They’re not allowed to just move freight to Ground. That would get them into a big fight about having to give Ground the benefits Express employees have. They have a lot less flexibility than you think. But they are allowed to contract services out to Ground, as if they’re a completely separate company. It’s a little goofy because all the revenue goes to one parent company. But that’s how they get around it. They’re not just moving express freight to the ground network. They’re contracting it out to another company. Either way you look at it it’s bad for Express employees. We’re slowly getting too expensive to operate.
Too much business SORRY
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59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
Yes, and people like you will think it's wrong.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
This makes it better for Express employees.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Prove it.
And people like you can't seem to grasp why FedEx has a legal department to begin with.
falcon back
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I am sure the least of their concern is you claiming the company can't withstand the though of Ground delivering an Express package. On 1 hand, you have a multi billion $ corporation with dozens of lawyers to research such ideas. On the other hand, you have a homeless ex employee that is bitter to the core because he didn't plan for retirement and sleeps in his car as a result. Upon further review, you might be right. Your qualifications to make such a claim are unmatched.
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HedleyLamarr
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How so?
How could it make things better? If you’re an express driver, you want your truck to be blown out every day. That’s job security. You don’t really want your company, who constantly complains about expenses and doesn’t know how to control cost, to be giving freight to a cheaper option. If you’re a driver, they’re contracting out your job... It’s no different than an RTD having FedEx contract their shuttles out to Ozark or TA. It’s your job to deliver packages. And the company is telling you you’re too pricey. I understand the 4Z ground stuff is a very small percentage of the volume. But come on... you have to think that’s going to increase. After all, FedEx doesn’t really know how to operate Express efficiently. Best quarter in company history and they couldn’t justify our step raise.
Nope, we aren't talking about Ground delivering Express pkgs. You claimed Ground was doing much more than that and it was perfectly fine to charge Express prices but have Ground pickup, transport, and deliver. The company can do anything it likes(as long as the customer doesn't find out). As for the rest, you're a one trick pony. Surely you have more material to snark with?
Oh they're efficient. They just don't want to share.
falcon back
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No. We are talking about the company delivering customers packages by any means possible. You keep getting caught up in Express versus Ground. You are thinking old school. Kind of like when you actually had a house to sleep in. This is 2020. Ground is delivering Express and you are sleeping in your car.
Uh-huh.
falcon back
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What exactly dictates a package to be Express? Nothing. Except for a frustrated broke retire dude that got left behind that keeps living in the past. We are a 1 call does all company.
No, we aren't, except in your fantasies.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
It's funny how you really think this is a legal issue.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
It cuts expenses.
For one, the number of people who want their trucks blown out every day is somewhere between 1 and 3.
For two, if I'm an Express driver (or anything else) I want a stronger Express margin because there is less than a snowball's chance in Hell that there will be any popular pay actions or benefit changes otherwise.
What's the difference between diverting some work to Ground and hiring Express casuals who deliver Express freight for no benefits? Very little, so why aren't you upset about the hiring of casuals?
XEQaF
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pssst a little known fact: cutting expenses and cutting salaries go hand in hand. So that's why an employee or driver would be a bit nervous.
It's funny how you think FedEx can charge premium Express prices while handling it with the discount Ground service and not have it bite them eventually.
Fred's Myth
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If you think Express is expensive, try delivering it yourself.
