Another SAD Fedex driver....sob sob

[dabluzman1]

Oh lawdy lawdy, I am so sad.
I have read all the threads about Ex Fedexer being sadden by events that are of no concern to them. ( some might call it meddling....sad).
How sad.
sob sob.
Why some of these poor souls have been seperated from Fedex over 10 or 15 years.
It makes me SAD to think they are so desperate to justify whatever actions made them leave Fedex they cant move forward with their lives.
SAD SAD SAD.

Well, nuff of the sadness chaps, back to baiting the hooks and dropping line as we are at home for a 4 day weekend. Grilled perch, bass and cat tonight.
Now thats GLAD.

 

[jjoerger]

Now you've made me sad.
As a member of PETA, that stands for People Eatin Tasty Animals, I can't believe that you're having them thar fine vittles without inviting all of us to the wing ding.

 

[greg334]

Oh lawdy lawdy, I am so sad.

Yeppers, you are so sad and we are sad for you.

What's your next step?

Hanging a sign out the truck door "will work for diesel"?

Yep FedEx's star contractor left and the house of cards is collapsing in on itself - so sad

 

[dabluzman1]

Yeppers, you are so sad and we are sad for you.

What's your next step?

Hanging a sign out the truck door "will work for diesel"?

Yep FedEx's star contractor left and the house of cards is collapsing in on itself - so sad

Naw, I am going to buy a beat old truck and get into the highly selective LEM.
You know how that goes.

Oh on second thought, I'll stick and starve here at the Fed.

Oh by the way, three walleye along with perch, bass and cats.

 

[Bruno]

Yep, it is sad to see a once great company go down the drain. But, really I don't care about the company as much as I care about my friends that are still there. Unlike some, nobody likes to see people lose their home, their cars, and many other things. I know a driver that tried to take their life because of what happen to them at Fedex. They lost everything. You may think that it's funny to poke at some of us that was once was at Roberts Express/FedEx Custom Critical Dave. That is your right, it's your freedom to do so.

Your still there as a happy contractor which I'm sure everyone else is happy for you too. As long as your happy, that is all that really matters. What may be great for you may not be great for others. Keep up the great work Dave and Linda you do.

 

[dabluzman1]

Yep, it is sad to see a once great company go down the drain. But, really I don't care about the company as much as I care about my friends that are still there. Unlike some, nobody likes to see people lose their home, their cars, and many other things. I know a driver that tried to take their life because of what happen to them at Fedex. They lost everything. You may think that it's funny to poke at some of us that was once was at Roberts Express/FedEx Custom Critical Dave. That is your right, it's your freedom to do so.

Your still there as a happy contractor which I'm sure everyone else is happy for you too. As long as your happy, that is all that really matters. What may be great for you may not be great for others. Keep up the great work Dave and Linda you do.

Bruno,
Yes a lost life is always sad.
A loss of home is sad.
Suicide is sad.
Yet, all these happen daily for a myriad of reasons.
The majority of them having nothing to do with Fedex.
People go broke at every business in America including Panther and LEM and every where else.

And you are correct it is my right to comment on exFedexers
as it is the right for exFedexers to make remarks about Fedex.

I too wish you well.
Everyone has the right to be successful and make a living for their
famlies.
To bad some here are petty and ignorant to that fact.

 

[BillChaffey]

When a person fails at something. It's always easier to say it's someone Else's fault.
Are you feeding the cat to the pooch?

 

[Moot]

Oh by the way, three walleye along with perch, bass and cats.

Walleye! Ya, now yer takin fish, you betcha. What's the perch like this time of year? In Minnesota by lake June their meat tends to get slightly mushy and sometimes wormy, especially perch taken from shallower lakes.

 

[Bruno]

Bruno,
Yes a lost life is always sad.
A loss of home is sad.
Suicide is sad.
Yet, all these happen daily for a myriad of reasons.
The majority of them having nothing to do with Fedex.
People go broke at every business in America including Panther and LEM and every where else.

And you are correct it is my right to comment on exFedexers
as it is the right for exFedexers to make remarks about Fedex.

I too wish you well.
Everyone has the right to be successful and make a living for their
famlies.
To bad some here are petty and ignorant to that fact.

I know you must not be referring to me because I'm not petty. lol I may act ignorant at times, and when I do you have ever right to bust my chops Dave. I'm very glad to see your still happy with FedEx. I don't know how it is because we have been gone from there three years. I just only know what it was like when we left. All fourteen of our drivers at the time voted to leave FedEx for Panther.

