We all know the IC classification is bogus. The managers at Ground do there best to treat us as employees. We had a guy in our stable of drivers who recieved a complaint, the next thing he knows he is in a meeting with the managers watching a FedEx video and having to fill out a packet on proper delivery techniques. He told me he filled out the packet however the answers were not to there liking and they were not going to let him drive until he copied the answers from a packet so they could send a copy in and put a copy in his file. Why if we are not their employees do they have a file on us? Should that not be the contractors job? We are his employees not FEDEX employees right.
We are treated like employees in every aspect of the word except for the hourly wage, overtime, beneifits, vacation, holidays etc.
They want to call us all day and tell us to go back so no more phone for me. They want us to unload International Packages, sorry not my job thats the unloads job, they want to give us new pickups with windows 3 hours after we are out of the area, with no asking if we can do it and negotiate a better time. They treat us like employees period. Where else can you work 50 hours plus a week and still qualify for Food Stamps ? So until they pay us like employees and give us all the benefits of a employee I say pound sand. You will get out of me what is paid for and at this point your damn lucky I dont bring the truck back at hour 8 and say have a good night!!!!=)
267 Have you looked into transfering to Express?
We all know the IC classification is bogus. The managers at Ground do there best to treat us as employees. We had a guy in our stable of drivers who recieved a complaint, the next thing he knows he is in a meeting with the managers watching a FedEx video and having to fill out a packet on proper delivery techniques. He told me he filled out the packet however the answers were not to there liking and they were not going to let him drive until he copied the answers from a packet so they could send a copy in and put a copy in his file. Why if we are not their employees do they have a file on us? Should that not be the contractors job? We are his employees not FEDEX employees right.
We are treated like employees in every aspect of the word except for the hourly wage, overtime, beneifits, vacation, holidays etc.
They want to call us all day and tell us to go back so no more phone for me. They want us to unload International Packages, sorry not my job thats the unloads job, they want to give us new pickups with windows 3 hours after we are out of the area, with no asking if we can do it and negotiate a better time. They treat us like employees period. Where else can you work 50 hours plus a week and still qualify for Food Stamps ? So until they pay us like employees and give us all the benefits of a employee I say pound sand. You will get out of me what is paid for and at this point your damn lucky I dont bring the truck back at hour 8 and say have a good night!!!!=)
Heres where it gets funny. My IC told me himself after I asked for a long overdue raise, I wish I could give you a raise however they only pay me 20 cents a package you deliver. Now let me ask you why would anyone go into this if that were true you would be broke . You could not afford to pay us what you do. Never mind you have a Harley a nice lifted pickup truck a boat oh ya and belong to a country club how could you afford this? Whats the deal bbsam I thought the 20 cents was on picked up packages not on delivered packages. How can you afford to live if this was true? Is my boss really that much of a scum bag or is this really what you make from FedEX and why would I ever consider going into this if that were the case.
Your contractor is either A) full of crap or B) a very bad business man. And if your contractor cared, terminal staff wouldn't say "boo" to you. He is obviously an easily pushed around and intimidated wuss or simply doesn't want to run his business.
Odd you should mention that. In fact we've just recently instituted CPC (Customer Pickup Coordination (I think)) and as far as I can tell, local staff is rather on edge because the writing is on the wall that we will soon need far fewer staff at the building. And let's not pretend that all these staff are not needed. But 267's contractor is obviously the weakpoint. Terminal staff are not even supposed to contact contractor's drivers without permission from the contractor. It is precisely the reason Fedex has lost so many lawsuits in the past.Hey, bbsam. Tell me the duties and responsibilities of "terminal staff". It sounds to me that they run the place, not the IC's. If the IC's are "in charge", why does FedEx even need managers on-site anyway? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
Odd you should mention that. In fact we've just recently instituted CPC (Customer Pickup Coordination (I think)) and as far as I can tell, local staff is rather on edge because the writing is on the wall that we will soon need far fewer staff at the building. And let's not pretend that all these staff are not needed. But 267's contractor is obviously the weakpoint. Terminal staff are not even supposed to contact contractor's drivers without permission from the contractor. It is precisely the reason Fedex has lost so many lawsuits in the past.
I've mentioned it before. Ground terminal staff at some locations will attempt to pull this crap. It's up to the contractor to put an end to it. Thus, I called 267's contractor a wuss.
There are some IC's that do deliver everyday and then there are those who have employees to deliver for them. In my experience with my IC he has X amount of routes and has X amount of employees deliver those routes we hardly ever see this guy. IMO it is the actual IC's who drive a route everyday or have driven everyday for a period of time that treat their employees a little better with things like vacation, paid holidays, and the occasional bonus because they know the business and appreciate their employees a little more.How does this work when the contractor has his own route to deliver every day?
There are some IC's that do deliver everyday and then there are those who have employees to deliver for them. In my experience with my IC he has X amount of routes and has X amount of employees deliver those routes we hardly ever see this guy. IMO it is the actual IC's who drive a route everyday or have driven everyday for a period of time that treat their employees a little better with things like vacation, paid holidays, and the occasional bonus because they know the business and appreciate their employees a little more.
How does this work when the contractor has his own route to deliver every day?
Notice how bbsam pretty much blew-off the idea that FedEx Ground managers really run the show?