When FedEx bought Watkins they used that exact model in Canada. All trucks and drivers are contract model here and I believe they are paid based on productivity in the local operations, so much per bill and an escalated rate based on weight with a mileage rate incorporated based on the distance travelled to their p&d area. It’s complicated and any of the contractors or subcontractors I’ve talked to over the years either like it hate it depending on the amount of work they get.
But this is what they want working here, US drivers, dock workers etc. that cared and tried to do our best are a dying breed and that's sad. this company could be the best, but upper mgmt doesn't want that
Watkins in the US used owner ops and company drivers at terminals. Watkins Canada still had the O/O model but remember the Gov't up there supplies all medical and retirement. Ground and now Amazon use Contractors- Small companies that own 20-100 trucks either in one location or multiple locations. Ground did away the truly one truck independents years ago after being sued.
Fed ex freight Canada operates all contractors both city and road .only time will tell which pathway the company goes with.
That happens when you have a subpar product at a premium price! Gonna get alot worse! They are doing something big, because they are running off good customers and not acquiring new customers.
I was using freight as an example up here in Canuckistan. I don’t know too much about how the contractor model for ground works other than the fact it was the same model used by RPS before FedEx bought them. One thing I will say to your comment ab the government paying for medical and retirement is that it’s all paid by the taxpayers. Our CPP, which is the equivalent to your SSI, is wholly paid through payroll deductions and matched by the employe. Not one red cent comes from the government and is a forced deduction. The government controls the distributions to those entitled and uses the fund as a slush fund whenever they feel the need. Our humble dictator up here has even had the nerve to tell us that it is a benefit, not an entitlement, even though we are forced to pay into it. They do pay out Old Age Security at the age of 65 but it is barely a pittance of about $650 per month of our hard earned tax dollars. Our socialist medical is paid with our hard earned tax dollars, and although we dont pay for services rendered at the doctor or hospital, we get the bare minimum and generally have to wait lengthy times for surgery unless it’s an emergency or life saving.
