I love the part whre you said "i make sure to put my goals in my head to keep me motivated, keep wanting to go to work" I can relate bro. On the toughest days thats all you gotta think about it and its gonna hurt sometimes but ill be damn if i dont get my ass up and work towards those goals.
Too many stops, too fast, too much stress. Not worth the pay. Definatly better than Amazon, drivers should never be pushed for time. Fed ex gets whats it deserves, 90% turnover.
@Marty's 4x4 I was with ground 1 year and i was totally miserable, I couldnt even walk on my truck most of the time and the pickups are annoying as hell. Now I been with amazon for close to 2 months and it's been a total breeze
Keep on grinding it's a rough job but always see the light at the end of the tunnel and look towards big and better things good luck towards all your future endeavors.
To all Express employees, start brushing up that resume asap. The merger with ground is coming fast. Fedex doesn’t want employees anymore. Forget about a pension, 401k, or benefits. Express stations are being closed and the freight is going to be asorbed by Ground. All those 4Z split packages were just the beginning of the merger. Joe Blow logistics is going to be running your routes. Get your CDL now. Bid on a RTD job if possible and gain the experience. Mark my words, the PSP motto and the 10 step program went out the window 20 years ago. Now it is just “Profits, Severance, Profits”. Fat Freddy and Raj could care less about Express couriers.
I keep telling everyone the exact same thing but everyone seems to be content. “I’m just gonna wait and see what happens” really dislike some people I work with. But that’s why I’ve been focusing on my skillset. I’m trying to get the fuck out of here sooner than later
Is there any paid programs for a CDL? I simply can't afford it, but I know CDL truck driving pays so much, I saw something like 75k a year, I would totally be putting half of that into investing every year. I've also thought about maintenance, HVAC, etc., any kind of trade. I applied for FedEx recently and then heard this myself from a FedEx employee a few days ago, talked to him about it and I said I was applying for express instead of ground and he said a merger was coming.
Just quit my fed ex ground job. They pay salary starting out at 180 a day. I went into work at 8am and got done at 8pm… for 180 a day. I felt anxiety all day like I was being rushed. On top of all this my manager was a sleazy prick. I’m glad you ended up getting a good gig. I got the short end of the stick. My first few days they were suppose to start me off slow with 50 stops. I ended up getting over 100 stops.. out in the country.. getting sick breathing in dust and shit from the road. Stops were sometimes 10 minutes away. I tried it for a week and a half and if I didn’t get better and it didn’t get easier I’m quitting. I ended up getting better but it wasn’t easier. I made a review on my channel for ground. I called my old boss up. They missed me. Offered me a big time raise to come back… now I make 240 a day with downtime and LUNCH and maybe less than half the work. Fed ex ground tried to take advantage of me because I was new and I didn’t know they were putting a crazy work load on me. But they were. Anyways glad you’re out here spreading awareness and a different point of view on this
Yeah, here in Louisiana you start at $140-150/day. I’m still not getting $180, but they have definitely added territory onto me that I am leaving on the dock from now on until they raise my pay.
Their load is too heavy for my back. I have a herniated disc from a a gym injury two months ago maybe a month but I don’t want to injury it again. I hate carrying extremely heavy boxes like an king size bed for instances.
I am currently a ground business/hd in a P1000. It's not too bad. I am in a pretty rural area, and average anywhere between 85-120 stops with 200-280 packages everyday. It's alright, and it's all about the rhythm that you get into. I blue tooth my music and jam the entire time and just cruise throughout the whole day. I was 279lbs to start and now I'm 242lbs. So there's that. I love it. And I am COMPLETELY left alone 99% of the time.
FedEx will continue to get worse, they have continually skipped the pay raises for whatever reason they can come up. Starting pay is decent, but there is no growth, you are better off using that as a step towards an opportunity towards a better career for a better company. Left in 2021 and never looked back. I make 30-40% more with half the amount of work at another company. Best of luck in your endeavors
Im w express rn n I like it, ive heard all sorts about ups. I do a pickup route n deliveries but they got rid of response this week so unsure of my "full time" hours. I like my bosses n coworkers for the most part.
