FedEx reviews

Q: How do I find FedEx contractors needing drivers ?

A: Usually on craigslist.

A: Whenever I see their postings they require at least a verifiable year of operating a CMV in the last 3.

Q: I currently drive for a contractor. I don't want to burn any bridges at the moment but I am very interested in starting my company and running as a contractor for FedEx my self and see where it goes. I am only 23 years old but I have confident in my abilities I am very hands on and listen to other very well. So my question how do you get started in your company besides just owning your own truck? What are the proper steps? 

A: Talk to the contractor you currently work for, unless you don't feel comfortable doing so.

A: Googled it and you just need 6 months experience with CDL class A within last two years. Then all the obvious things like crashes and tickets etc...

Q: The business is slow and I am thinking to shutdown my authority and go lease my truck to Fedex. I can drive team with my wife. How much they pay per mile now? Are they busy?

A: If I am not misremebering a post from a husband wife team with ground & now custom critical, leasing to ground requires minimum 2 trucks & 4 drivers.
Custom critical would be the division you should be looking at & pay is based on your truck; full semi tractor was $1.88 a mile I believe last I checked website.

A: If you can get on a dedicated run with Fedex ground you'll be running the wheels off the truck. 
If you're not running dedicated you can expect to sit occasionally. 
I've been running both off and on and am consistently getting around 5500 miles a week with 2-3 days off.

I'll point out that Fedex is kind of cool in that this week I started out with a run from OH to UT, 80 was shut down. Fedex authorized extra miles to jump down to 70, well 70 was shut down too so we just kept going further south all on fedex's dime. A 1,500 mile run turned into 2,500 because we didn't want to sit due to weather. And all miles were paid.

It's refreshing to read so many threads with guys that are happy with their jobs. This is true for me too. I work for a FedEx Ground contractor pulling doubles most of the time. I run teams, I have an awesome co-driver, we do just under 1100 miles a day on a dedicated route. Weather in west Texas messed us up a bit last week but hey, it's the holidays. It was nice to be home a bit more. We're out 5 and home Sunday and Monday. Plenty of opportunity to grab an extra load if you need the cash. Boss is no less than awesome, super nice guy.

Unlike many of you, I am relatively new to the biz. I have nothing to compare to personally, I just know from the stories I have heard, I am doing pretty well.

I have worked for 2 years for the same contractor out of Sacramento, great guy and was lucky to get a great co driver right out the gate. We do open board but get good runs to the east coast most of the time. If you don't mind teaming and can get your head around Fedex dispatch it's a good gig. My guy recently gave a pay raise, 52c a mile if you don't need the benefits, 46 with full benefits. Also get layover pay for more than 24hrs and motel. 1c bonus at end of Dec for all miles that year. Hear a lot of people griping about Fedex, but my experience has been positive.

Hi, My name is Dave and i am in the FedEx driver apprentice program at the moment. It is a incredible program and you will work with brothers that have DECADES of driving experience under their belt. when you are done, and I am not finished yet, you will have learned so much about driving,and yourself it will be simply amazing and highly rewarding.

Remember, no matter who you are driving for, you personally are a rolling billboard for your Carrier, and here at FedEx we take that very very seriously. My ONLY regret with the Company and the program is that i wish i had done this years ago..................you will absolutely LOVE it.

Most Companies will train you for a week or two, then throw you out to the wolves and get it done and why can't you do this or that.

Here at FedEx, the training process is much much longer, and when you complete it, you will be thankful you went through it, knowing you are now trained for almost any situation, and can deal with it with little to no stress at all. The DDI's here are the most amazing people you will ever meet in your lifetime,period!!

Q: im applying to fedex, but not sure which subcompany to apply to. freight, ground, custom critical, etc. which should i apply to? preferably with the best pay and home daily obviously. im in milwaukee, wi with 1+ year experience, hazmat and dbl/trpl experience and i have my tank endorsement

A: Ground, as I know it - is a contractor fleet, therefore, you would be driving for a "guy" - not FEDEX as such.

