I'm still waiting for UPS to equip all drivers with body cams and shock collars. The first for monitoring the drivers, the second to administer a "correction" for making two trips into a building instead of one.
Most Fedex drivers are not Fedex employees. Fedex decided long ago to use independent contractors for all deliveries that are not Fedex "Express". Only the "Express" drivers actually work directly for Fedex. The home deliveries and most business deliveries and pickups are made by the contractors. The job requirements for the contractors seem to revolve around the drivers having a valid license, being insurable, and having a measurable pulse. Most of them only make around $18.00/hr in our area. UPS runs a much, much, tighter ship (NPI).
“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
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