 

[dabluzman1]

I know you must not be referring to me because I'm not petty. lol I may act ignorant at times, and when I do you have ever right to bust my chops Dave. I'm very glad to see your still happy with FedEx. I don't know how it is because we have been gone from there three years. I just only know what it was like when we left. All fourteen of our drivers at the time voted to leave FedEx for Panther.

Bruno
When you and your drivers decided it was time to leave Fedex you were making a business decision.
It turned out good for you.
Some that have left, as you did, havent fared any better than your friend that remained at Fedex and lost everything.
I can attest to the fact you can still make money at Fedex and despite Davekc saying I must be the only one, we all know thats just sour grapes.
As you have said we are all expediters and I refuse to be made out as a second class citizen because I am with Fedex.
All the bull that comes from those forced out ( unlike your and Ateam leaving on your own terms ) is something that those who are just trying to make a living at Fedex shouldnt have to put up with.
Even if it was way better back with Roberts I never experienced it. I am almost five years into expediting, this is the only time I know.
I dont care if it was way better back then as it means nothing to me as I must make my business decisions based on what is happening today.
We are pushing 1 mil gross for the last four fiscal years.
This is what I have to make decisions on, not what it was like 10 or 15 years ago, not whether those are good numbers for a dry box or reefer according to the so called experts on EO.
We make enough to pay our bills, put money in the bank, take vacations and help out our kids.
Thank to Fedex and our work ethic.
Now sometime in the future things may change.
Then I too might have a decision to make.
But for now, I am gladly staying with Fedex.
Oh, and I would never bust your chops........eheheheheheh.

 

[dabluzman1]

Walleye! Ya, now yer takin fish, you betcha. What's the perch like this time of year? In Minnesota by lake June their meat tends to get slightly mushy and sometimes wormy, especially perch taken from shallower lakes.

We are fishing Lake Erie and the perch are just fine.
As the water temp gets cooler the Walleye are starting to bite.

 

[Deville]

In my experiance when so many people are so dis-pleased with a company or situation at the same time for the same reasons they all can't be wrong.

 

[dabluzman1]

In my experiance when so many people are so dis-pleased with a company or situation at the same time for the same reasons they all can't be wrong.

That is a very good point.
I guess no one leaves Panther or LEM or Load1 or or or or or.
No one is arguing people leave because of change. It is their right and smart business decision to go where the chances of success is better for them.
People leaving Fedex has happened everyday. As with every other
carrier. Hey do you know that some that leave carriers such as Panther, LEM and Load1 end up at Fedex and do well.
GO FIGURE.

 

[Bruno]

Bruno
When you and your drivers decided it was time to leave Fedex you were making a business decision.
It turned out good for you.
Some that have left, as you did, havent fared any better than your friend that remained at Fedex and lost everything.
I can attest to the fact you can still make money at Fedex and despite Davekc saying I must be the only one, we all know thats just sour grapes.
As you have said we are all expediters and I refuse to be made out as a second class citizen because I am with Fedex.
All the bull that comes from those forced out ( unlike your and Ateam leaving on your own terms ) is something that those who are just trying to make a living at Fedex shouldnt have to put up with.
Even if it was way better back with Roberts I never experienced it. I am almost five years into expediting, this is the only time I know.
I dont care if it was way better back then as it means nothing to me as I must make my business decisions based on what is happening today.
We are pushing 1 mil gross for the last four fiscal years.
This is what I have to make decisions on, not what it was like 10 or 15 years ago, not whether those are good numbers for a dry box or reefer according to the so called experts on EO.
We make enough to pay our bills, put money in the bank, take vacations and help out our kids.
Thank to Fedex and our work ethic.
Now sometime in the future things may change.
Then I too might have a decision to make.
But for now, I am gladly staying with Fedex.
Oh, and I would never bust your chops........eheheheheheh.

Dave

I didn't really leave because I wanted too. Me as a driver I was forced out. I was told I couldn't drive for six months and they would review me in six months. I didn't do anything that pertained to my driving. I think it had more to do with me speaking openly about the FSC program. So my wife and I talked and as I didn't want to pull the trucks from FedEx to be honest. She was mad as the way I had been getting treated the six months before they DQ me. They was looking for a reason to DQ me. There number one cheerleader (as I was called by many) posted openly about the FSC program that wasn't the best for the owners at the time.

So my wife asked me to take a vote with all of our drivers. She had wanted to pull the trucks and move them to Panther in November of 2007 because when we first started dating she had been a dispatcher at Panther for over five years. She quit there to take care of my handicap son. So we had a vote and all 14 drivers voted to move to Panther. I was the only one that voted to stay at FedEx Custom Critical. At the time I was mad as can be at FedEx for doing me this way after starting there in 1995. It was a scary thing for me as Roberts Express/FedEx Custom Critical was where I had been for a long time. I know you can make money at FedEx Custom Critical or I wouldn't have stayed there as many years as we did.

