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Weren’t we supposed to get 40 percent off shipping FedEx fir employees? Has that gone away at some point?
FedEx Freight | Ground shipping
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Weren’t we supposed to get 40 percent off shipping FedEx fir employees? Has that gone away at some point?
I think it's like 10 or 15 percent
I hear that place is a real hole?
46, Good.
FedEx Ground, not good.
Oh yeah. You’re doing great, Ex. In another month, I’ll offer you a job at Coop….
Streaker69
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No, it's a dive.
Streaker69
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You have to set up an account online, jump through some hoops and over some ravines.
Streaker69
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I've hauled for ground plenty. The people I dealt with were demanding, condescending and had a major superiority complex. I've never had good interactions with those people.
One time, I was running out of hours so I parked went into dispatch, gave them the paperwork and told them I was heading home. The dispatcher calls me back, I'm assuming there's an issue with the paperwork but she tells be she needs me to take another load to the ground facility local to us. I said there's no way I can do that and she says she's not paying me to bobtail home. Seriously. I tell her she's not paying me at all and the distance is pretty equal as my domicile is pretty much dead center of the two buildings and I don't have the time to drive by it and then back track home. She tells me to call my boss because I have to take it. I call central and simply say "good morning (dispatchers name) this is (my name) and I need to set up my trip from ABCD to EFG, I'll be bobtailing back" dispatcher says "got you all set up, have a good day and be safe". I hang up, tell her I'm going home and walk out.
Another time, I did a single run for them and they had the nerve to call me on my drive to domicile and tell me it wasn't enough. I said I was good with it and hung up.
They're used to dealing with contractors and intimidating them with threats of service numbers. They can shove that up their trailers and go somewhere with it. I avoided that place at all costs this year.
Panhandler92
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The one I run out of has been decent, now the word efficiency doesn't belong anywhere near them but they're all usually nice people, long as you run your bid out they don't give you any flak.
Here on the island, they take a picture of the porch where the package was delivered.
About half the time, it's the wrong porch.
The 29-year UPS driver has run this route for so long, he knows almost everyone by name.
Streaker69
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I'd imagine the attitude varies by building, but the efficiency seems to be a constant. Lots of delay pay at ground.
The picture thing is pretty new.
Just half the time? That guy is good
When I ran ground, I knew the customers. It was pretty much always the same people ordering the same thing
Road_Warrior1
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2 boxes for $74? That’s expensive unless they were oversize boxes
But yes express is definitely a bigger discount and if you have anything that fits in their packaging that says Express it’s also free
But wait guys.. ground already delivers express packages also sooooo….. you might get that same crappy delivery driver
Road_Warrior1
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Yeah running for Ground Linehaul as a Freight driver is funny.. they will be first to send you home when they don’t have work but they want to demand you to do more when they can’t cover runs. F that. If the bid is a double turn that is all they’re getting out of me. Hell they don’t even see me on the last trip.. drop and run out of there
I thought of that, but at least 80% of the trip will be with someone that MIGHT care.2 boxes for $74? That’s expensive unless they were oversize boxes
But yes express is definitely a bigger discount and if you have anything that fits in their packaging that says Express it’s also free
But wait guys.. ground already delivers express packages also sooooo….. you might get that same crappy delivery driver
Yes they were oversized.
Ground is no better or worse than anyone. All companies have loss and damages. It’s a crap shoot. However if you want a realistic way to choose this is it. Go to pirateship.com and set up a free account. Then check their rates with ups. Insanely cheap. No idea how they get them but I have shipped a few larger items (air rifles) that were half price compared to fedex with our employee discount.
I use Pirateship a lot. You get the USPS commercial rate, and it's completely free to use.
My recent experience with ground was as follows…
I’m off a few days So I’m in the garage messing around cleaning up and organizing. And a UPS package car stops in the street and a 30-35 (in shape and and looking professional)yo guy pops out with a package. He then jogs up my driveway and says good morning with a smile hands the package to me and I say thank you. He then jogs back down to his package car and away he goes.
About 30 mins later FedEx ground in the same size truck rolls up my driveway fumbles around in the truck for about 2 mins then a 30-35 yo fat guy with a beard waddles up to the open garage door and doesn’t say a word just drops the package on the ground about 8 ft I front of me. He saw me I was right there looking at him. He said nothing just shuffled about 12 ft back to his package car and backs down driveway and that’s it.
Which experience would most people view as positive? I work at FDX what an embarrassment.
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I have had the same , even showed my badge one time , even better ...
Sitting in back the door everyone uses (we never open or use our front steps , porch , door) It says in red paint stay off please , del at back door. The dope sets the box on Mrs.'s note written on the concrete and waves at us when I was like , hey was that del for us ? (You could hear it knocking hard it's doubtful there was any oil in that motor at all .
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Sitting in back the door everyone uses (we never open or use our front steps , porch , door) It says in red paint stay off please , del at back door. The dope sets the box on Mrs.'s note written on the concrete and waves at us when I was like , hey was that del for us ? (You could hear it knocking hard it's doubtful there was any oil in that motor at all .
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