I worked for fedex for 5 years I normally worked 3 hrs delivering 500 packages daily with 2 helpers only which means I started at 7 loaded the truck separating stops to stops for the truck to load up but the faster u move the faster you get out but it was stressful cause the more packages u get regardless of it all no contractor ever satisfied with the hard work u do is not the job is the people I don’t knock those who loves fedex but the more the boxes the more money an driver or helpers should be paid! Is not easy work either
At my ramp facility, Response will be gone at the end of February 2023. The 57 will go away along with the handler and RTD positions staffed for it. Imho it was one of the dumbest moves Federal Express has made in my 26+ year career. Absolutely shameful.
I too am a pickup driver/ rampshare(someone's QDM). It is the easiest job I've ever had. Great teamwork environment where you ultimately forget where you are at on a pay-scale.
I would say it takes at least a month working a route to find your groove. You need to adjust physically and mentally and it usually takes that amount of time. Plus it takes at least a month to learn the route and get good at it.
I did the FedEx Ground thing for 7 years, main reason I left is I found another delivery job that is not as physically demanding, I have a bad shoulder that is only going to get worse overtime.
I work for a fedex contractor but I have a cdl a. I love it. 7 stops a day and pay is 1200+ starting. There is also room to get more money. If I work 48 that is a 1500 paycheck and this is weekly pay! Get a cdl a! Oh btw this is 8 hour shifts.
Yes ,better money working for a contractor. I worked for a contractor my check was more than 1000, same hours fedex express, my check is much less 750 , as you see big difference, my contractor raised my wage after 6 months and twice during the one year.
@@GalinaAlaska Same here. I got a raise to 1300 weekly in just 6 months. I work 2 Saturdays a month to increase my money and 3 when there is 5 pay periods in a month. I should be able to make 80k this year.
@@GalinaAlaska For sure. I plan on going LTL soon. This is just temporary. Most LTL have same pay but are hourly and with a good route and overtime at 50+ an hour
Many good points made. I’ve been a permanent PT courier at Express for about 10 years at the same station. I’m usually in a good mood and general y like the job. I haven’t yet felt awful thinking about going to work. When I do, I’ll leave. Two things you said need some adjustment. Don’t come to work until you’re ready to clock in. We have similar vehicle and equipment shortages. If waiting an hour for a truck makes you late for stops, its not your fault or responsibility. It’s their job to provide what’s needed when needed. If a regular customer isn’t ready at or after ready time, politely explain you can’t wait. Then leave. On-calls can get some slack. I wish you the best.
Im making 140 a day, to put in a 10 hr shift 5x a week. Garbage tbh. The job is fine, the pay is not theres no PTO and no benefits. Company is TRASH. Going to be going to Amazon asap. Hourly pay 4 / 10 hr shifts per week. work less make more. wild.
@@matthewp9740 just over 6 years, it was okay, but poor management, and not enough hours for me, it was a struggle to get 40 hrs on a consistent basis.
@@matthewp9740 It was no longer challenging for me, I was a swing driver for five years, and I was more proficient at those routes than the regular courier. I was envied by many couriers. I remember averaging 23 stops per hour on one route.
@@cashanova_slim4027 ; I average 11 stops per hour on rural routes but as a swing/floater driver, I rarely drive the same route two days in a row. This means I forget streets and tricky stops with no address posted on the street. This leads to me driving past my stop, then having to turn around to search again from the other side of the mailbox. I've gotten to the point where I write messages on the packages stating their address cannot be seen from the street, and I will leave the box in their driveway if I have any difficulty finding their address.
When I started at Fdx ground, it was like a soldier at war, nobody even wants to know your name until you have been there a few weeks and not quit! It is not a good job, hard work for minimal pay and yeah, no career plan. That said, they pay us by the hour, the people that complain or stress out it doesn't matter you are paid by the hour! If it's raining and you can't get a gate code or you need to get new tires or the truck isn't ready or the scanner battery is dead, etc, etc (things are always fubar), no worries, you are paid by the hour. I also drive doordash, and that IS annoying because you are paid a fixed fee no matter how long or trouble it is, that is a terrible 'job'. I'd also add that I hurt my leg climbing in/out of the sprinter vans, big step up, no handholds, just horrible egonomics of those vans. Just not worth hurting yourself for minimal income. They need a whole new way of doing delivery that optimizes the driver rather than exploit them.
I am with FedEx Ground and have been doing it for five years. It depends on what contractor you work for. Some pay a lot and provide good benefits, and some are mediocre. I make about $80K per year doing FedEx Ground here in Chicago, but I do about 200 stops per day.
