't FedEx Express drivers paid by the hour? If so......why would anyone care whether or not the ground packages they are paid BY THE HOUR to pick up are also being credited to the Ground drivers for their pay? The only issue I see here is an apparent flaw in the entire business model for FedEx Ground. Fred S should have a problem with essentially paying two different drivers to handle the same packages.

It's the principle of the matter. If Smith wants to keep Ground and Express separate to keep the union away then he can't have it both ways. That's where I have a problem picking up Ground's packages. I might just as well have a customer ask me to sweep and mop beffore I leave their location after a pickup.

 

[bbsam]

Apparently he can have it both ways if the only provision in the law is that Ground not pick up Express.

 

[MrFedEx]

Apparently he can have it both ways if the only provision in the law is that Ground not pick up Express.

Maybe. As usual, Fred is playing around the edges.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

It's the principle of the matter. If Smith wants to keep Ground and Express separate to keep the union away then he can't have it both ways. That's where I have a problem picking up Ground's packages. I might just as well have a customer ask me to sweep and mop beffore I leave their location after a pickup.

Well, until you are actually asked to sweep and mop I'd just look at it as an opportunity to make a little more money. Because I don't think refusing to pick them up is an option. Right? I'm waiting to see if Ground drivers end up servicing Express packages. LOL!

 

[Mr. 7]

I don't think refusing to pick them up is an option. Right?

Wrong.
I never take ground pkgs. I just tell the customer that I can't scan them (which, I can't) and that if the pkg. disappears, there will never be any electronic (tracking) proof that I ever touched it.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Wrong.
I never take ground pkgs. I just tell the customer that I can't scan them (which, I can't) and that if the pkg. disappears, there will never be any electronic (tracking) proof that I ever touched it.

I love it! And there is the flaw in the business model. Thats just more ammo I can use to discourage customers from jumping ship.

 

[Mr. 7]

Ha.
You know how many times I've seen UPS Ground pkgs. sitting in offices for return and the UPS guy purposefully leaves it?