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<blockquote data-quote="oldrps" data-source="post: 4741485" data-attributes="member: 36765"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Whose DOT number were you running under? Your own or RPS/FedEx. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">How can you run on Saturday and deliver packages that were brought back by another contractor on the same day? How did the management at your terminal make you responsible for packages from another contractor and count against your service?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Since you are such an expert, how did the government get involved with this agreement? Does the government look at all contracts between parties in the USA and determine what is legal or not? I am guessing something happened that made the government look into this, they just didn't decide on a Wednesday afternoon to visit RPS/FedEx to review this agreement.<br /> Arbitration is spelled out in the agreement that you signed. Don't sign an agreement if you don't like the terms.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Did your terminal spell out these discipline rules and conduct for contractors? I have never heard of this for contractors. <br /> <em>When it's in the company's best interest that we are employees...we're employees...When it's in the company's best interest that we're contractors...then we're contractors". </em>This statement goes both ways. You said when your father died, RPS/FedEx should have run your route. You can't say I run my business one day, leave me alone, and then ask RPS/FedEx to run it the next.<br /> I doubt that a contract relations and a safety manager quit because you said something to them. I would think there may be more to this story than you are giving. What was the issue you brought up to the safety manager said he couldn't argue?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I never said I knew everything that happened at RPS/Ground, when did I say this? You don't know everything that agreement you signed with RPS/Ground as well. <br /> How could I know about anything that happened after I left. I have been clear about this, I don't know and can't answer questions about what happened at RPS/Ground after I left. How is that playing dumb?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Are you suggesting that the government may make changes which will force FedEx to possibly change. Happens all the time, why should it be different for any company. <br /> I have already answered the Ground control and oversight, they are your customer and making sure they get what they pay for.</li> </ol><p>Did you feel, as a contractor, you would have free reign to do whatever you felt. Unfortunately for contractors with this thinking, there will always be oversight and control on the end result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldrps, post: 4741485, member: 36765"] [LIST=1] [*]Whose DOT number were you running under? Your own or RPS/FedEx. [*]How can you run on Saturday and deliver packages that were brought back by another contractor on the same day? How did the management at your terminal make you responsible for packages from another contractor and count against your service? [*]Since you are such an expert, how did the government get involved with this agreement? Does the government look at all contracts between parties in the USA and determine what is legal or not? I am guessing something happened that made the government look into this, they just didn't decide on a Wednesday afternoon to visit RPS/FedEx to review this agreement. Arbitration is spelled out in the agreement that you signed. Don't sign an agreement if you don't like the terms. [*]Did your terminal spell out these discipline rules and conduct for contractors? I have never heard of this for contractors. [I]When it's in the company's best interest that we are employees...we're employees...When it's in the company's best interest that we're contractors...then we're contractors". [/I]This statement goes both ways. You said when your father died, RPS/FedEx should have run your route. You can't say I run my business one day, leave me alone, and then ask RPS/FedEx to run it the next. I doubt that a contract relations and a safety manager quit because you said something to them. I would think there may be more to this story than you are giving. What was the issue you brought up to the safety manager said he couldn't argue? [*]I never said I knew everything that happened at RPS/Ground, when did I say this? You don't know everything that agreement you signed with RPS/Ground as well. How could I know about anything that happened after I left. I have been clear about this, I don't know and can't answer questions about what happened at RPS/Ground after I left. How is that playing dumb? [*]Are you suggesting that the government may make changes which will force FedEx to possibly change. Happens all the time, why should it be different for any company. I have already answered the Ground control and oversight, they are your customer and making sure they get what they pay for. [/LIST] Did you feel, as a contractor, you would have free reign to do whatever you felt. Unfortunately for contractors with this thinking, there will always be oversight and control on the end result. [/QUOTE]
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