I never had a problem with getting paid on time or any problem with our settlements as they was always right. Over all FedEx Custom Critical is a good company. It's just people in the home office in Green that was letting their job go to their head. Which I will not name on here. I'm really happy for you guys that your still happy. One of the best people at FedEx Custom Critical is Rick Franks. If I ever had a problem I would ask Rick to look into for me.

If someone asks me about FedEx now I tell them it's a good company and you will make good money as long as your running team. Anything else I don't go into because I really don't know. Things may have changed a lot since September of 2008. Yea, I sometimes will take a shot at FedEx but it only because I was mad the way I was done by a small few.

 

[osumike33]

That is a very good point.
I guess no one leaves Panther or LEM or Load1 or or or or or.
No one is arguing people leave because of change. It is their right and smart business decision to go where the chances of success is better for them.
People leaving Fedex has happened everyday. As with every other
carrier. Hey do you know that some that leave carriers such as Panther, LEM and Load1 end up at Fedex and do well.
GO FIGURE.

Just got into this a couple of months ago - have one truck (solo) at a company that is extremely well thought of on this site; the other (was solo, now team) at Fedex. At least so far have sat much less and made more $ per mile with Fedex. It's still early and I'm not making any rash decisions based on a couple of months, but the next truck will more than likely go to Fedex, especially if it's a team. And they have patiently put up with some very bad truck issues we've had (now corrected), so, as of yet, no problems with them as far as I'm concerned. And after reading all the stuff on here about them I was a bit hesitant to get involved with them, but glad I did (so far).

 

[layoutshooter]

I guess I don't worry about it. I do what I want, what others do or think is their business.

Perch are good on Lake Erie in the fall. We fish for them while we are duck hunting. On a good day we all shoot a limit of ducks and will catch 50 or so "jumbo's" We don't do much walleye fishing this time of year. We seem to only get bigger fish now just like in early spring. Mainly hen fish which I throw back anyway. Not many "#1's" caught in our area in the fall.

 

[cheri1122]

Dave: I don't [as the saying goes] have a dog in this hunt, but I can't understand how anyone bashing your carrier makes you look or feel like a second class citizen. Every carrier has it's detractors, and FedEx & Panther don't have more because they're worse, but because they're bigger.
Anyone who has less respect or a worse opinion of someone because the carrier is criticized [rightly or wrongly] is someone whose opinion I wouldn't lose any sleep over.
If you're doing well, just keep smiling - all the way to the bank.

 

[davekc]

Dave: I don't [as the saying goes] have a dog in this hunt, but I can't understand how anyone bashing your carrier makes you look or feel like a second class citizen. Every carrier has it's detractors, and FedEx & Panther don't have more because they're worse, but because they're bigger.
Anyone who has less respect or a worse opinion of someone because the carrier is criticized [rightly or wrongly] is someone whose opinion I wouldn't lose any sleep over.
If you're doing well, just keep smiling - all the way to the bank.

That would be my take. Just go with what works.

 

[ATeam]

Dave: I don't [as the saying goes] have a dog in this hunt, but I can't understand how anyone bashing your carrier makes you look or feel like a second class citizen. Every carrier has it's detractors, and FedEx & Panther don't have more because they're worse, but because they're bigger.
Anyone who has less respect or a worse opinion of someone because the carrier is criticized [rightly or wrongly] is someone whose opinion I wouldn't lose any sleep over.
If you're doing well, just keep smiling - all the way to the bank.

I agree with your point about not taking it personally when someone criticizes your carrier of choice. When criticism is directed at your carrier, it is not directed at you, unless you so closely identify yourself with your carrier that it is impossible to distinguish between the two (as in someone who is a carrier by virtue of having one's own authority).

I disagree with your point that larger carriers get more criticism simply because they are larger. Company wide, including all divisions, Landstar has over 8,000 trucks in its fleet making it seven to eight times larger than FedEx Custom Critical. On a percentage basis or even an absolute number basis, I don't think you won't find anywhere near the number of people criticizing Landstar as the number criticizing FDCC.

 

[lugnut1]

I don't think you won't find anywhere near the number of people criticizing Landstar as the number criticizing FDCC.

Really? You need only to wait till more of those who post here have joined LandStar.

My view, the FedX bashing has increased since your flip to LandStar.