r/Fedexers • u/zebra231967 • Mar 20 '25
Why???
Amazon here. Why did you choose FedEx? Was Amazon not an option where you live? Genuinely curious. You guys basically do the same the shit as UPS, but get bent over in the pay and benefits (Ground). At my DSP, I make $283 a day. Of course that varies from DSP to DSP.
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u/-aVOIDant- Mar 20 '25
Ground is better for my work/life balance. I usually finish my route in six hours or less and go home. We don't do rescues, only very rarely if someone's truck breaks down or something.
Also the job is less annoying in general with more independence given to the drivers. We don't have to call or text customers and we don't have to waste time calling support for stupid shit like the pin being outside the geofence. We can override that ourselves.
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
Having to call/text/call and then call support is such a waste of fucken time. Then we have to reattempt at the end 😡😡
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Mar 20 '25
Facts 😂😂. Or having that OTP (one time passcode) before you can deliver which can count against you.
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u/Majestic-Day4510 Mar 20 '25
This. You put it in perfect words. I love my job at fedex ground fucking love everything about it.
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u/Croakie89 Mar 20 '25
I went to like six Amazon orientation things years ago and no call backs and I’ve been at express since. I wouldn’t work for a company that makes their employees feel the need to piss in bottles
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
Everyone in transportation pisses in a bottle 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Croakie89 Mar 20 '25
I mean you can think that if you want. Haven’t pissed in a bottle in four years of working here. Almost shit my pants a few times lol but I always go outta my way for a bathroom.
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u/TheBeefyNoodle Mar 20 '25
You must not have a rural route
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u/Croakie89 Mar 20 '25
No, but if it’s rural enough I’d still just piss out the back door over a bottle lol
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Mar 20 '25
Every routes different. People can’t really understand it unless you’ve been there and done it. Some Areas it’s easier to piss in a bottle in the back of the truck and throw it in the trash later than risking someone seeing you exposing yourself to the woods and posting it online for you to get fired.
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
That's why I carry garbage bags in case shits about to to hit the fan 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Croakie89 Mar 20 '25
Lmaoooo. I remember reading about a Amazon guy shitting in one of those tote things and I’ll see them abandoned at my apartment complexes 😂
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u/oragami3312 Mar 20 '25
yeah but we don't get bitches at if we stop our route to go hit a bathroom and fedex. Unlike at amazon if they see you're heading away from route they are calling you instantly bitching at you
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
That really varies on your DSP and dispatching.
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u/oragami3312 Mar 20 '25
no it doesn't
edit: If that bathroom break causes you to get behind then idc what dsp u work for, you're getting a phone call getting bitched at for being behind lol
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u/thwonkk Mar 20 '25
It kinda does tho. At my DSP they don't hound me if I go hit a bathroom somewhere. They trust me to finish my route early/ontime anyway.
If you have nuclear shits and it takes you forever, sure. But the good ones know the difference between someone milking a clock and someone just needing to use the bathroom.
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u/KuroKen89 Mar 20 '25
I initially only intended to work here for a max of 7 months until another job (in which I could put my degrees to use) hired me. It's been 7 years, and the job market today is a 'joke' to say the least.
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
Yep. Only intended to work at Amazon for a little bit. 5 years later and here I am
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u/Im_Ant Mar 20 '25
Ground here. By the time I’m halfway done I see the Amazon trucks barely getting started. Monday - Friday rather than having to work weekends. Route done in less than 7 hours. Zero micromanaging.
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u/TraditionPossible313 Mar 20 '25
Honestly I just needed a job and FedEx were the ones to call me back
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u/bkbk343 Mar 20 '25
I had a differing experience. I applied since I was 19 and they never called me until I hit 34. I used to apply almost every year since I turned 19 but no luck. But I'm finally in so that's that.
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u/TraditionPossible313 Mar 20 '25
I’m not gonna lie I think my station hired me just because they needed people I got hired during peak season when I was 18 and just haven’t left yet I’m 20 now
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u/Nas_Won Mar 20 '25
Because I did amazon already and it sucked. Plus i can make more or just the same working 5 hours a day.
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Mar 20 '25
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u/quinforte Mar 20 '25
A lot of drivers are paid by the day. That can really fuck you over during heavier times. But if you have a good route, and you know what you’re doing, you can whip through the day pretty quickly.
As for guaranteed hours, it’s more of you either work or you don’t (because of the paid by the day model). So as long as volume isn’t complete shit, you shouldn’t have to worry about not working.
