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:roll: Originally Posted by aiea
From my experience be very careful with anything connected to FedEx Ground and contracting. AS an actual employee of FedEx you'll be treated ok, but as a contractor or a driver for a contractor look out. I was a contractor and found that they are a very dishonest company and won't obey the laws. They don't play by the same rules and have a team of lawyers to keep you where they want you. They still owe me over $400,000. The IRS agrees that they are dishonest but it costs too much to do anything about it. Anyway, my experience with them was very costly. Working for a contractor they may verify employment experience down the road but FedEx themselves will not verify anything. With a judge and a court order FedEx refused to verify that I had a contract with them. In my IRS audit FedEx refused to verify anything, even with a court order. I had to prove everything through receipts, 1099's, etc. You could check into the Teamsters lawsuit against FedEx Ground for a little info. So far FedEx Ground has lost every lawsuit concerning employee/contractor/driver issues, but it is costly to sue them. Overall, be very careful of FedEx, if you can act like a subservient employee ALL the time while paying like a contractor, you may do ok. Don't expect any loyalty or favors from FedEx and get everything in writing with signed witnesses not part of FedEx. I found that management refuses to sign any official agreements and witnesses down the road won't back up any agreement if they were a part of FedEx. Good Luck.
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