I am with FedEx Ground, not Express. I do around 200 stops per day (350 during peak), and unlike you guys, I get everyone's Chewy boxes and furniture, lol. It's a hard job. It works well for me, and I have been doing it for years, but I am extremely introverted and have the right build to lift 150-lb packages on my shoulder. We do deliveries and pickups.
🙏Hey, thank you for sharing your experience. May I ask, what do you think about unpaid break time and how you feel that FedEx requires 1 hour of break after 8 work hours? I live in Alaska, and for us, 1 hour break is very bad, it does not help drivers, we get more tired of waiting during this break.When I worked for Ground we did not have break for 30 minutes, and was much better for all of us, we could stop for 10 minutes ,take a break and it is enough, nobody wants to sit for one or even 30 minutes because in reality it is not break at all,you just waste your time for nothing. It is really upset to see rules that do not work for people but work for their pockets.
What made you give up the Amazon gig? That seems easier w/ all day delivery, no pickups & no signatures. Is there any long-term job security at Amazon?
With Amazon you work for contractors and there is no growth besides a dispatcher. it was not consistent as I would have liked……. For examples sometimes I was given a different route every day And places were sometimes 40 mins out in a city that we did not cover. it was a route the contractor picked up that day! Amazon is a simple job but very physical…… my contractor from Amazon sent an email out that they were moving to a new location far from me…..which is why I chose to leave and after a lot of research I choose FedEx express at the end of the day Amazon is a good stepping stone job if you want to proceed to be with ups or FedEx lol 😂
There is no job security. You work for a contractor but Amazon determines if you stay on or not. If you run into an issue with a customer, and the customer contacts Amazon, depending on the severity of the incident, Amazon can fire you, over your DSP's objections.
No growth at Amazon whatsoever. Made more as a driver than I did as a trainer for my dsp and dispatch made even less. Express in my opinion is the best of the 3. Ups is good if you don’t mind the super heavy workload. Best pay and benefits for sure, but express is a happy medium.
@@alexojeda9048 Amazon will fire you over anything. That's why there's no job security. It doesn't matter if you're a driver or in one of their warehouses.
Fedex express is the best one to go with. Ground is just as bad like Amazon, but with Amazon it’s hourly so you can see more money in a long run rather than being paid a set pay every day
Nah some people dont understand that work pretty much depends on season, if its hard itll get better unless you just are a really shitty worker which ive seen alot during my time at a fed ex hub. If its easy itll get harder during holidays
7-7 5 days a week organized my truck for hour+ before my shift 190 stops 300+ packages then get ready for pickups at 7 pm 160 pick ups LOL get home at 9 eat shower and sleep at 10 😢
I work for FedEx currently, the pay isn't that great I'm only getting 20 an hour. I did my own route yesterday for the first time and I didn't get back to the terminal till 8:00 p.m. the GPS was giving me issues all day
I remember delivering for Ground on a rural route in Alabama. These customers and these dogs and these mailboxes and houses that are not marked are a big factor to why no one wants to do rural routes. Then you try and call folks and even text them to confirm which house is their house and they dont give the correct phone number. It's really obnoxious and for real about these people's driveways that cant just be straight they have to be winding curves for a mile thru the forest. It's like drop boxes should be mandated for customers. You dont got a drop box for your crap you dont get it delievered. They act like they cant make people do that as if there were a thousand other delivery companies to choose from.
I called Fed Ex yesterday because they delivered 3 packages to my driveway that are not mine. Different name, different address. It's been 24 hours, and the boxes are still sitting there. 😮
😳Bro, one time during peak season, the Senior Mgr of Dispatch told me face to face, Dont wait for ANY Customer. I ain't trynna get an OLCC lol! -Shoutouts from HTOA🗽
Do you have to take a break after only 6 hours ? What about speeding tickets just because it's priority mail and you have to deliver on time but FedEx won't pay you for that ?
@@matthewp9740 ; I have two pair of work boots with protective composite toes for that exact reason. Yes, they are heavy in a fast moving job but they have saved my toes a few times and you get used to their extra weight after a while. Wear two pair of socks with the first sock being small like a dress/suit sock for pulling moisture away from the foot. The second sock is thicker like a boot sock. I learned this 2 sock trick in Navy boot camp, where some fellow recruits and shipmates would use Gold Bond powder on their feet to help keep them dry. Then there is the aspect that delivering heavy packages isn't a woman's job. Many can handle it and focus with the attitude of trying before making a decision they cannot do it. But there are many that cannot. Female package handlers seem to do ok but putting those heavy boxes into and out of the truck isn't easy. Just last week we lost a female driver who couldn't keep up with driving her own route. She preferred to sit in the passenger seat texting on her phone while taking advantage of her training period but didn't like it when she was given the responsibility of her own route.