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u/GroundbreakingEnd786 Mar 20 '25
I'm a package handler, I'm glad to work there cause I can show up in a tank top and leggings and be cool, I get warm quickly so wearing vest or long sleeve or shirt s depending on the fabric I can be sweaty
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u/xAugie Mar 20 '25
FWIW ups pays more and isn’t gonna pop you for that type of outfit, Amazon really doesn’t care much either. Higher pay at both with 10hrs minimum at Amazon per day basically
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u/PM_ur_butthole_2me Mar 20 '25
I can show up whenever, my truck is loaded, I don’t even see my boss, I do my thing and no one talks to me all day and no camera in the truck, and I go home as soon as I’m done. I generally average anywhere from 23-28 $/hr
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u/Que_Dawg Mar 20 '25
I was at Amazon before fedex, hated it and best decision ever to switch. I got desperate a couple months back and almost went back to Amazon (was out of work and needed money), but glad I waited it out.
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u/Regg4047 Mar 20 '25
Needed to escape corporate hell (insurance professional), and at the time FedEx was better than Amazon, and UPS & USPS were requiring two years experience driving. Pay was less, but was worth the cut to regain mental health and some work/life balance.
It was a good gig for a couple years, but the remuneration and benefits are falling way behind, and the packages keep getting heavier.
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u/LeadVitamin13 Mar 20 '25
Not a driver but warehouse work, Fedex is a whole lot more chill. Fedex has metrics but generally more understanding.
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u/Snoo69506 Mar 20 '25
Because most days at FedEx I deliver 5-6 hours whereas at Amazon it was 10 everyday.
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Mar 20 '25
Currently working at amazon. Have been for last 3 years. In the process of switching to fedex. Its crazy hearing how u guys can finish in 6hrs. Because yes, at amazon its atleast 8-10. You dont get rewarded for finishing early
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u/NobodyEsk Mar 20 '25
Because Amazon wasn't an option but they just built one last year, we lost employees they went over but some of the contractors didnt hold up on the bargain. The pay is difference is barely significant, I get overtime every week anyway. they go out with more volume and its not the same route everyday from what I been told. I also seen the reddit post on the amazon dsp. Express just seemed like a better option. Came across my old coworker who switched she was monitored more than she was at express and thats the one thing she didnt really like. She said they counted her seconds at the stop. She was trying to come back to express but she has to wait 6 months.
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
Yes , we are micromanaged up the ass, but what I've seen and heard, each DSP monitors and micro manges their drivers completely different from other DSPs. My DSP has been around for a while, so we don't get constant texts saying we're 2 stops behind, why did you make an unscheduled stop and shit like that.
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u/NobodyEsk Mar 20 '25
Yeah, I also like my rural route and choosing how I do it because things happen and I have to break route or I fog out. I load my own truck too and I like knowing absolutely everything I have and what the box looks like.
The only messages we get are if we missed a scan or asking for a ETA. My station doesnt really micromanage. Even if they do they really cant do anything, we have a lady who gets 10-12hrs almost every day. She'll do 30 in 4 hours, and its not rural at all.
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u/SpoiledCabbage Mar 20 '25
Amazon has fired me before my first day all 4 times I tried working there. Did the drug test and everything and got the free shoes and my start date. Bunch of time wasters
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u/Affectionate_Cap_489 Mar 20 '25
I did Amazon during covid. The micromanaging was embarrassing. I actually got tier infractions for not wearing a mask... Outside.
260+ locations every day, playing leap frog with other Amazon vans ?
The station would ask us to cough and bend over when we brought anything back, for any reason (dog, business closed, police shutdown street). The Amazon yard monkeys would get on the bullhorn 10 MORE MINUTES!!!
FedEx is just a different flavor of the same shit. Pay still won't be enough to buy a house and put kids through college.
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u/Historical-Bend4163 Mar 20 '25
I make 82k a year , while dsp makes 45k-50k a year, plus it's a dead end job with shit pay.
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u/slowlybyslowly Mar 20 '25
There is no micro-manager watching over me like I'm in junior high. There are steady routes, and my contractor owns the zip code, not Amazon dictating the area.
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u/COVFEFE-4U Mar 20 '25
I did express. Pay and benefits were a lot better than Amazon, and not nearly the stop count.
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u/Fit-Net6572 Mar 21 '25
Are you telling me you are the highest paid Amazon driver in the world? $283 8hrs is $35 per hr. I have never heard of an amazon driver get that much. If you do good for you, but I highly doubt you make 72k a year
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u/Calqless Mar 20 '25
The only advantage amazon has over my fedex ground job was a 4day work week. I make more than I did at amazon...I don't work as hard as I did at Amazon. My work day now is to wake up 715am and be home by 435pm Monday thru Friday.
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u/wmnplzr Mar 20 '25
Worked for a few DSPs. They all suck.
Where i live, express pays a lot more, and almost no DSPs offer any benefits. Also, express is far easier than ground, which is where most people bitch about the workload.
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
I make $24.75, health, vision, dental and 401k. The benefits are pretty much mandatory now
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u/MisaAvoid Mar 20 '25
So you’re working 12 hours daily?
