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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 2580538" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>As long as you are aware that Fedex can unilaterally cancel the contract with no recourse for you, if they decide to change the delivery model. Or for something that they don't consider as acting in a 'professional' manner, or other undefined terms that they always interpret to their benefit. Sit down with an attorney, go through the contract word by word, verify the legal interpretation of all terms, or if there are things that could mean various things- get fedex to define it in writing. I don't know if it is still in the contract, but there used to be a term- something like 'fedex wants to make full use of contractors vehicles' where you might think it is 8 hours a day, and fedex says it is 14 hours or more per day. Terms like that caused a lot of problems a few years back. Fedex may have fixed it.</p><p></p><p>And think about the coming raise in minimum wage. Will you be able to get good workers if they can find less demanding work for about the same pay. Sure you can hire monkeys to deliver if they have driven a similar vehicle, but getting good help is going to be the hardest part of controlling your costs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 2580538, member: 60252"] As long as you are aware that Fedex can unilaterally cancel the contract with no recourse for you, if they decide to change the delivery model. Or for something that they don't consider as acting in a 'professional' manner, or other undefined terms that they always interpret to their benefit. Sit down with an attorney, go through the contract word by word, verify the legal interpretation of all terms, or if there are things that could mean various things- get fedex to define it in writing. I don't know if it is still in the contract, but there used to be a term- something like 'fedex wants to make full use of contractors vehicles' where you might think it is 8 hours a day, and fedex says it is 14 hours or more per day. Terms like that caused a lot of problems a few years back. Fedex may have fixed it. And think about the coming raise in minimum wage. Will you be able to get good workers if they can find less demanding work for about the same pay. Sure you can hire monkeys to deliver if they have driven a similar vehicle, but getting good help is going to be the hardest part of controlling your costs. [/QUOTE]
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