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[buckeyefarmer]

My sis has worked for FedEx over 30 years. To them, the Overnight, Ground and Freight businesses are as different as McDonald's, Domino's and Chipotle.

Meaning they all suck, but with a different flavor?

 

[California]

Meaning they all suck, but with a different flavor?

I've read that the FedEx local trucks you see in your neighborhood are run by independent 'contractors' (like Uber) so the performance (and customer satisfaction) varies widely from one driver to another.

I think of this when I see somebody's doorbell cam video of a driver tossing a package the last several feet.

In contrast UPS delivery is by long term corporate employees.

 

[RickB]

I've read that the FedEx local trucks you see in your neighborhood are run by independent 'contractors' (like Uber) so the performance (and customer satisfaction) varies widely from one driver to another.

I think of this when I see somebody's doorbell cam video of a driver tossing a package the last several feet.

In contrast UPS delivery is by long term corporate employees.

FedEx Ground final delivery and route pickup and some line haul are franchisee/area route bid deals. FedEx Freight and FedEx Express are company owned and managed.

UPS deliveries are all made by company employees with varying levels of experience just like any employee group.

 

[California]

FedEx Ground final delivery and route pickup and some line haul are franchisee/area route bid deals. FedEx Freight and FedEx Express are company owned and managed.

UPS deliveries are all made by company employees with varying levels of experience just like any employee group.

I thought the UPS delivery drivers had to work up from sorting, loading, etc to get enough seniority to drive. No?

 

[ranger danger]

I thought the UPS delivery drivers had to work up from sorting, loading, etc to get enough seniority to drive. No?

No. They are often hired directly to drive.

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

I find it amazing that UPS trucks just about every parcel from the south (lot a stuff comes from CA) about 6 hours north of the CA/OR border to Portland then combines it with southbound stuff and ships it back south another 6 hours to the CA/OR border. Probably a 25K population in the region so that's a lot of unnecessary transportation cost.

 

[California]

No. They are often hired directly to drive.

Neighborhood delivery, as well as OTR?

 

[ranger danger]

Yes

 

[ultrarunner]

Sorry if this comment rubs wrong, that's not my intension. I'm just pointing out the facts of life as a truck driver and the shear ridiculousness of $18 an hour.
If he said he was doing LA to Oakland round trip in one day he's either lying or running illegal. That's 375 miles each way for a total of 750 miles in a state where the truck speed limit is 55. Then there's load and unload time plus fueling and mandatory roadside truck checks every 2 hours not to mention truck scales. If he ran the normal 63mph that most do, that's 12 hours of illegal driving but you can only log 55 plus at the bare azz minimum of 30 min. to load and unload and the speed limit on the grape vine of 35. Then there's the mandatory lunch break of 30 min before the 6th hour on duty. Then there's traffic at both ends. Bla, Bla Bla!

I wish I could ask him... he died way before Dad and Dad been gone more than 20 years...

I know he would be on the road very early... take a nap and then head home...

As kids we always wanted to go to Disneyland and Dad said it was more than he want to drive and we said your friend does it all the time... Dad said that's different... Jim is a professional...

San Jose to Thousand Oaks about 330 miles+/-

I leave it to those that know...

Can a truck driver leave San Jose... in the middle of the night for SoCal and be back home in the same day legal 25-30 years ago?

 

[ranger danger]

Depends on where in socal. Probably not. From San Jose, you would go south on 101 to 158 across to the 5 and south to socal. Hours of service were different than.