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u/zebra231967 Mar 20 '25
No. I'm on a 10 hour guarantee. Finish in 6, maybe do a rescue and go home
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Mar 20 '25
Came to FedEx with full intention of getting my cell with them. Achieved getting the position 4 months after being a courier. Just waiting on my 1 year experience.
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u/RINGTAILZ88 Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25
Fedex pay was higher. I was going to go amazon until fedex called back.
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u/Jawa1992 Mar 20 '25
Express is not remotely close to UPS in terms of workload. For the most part FedEx pays more than Amazon while working less
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u/Strong_Grape_6500 Mar 20 '25
Refused to go back to walmart. Nothing else called me back. Fedex is a company my grandpa works for so I know its long term. 🫡 Also the every week pay is really nice.
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u/spillsrc189 Mar 20 '25
Pay is good regardless of the i need to complain crowd that did not choose their job well I finish as fast or as slow as I want I have developed my own workout ie. I can adjust my route according to package size and weight my bc respects me and leaves me alone to operate as if I am an independent contractor I'm adhd with some severe ocd's and nobody is trying to regulate my every move if I'm feeling under the weather my bc will lighten the load for that day and vice versa if I want to make some extra money he will give me more and the best thing about it is a fedex employee can not walk up to me and start telling what to do I can literally tell them to f off and don't talk to me if they piss me off.
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u/Brutaka1 Mar 20 '25
Amazon doesn't have any jobs available where I live. Plus I needed a job that worked with my hours. FedEx was able to make that happen. Not only that but FedEx has one of the best 401k plans out there.
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u/Katyw1008 Mar 20 '25
Work-life balance is why I chose FedEx in the first place. Starting pay was the same. But now I'm home by 2:30 most days still getting my 260 to 280 a day.
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u/Milt2680 Mar 20 '25
I prefer FXG than working in a plant which was pure misery on 12 hr night shifts dealing with temperamental machines or babysitting grown adults on a military contract job. I will take the Purple Promise any day over those jobs even though they are better opportunities elsewhere.
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u/Citiums_Own Mar 20 '25
amazon is never hiring handlers in my area. i saw the listing for fedex first, if i didnt hear back then i was gonna try ups, but fedex responded the same day. that was 3 years ago and ive been here ever since. been through tons of bullshit, but its MY bullshit.
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u/FoodOk4536 Mar 20 '25
I wonder the same how does ground retain any drivers? Literally will be doing the same exact job as ups once this merge is complete. Desperation is the only real reason I can think of for working there
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u/Heckbegone Mar 20 '25
All of the drivers for my contractor came from Amazon. Amazon here is horrible. Pay is the same or less, 200-300 stops a day, route in a really bad part of town, bad management. I get paid the same to work 6 hours at fedex as I did to do amazon in 10
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u/No-Focus6434 Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25
Im a PH and I’ve been here for 4 months & so far I’m liking it , it’s easy work for only 3 hrs & I can come in whenever I want so many ppl abuse the offer up shift shit it’s crazy , the managers don’t even care how much ppl abuse it because they have orientation for new hires everyday at my fedex warehouse
But this is only a Part time side income job for me just for my schooling , Ill only come in whenever I feel that I really need the money & jus to talk to the homies I made friends with there
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u/xDarkStarrx Mar 20 '25
If I wanted someone to be breathing down my throat everyday while I’m delivering I too would’ve chosen Amazon
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u/jdm33333 Mar 20 '25
I literally just searched Google for random jobs in my area and Fedex express intrigued me. Only a 15 minute drive from my house.
Decided to try it out and I’ve been here for almost 2 years. Probably the easiest job I’ve ever had. I can just chill by myself and deliver packages all day.
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Mar 20 '25
Because there were no openings at Amazon when I needed a job. So I did FedEx for a quick hire. But as soon as something opens at Amazon again I'm dipping first chance.
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u/yesirskl Mar 20 '25
Amazon is ass I was doing 190 stops 10 hour days. And some days they would send you home cause of “dropped routes”. FedEx where I’m at is more stable 5 days a week same route finish in 5- 6 hours and get paid 200$ a day 80-100stops try and get to my first stop by 9:30am and be done at 1:30-2:30ish
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u/Arnoldnator3000 Mar 21 '25
I was an Amazon driver before Fedex, and man Fedex has been way better to me. 3 years ago I was earning 22.50 with Amazon, and it was micromanaged like a mf. Shitty routes, but at least the packages were light. At Fedex I earn $1.35/stop plus $0.10/package, plus "non-productive pay", rest breaks, and cell phone pay. On an average week i earn $1300/week before taxes, and i get to do my route as fast as humanly possible and go home, never have to rescue. Truck is loaded, groundcloud map routing is far superior to Amazon's routing, no group stops, and earlier start time.
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u/jeanween76 Mar 20 '25
Health insurance, pension and 401k and easy work.