MAKAVELI
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You are not a FedEx employee.lol
What other perks do Express employees get to enjoy?
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No I am not but I have to take direction from the senior mgmt at the terminal or else my contract will be terminated in a NY minute at I am always reminded. I miss these types of benefits that are offered at most corporate workplaces even now.
STFXG
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Nick, you ever use mygroundbiz? We get discounts on quite a few things.
HomeDelivery
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so contractors get perks while their drivers get squat? WTF? i'm going to ask for a raise...
I tho k Nick has been kept in the dark by his terminal management.
MAKAVELI
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Good luck with that. You heard it from bbsam, they get " fat raises every year "while their drivers eat government cheese and week old bread.
Uh no not exactly. I checked Mygroundbiz and I didn't any such mention of any type of discount off anything.. You guys really make enough that you can afford to stay at these very many different hotel chains, airline tickets etc.??
One of my drivers took a week off and went to Columbia and Vegas last year -- he does have that sugar momma (the wife who he says makes $40 an hour as an admin assistant at one of the major investment banks in NYC) so that would explain it. The only discount that would be nice is the one from Apple
HomeDelivery
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just pullin' your leg, Nick... however mainegrounddriver has gotten a raise & he's living quite a life in the same northeast region.
he's also working less than 8 hours most of the time, while i'm busting my butt going to a handful of zipcodes per day & up to 250 miles so a 10-12 hour day is my norm with a rare 6-8 hour day when my service area is close to the terminal
today was ok, 6 hours on the road (60 service miles) & about 2 hours sort/load/pre-trip inspection/etc...
he's also working less than 8 hours most of the time, while i'm busting my butt going to a handful of zipcodes per day & up to 250 miles so a 10-12 hour day is my norm with a rare 6-8 hour day when my service area is close to the terminal
today was ok, 6 hours on the road (60 service miles) & about 2 hours sort/load/pre-trip inspection/etc...
Long days man, have you ever stopped to calculate your equivalent hourly rate for such a work-period if you were to say..get OVERTIME PAY for that time? I'm assuming you aren't getting a lunch or other break those days either.. (Ex-Ground Driver here).
It's going to be hard to find qualified people who are going to work all those hours for $900 a week delivering as unemployment falls especially when they figure out they can be making over $50,000 with ups or express or even in
It's going to be hard to find qualified people who are going to work all those hours for $900 a week delivering as unemployment falls especially when they figure out they can be making over $50,000 with ups or express or even in one of the trades as I have said on here.
I wish I made $50k!!
MAKAVELI
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Try $70,000 +, fully paid health ins and a fat pension for UPS.
HomeDelivery
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yea, i was slammed the past 2 days w/ mommy's day presents... I had to cover 3 different areas because they can't squeeze everything in their P-500s. 12-hours on-duty times
i'm so worn out that i lost my appetite when i get home at 2100hmm, that's a perk for HD, skip lunches & work until you're done & have no appetite when you get home & just collapse from exhaustion ~rinse & repeat ~ by the end of the summer, you'll lose 40 pounds!
another perk is i just drove home w/ the vehicle & saved a 30 mile commute in gas money
i did those calculations & based on my temp pay vs stop-pay i'm losing $30-50 per day. I'm a dumb@$$ for not sticking it out with UPS when i started as a package handler a long time ago... i'll see if that contractor will give me the raise or i'm considering becoming one of those off-the-street UPS peak season driver
Route 66
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HD, buddy, you're obviously not seeing the forest for the trees....Fredward (who was long-since tucked away with his family inside his cozy little mansion long before 2100) appreciates all your hard efforts, and don't you ever forget it. And after all, isn't that what it's really all about?
I think many are going to jump ship when they figure they are being screwed. We have apologist kiss a&&ets on this board such as bbsam and the other STJ ( do I have that right ) but it doesn't take that long to figure out that this "arrangement " is just a way to screw people and have the contractors by the balls since FedEx knows damn well they don't have to renew the contract for any or no reason.
The economy and job market are way better than 2009-2011. In the early2000s when unemployment in NYC was between 4&5% how did they find people willing to work for so little with no benefits
The economy and job market are way better than 2009-2011. In the early2000s when unemployment in NYC was between 4&5% how did they find people willing to work for so little with no benefits
Interesting tone, Nick. I remember back before you got in. I remember telling you to do your homework and ask lots of questions. And now they have you frightened that they will yank it all away. All I can say is that's not been my experience. Take your $50 grand and wask.
I did do my homework and knew about the risks. I will likely get at least $50,000 if not more from the sale. Some (if not all) of the drivers and helpers will be out of a job. At the end of the day its all about money. I am not losing anything and the person I bought the routes from didn't lose anything. I did ask about the one year and then renewal and I was given a different answer than I am experiencing and I always assume people are telling me the truth -- most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time. Again like I said, the NYC area is completely different
