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<blockquote data-quote="fedx" data-source="post: 5300392" data-attributes="member: 64891"><p>I remember when I started a few years back, a "mentor" of mine (I think he could have been Mr. FedEx, but not certain-because he kept talking to me about Mr. FedEx and then left the company the same time MFE says he left) talked about how someday FedEx Express/Ground would merge to be like UPS where ground and air packages are on the same vehicle. Turns out it's looking like he was right all those years ago. That would explain why Express and Ground stations are starting to be in the same building. Now Express is pulling their "last mile optimization" trick to keep their RLA protection, but eventually their charade is going to be called. So I'm guessing 1 of 2 things is going to happen. Either: 1. Ground's contractor model will be eliminated and Ground will become company owned and ran and we'll be like UPS and the company will eventually unionize. Or 2. The Ground contractor model will become the FedEx model and both units will be combined and ran by contractors eliminating nearly all company employee jobs. If the company wants to survive long term, they'll go with the company owned model, but knowing how cheap the company is, I'm betting they'll go with the contractor model just to save a buck in the short term. No offense to Ground, but they already have a bad reputation for late deliveries, bad behavior, dress codes, etc. Either way, the company will become just 'FedEx' with no Ground or Express after it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fedx, post: 5300392, member: 64891"] I remember when I started a few years back, a "mentor" of mine (I think he could have been Mr. FedEx, but not certain-because he kept talking to me about Mr. FedEx and then left the company the same time MFE says he left) talked about how someday FedEx Express/Ground would merge to be like UPS where ground and air packages are on the same vehicle. Turns out it's looking like he was right all those years ago. That would explain why Express and Ground stations are starting to be in the same building. Now Express is pulling their "last mile optimization" trick to keep their RLA protection, but eventually their charade is going to be called. So I'm guessing 1 of 2 things is going to happen. Either: 1. Ground's contractor model will be eliminated and Ground will become company owned and ran and we'll be like UPS and the company will eventually unionize. Or 2. The Ground contractor model will become the FedEx model and both units will be combined and ran by contractors eliminating nearly all company employee jobs. If the company wants to survive long term, they'll go with the company owned model, but knowing how cheap the company is, I'm betting they'll go with the contractor model just to save a buck in the short term. No offense to Ground, but they already have a bad reputation for late deliveries, bad behavior, dress codes, etc. Either way, the company will become just 'FedEx' with no Ground or Express after it. [/QUOTE]
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