What I found out from the contractor I worked for made my blood boil. Essentially, FedEx pays subcontractors who own the trucks, and are their employees, (with benefits I believe), a flat rate per route, and the subcontractors pay the drivers (who are not FedEx employees) out of their own pocket. The flat rate isn’t enough to cover the expenses, and comfortably make a profit, so the subcontractors don’t have enough left to pay the drivers well and provide benefits. FedEx basically found a way to save customers money by taking it directly out of the drivers’ pockets, while maintaining a reputation as a good employer, because THEIR employees, get good wages and benefits.
I can’t believe this kind of employment is even still legal. Not only should you not work for FedEx ground, you shouldn’t use them. On a side note, FedEx was sued over FedEx ground’s original model, which employed a fleet of owner operators who each owned their own truck, had to buy their own uniforms, and were contracted to run just one or two routes.
A court in California ruled that these contractors did all of the things that employees do, and were therefore entitled to all of the benefits and protections of actual employees. FedEx ground switched to their current model as a way to continue having a fleet of drivers whom they didn’t have to treat like proper employees. Don’t work for, or use this company. For starters no support!
They lie to you then expect you to lie and cheat the customers! Package handlers will destroy your truck and they expect you to deliver it in a reasonable time knowing that its an impossibility! They misplace customers packages and tell you to go out and tell the customer that they already received it and have them sign off on it! Now they can't claim it on the insurance! The dishonesty alone made fedex by far the worst company that I ever worked for in delivery history!
I didn't sign up to cheat people but that's what happened until I found out the scoop! I quit immediately!
The majority of people who buy FedEx routes buy FedEx Ground routes, of which there are two types: Pick up and delivery (P&D) routes – You drive a van or truck and drop off and pick up packages to and from residential or commercial addresses (or a combination of both residential and commercial). Install pfb font windows xp.
They carry little package scanners that look like Star Trek tricorders. They can deliver street address in the United States. And with an average of 13 million packages delivered daily—many of them containing consumer merchandise—they beat the brakes off Santa’s productivity. They’re FedEx drivers, a smart and efficient fleet of employees who represent the final step in getting your goods right to your doorstep.
With the company’s 160,000 vehicles experiencing peak volume in time for the holidays, Mental Floss asked several drivers about some of the lesser-known facts surrounding their job. Read on to find out why they’re sometimes followed, why they hide packages, and what happens when they have to pee while on the clock. NOT ALL FEDEX DRIVERS ACTUALLY WORK FOR FEDEX. IStock Surprised? According to Ian, a former driver in Ohio, FedEx Express and FedEx Ground are actually two separate entities. Free download bleach episode 198 sub indonesia. “Most of the routes for Ground are contracted out to save money,” he says.
“People can purchase the routes [from FedEx] and then hire their own drivers.” While that shouldn’t affect the consumer all that much, Ian says that he sometimes encountered people who were upset that, as an Express employee, he couldn’t pick up Ground packages. Ground drivers also tend to handle the larger, heavier items that aren’t being sent overnight.
“Express can be more business and paperwork,” he says. Another key difference: FedEx Express drivers sleek Mercedes Sprinter vans, while Ground has to settle for whatever their contractor wants them to use. Ian drove for both, but when he was a Ground driver, “I didn’t have any heat or air conditioning. In winter, it was like driving a giant freezer.” 2. THEY’RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CELL PHONES IN THE TRUCK.