I got offered a position with FedEx making $920 a week for two weeks training & $1200 a week after training. I’ll take it for now. My main goal is to become a UPS driver
Idk what good or bad pay is in this field I’m offered 21.50 watching these videos to decide if I take it . Finish early leave early was a big selling point
I had a route, had. I quit Tuesday because I did not see the money for 188 stops and 13 pickups with 350-400 packages and 100 packages out of the pickups. With 130 a day lmao 🤣 chump change. What pissed me off was that they loaded the truck with bulks not together and unmanifested packages on Monday. Then they see me reorganizing everything and they come and tell me," if you want to do things your way, you're gonna have to get here at 6am" I was like sure thing. Didn't show up the next day 🤣. F them.
Lmao I’m guessing you were at ground? Screw some of those contractors!! there’s way better opportunities out there then what they were trying to put you through 😂
Ooh I can't stand managers that say sh** like that to me. I dealt with ONE at Amazon delivery station a month before I was terminated. One day this (white, male) manager had me out in the hot sun bringing in carts by myself like a slave.. I get done, and I was resting for a few minutes. This MF standing somewhere else talking about how long I was leaning against a cart resting. And he said "if you don't wanna be here, you can VTO" (voluntary time off) I'm like *to myself* "Lord don't let me slap this guy." I was terminated a few weeks later. (No, I didn't slap him. 🤣) I was there for 6 months and never even saw him when I first started. No other manager at Amazon has ever treated me the way this jerk did. Constantly in my face about this, that & the other. I said "F Amazon" as I left. Then when I tried to get the driver job, (seemed I would get job after the interview; the DSP that interviewed me remembered seeing me around the warehouse and would often speak to me), Amazon HR probably made sure I didn't get THAT job either. 😒
I ran 350-400 boxes, for 220 stops plus 5 pickups of up to 200boxs... every day for $600/week...no time off, no benefits, no time for lunch, no time for breaks...8-12hr days...and they never organized my trucj so I did that by myself...that's why I quit.
FedEx Ground doesn’t have Benefits. Amazon has some benefits, but I don't know if fedex express have some benefits too? Can u help, thanks. Great video
Same for me bro did Amazon for 6 months I start fed ex express Thursday as a swing driver Amazon was a pice of cake could do 30 stops a hour with no break
@@Swinney57 Express has no gps for real. The app is outdated. Good luck finding a truck with a charger for your LEO. Amazon's navigation and app for deliveries is the best out. Besides the benefits, at Express you'll be making less money. I was pulling in 800 or more a week (net pay) at Amazon on a 4-5 day work week. Express is 5 day minimum and you won't make that much after taxes and insurance.
@@Swinney57 most of your stops at Express are 8-10 minutes out especially as a swing driver. You'll be lucky to do 15 an hour. Average is 10 stops an hour. And the pick ups are INSANE. Alot of backtracking. They just put you out there. Training is minimal you'll be expected to learn quick or you won't last long.
Express driver, 6 months in. I love my route and manager. The only thing to make me leave are my dip-weed coworkers I have to spend an hour with every morning 🤬
Your DSP was trash 😂 I get 23.50 and 27.50 per hour when I rescue. I have awesome benefits and great incentives with my DSP. Amazon is nothing but a stepping stone but I love it
Not anymore. But the hours are pretty low as a full timer. I’m averaging about 35 to 38 as of now. But it changes a lot. When I first started I was getting 50 hours lol
@@matthewp9740 ok cool I just got hired starting at $22 did my background check and drug screen yesterday so I’m waiting for that all to clear. I used to deliver for Amazon and I liked it I would kill it especially during peak season but I’ve always wanted to get in with fedex , better company imo. But we shall see lol thanks bro ✌️
Yeah not as much as maybe ground because of the price but definitely my route I have a stop with 75 pound batteries and there like 30 of them and I take heavy fire pits and parts for vehicles
Every job starts with thoughts of quitting. Every job has new responsibilities we are not going to like but will need to do if we wish to remain employed.
Would you be mad if a diabetic you delivered to asked you to put their insulin the front of the truck to protect it from heat? I am trying to find out if it is wrong to request that the fedex driver do that. the package is already packaged as best as possible but during extreme heat i need more help. please let me know if that would make you upset?
I would not be mad. I regularly take 1 or a few packages that look like they might be easily damaged to the front with me when driving a van. In a van, I will also leave the small envelope packages together in a bin to keep them together. Cargo trucks with shelves are different where small packages can be easily mixed in and the front is more open with less space to put a special package. I would see if I could find a place up front to safely keep a fragile box/product like medicine. I feel bad when a large heavy box crushes a small package because that could have been avoided.
@@Scissorbeaks Thank you so much! I enjoy your channel and the fitness vid's too! You are my first Fedex video person I go to before all the other videos about Fedex!!! You are my baseline Fedex person, for videos!!! Thank you for the reply!
Worked for FedEx ground in SF, CA during the peak season, Nov-Dec. The owner of the route gave me $200 cash as a Xmas bonus. Quit right after Xmas since the job sucked. When I received my last check, $200 was taken out as a cash advance! Route owners don’t care about their drivers. Worst job I ever had.
Job well described, you have good motivation and this is really good but you are still very green to the job. The more and more you will see stuff that makes no sense or unorganized just like having no truck or scanner to start your day(its a like a carpenter starting in the morning with no hammer and no wood how can this happends)? Then you will see things differently . This is still a good company to work for but the best years are behind.
If you quit EXPRESS your probably just soft….shit is hella chill real talk you just have to make sure you get off P1 and P2 quick 👍🏽💯 Ground is a WHOLE different story 😄
How do these kids get these soft jobs? I had 12 hour days 6 days a week. Pickups and deliveries. NO GPS. We had a PAPER map. He doesn't know what "tired" is.
@@zanozzz Oh no. You misunderstand. I am PREPARED. I am well invested for what's coming. No "womp womp" for me. But many who have no clue, will soon be swimming in "womp womp".
Used to work for Amazon, now I'm at ups(2yrs in) being in a union shop is so much nicer than a non union shop. The union reps really have your back and make sure you stay healthy and as stress free as possible
FedEx was so good to you they are forcing express onto Ground contractors that don't even want it. They want nothing to do with paying retirement benefits or workers comp. They know contractors pay their drivers crap and would like them to pay drivers more but contractors have expenses and houses and wives. If the contractor can't eek out a living with a few trucks they'll go out of business and somebody else will take over and pay you less. I could walk into the FedEx building I was in 9 years ago and probably not recognize one person. About the max career for Ground drivers is 10 years and they'll probably have 3 or more bosses. Have enough bosses and you'll have issues with one of them even if you're a good worker. It's tough especially when UPS drivers can work a three day week and take home $1200 per week with good benny's or max out their hours and make over 160k per year. Like Henry Ford said he wanted his workers to be able to afford the cars he built. People should avoid shipping anything with FedEx if possible and ship with UPS even if it's a little more because UPS drivers are able to contribute to the economy in a better way than Ground drivers that live paycheck to paycheck usually with no benefits.
A lot of places are bad rn, we only have like 3 handlers at our station they all left because FedEx handler pay is too low for how hard the work can be.
My station is bad too only like 4 handlers all the drivers have to help out when they get back 2 or 3 hrs after your done with your pickups 12 hr day last night. Alot of drivers quitting too because they don't want to do 2 jobs.
If your looking for long term career as a courier…..ups is probably the best choice. Great pay, great benefits! Protected by the union. Pension, top pay in less than 6 years.
It’s no contest. UPS is better by far. FedUp is a job, UPS is a career. UPS gives you the best benefits you’ll ever get from an employer, great vacation and sick time off. Great pay and pay increases without having to beg for it. FedUp sucks in all those categories
@@TheRealTommyShelby UPSes pay is superior to FedUp. They have great retirement, great medical , dental and vision benefits that are practically free. You get your pay raises automatically at UPS instead of having to beg for them at FedUp. You get 4 to 8 weeks vacation a year with UPS, at FedUp you get one week. UPS gives you more sick days than FedUp so yes, UPS is a career where FedUp is a job.
FedEx express is out of touch with wages and real cost of living. 2 kids and a wife she works if anything happened with her I’d have to leave to pay bills. Ups got it right
Fedex was the easiest job I’ve ever had. Paved driveways, did a route for Coca Cola, and then a beer route. Fedex isn’t easy. But by far the easiest out of the rest. Not even close