Freight - would be the day cabs. Like our day cabs. They are paid comparably.

Congrats for seeing the benefits in LTL !!

Custom Critical is an IC fleet - expedited. Suits team O/O, as I believe. Talked to one once, a few years back.

Personally, my interview was pretty easy because I think the service center manager had the mindset that if I wasn't an idiot he'd hire me. He asked the standard FedEx interview questions that you expect to hear from any job interview.. "Describe a time when you demonstrated team work, tell me about a time you faced adversity" etc etc. 

I could tell he was just following protocol and they were questions he had to ask. No big deal, but I guess I wasn't expecting them and in retrospect I should have prepared better for them. 

After that was done, he said "Okay. I only have one question for you and the way you answer that question will shape the dialogue of how we proceed.. Why should I hire you." I was majorly caught off guard and I barely remember what I said, something to the affect of being motivated.. newly married and looking to start a family and buy a house. Whatever I said worked, I was emailed a job offer the next day.

That's my experience with the face to face interview. It maybe lasted 15 minutes, but you could have an entirely different experience with a different service center manager. As long as you show willingness to be flexible and the willingness to do whatever they ask of you, that's about as much as they can ask for. Understand that starting out you will do some dock work and you'll be starting at odd hours, I was starting at 2am for a couple of weeks until I did behind the wheel with my trainer. I'm going on four months with the company and right now I'm in an "on call" driver position until I move my way up the seniority list and can get a bid for a set shift. It's not bad at all, I've been starting at 11am or noon or so, drive for 5 or 6 hours and maybe work the dock for the last couple hours. 

Great company to work for. Getting on board is kind of a long tedious process but worth it in the end.

Q: Hey folks I' am a new member here and just wanted to get some questions answered by some knowledgeable folks. I've read a few posts about people talking about FedEx contractors and you fine people gave them really good advices and what not, so I hope you can help me.

I was wondering what the 3-types of FedEx contractors mean? Explaining it to me like I' am a 5 year old (new to this game)

FedEx Custom Critical Owner/Operator

FedEx Ground Independent Contractor

FedEx Home Delivery Independent Contractor

My father has been looking for other opportunities and a friend told him about FedEx contracting, didn't give to much detail about it though. He's saved what he could through the years (around 35k) and is looking to buy one of those Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Cargo Vans (Also does he have to buy the cargo van brand new or can he buy a used 2011-2012 one) But first wanted to get a little information as to which route he should take out of those 3 possible contracting jobsoffered by FedEx, so what you guys think? The hard work isn't the problem, he is physically fit and strong, so long drives and sleepless nights are not a problem. He is just like all of us looking for the most lucrative offering. I'd appreciate you fine folks helping my father in answering his questions, I thank you all for your time dedicated to helping our family through this tough financial time.

A: OK FedEx CC is part of the freight division and does expedite shipments. Being an owner operator isn't what it used to be, vans are in flat rate and some trucks are still percentage but overall I think are flat rate now. There is three parts of CC, one is the standard everyday expedite stuff, one is local or regional part and one is call White Glove which used to be an exclusive thing but for the last few years they accepted new people right into WG without the 6 month trial period. 

Ground is ground, as mentioned hub to hub. This isn't a bad thing to get into but it is only tractors. 

Home delivery is home delivery. You get your route by bidding on it, you have to talk to them about how to do that - I know but won't get into it. 

There are a couple other things like Supply Chain which accepts or did accept O/O and everyone I know who was SC owners were very happy with it. 

FedEx Ground can be the best company you work for or the worst company you work for. It all depends on the contractor (the person/ppl who is/are your boss) you deal with. If you get a job with a guy who doesn't like to fix anything then you are in a world of hurt. The good thing about that is that FedEx periodically checks the truck to see if its fit to standard. Along with that FedEx is real strict on logs. They allow zero mistakes... which may or may not be a good thing for ya... 

I have a dedicated (which is the best thing in the world if I may be so bold) but I also did one week OTR with them... the OTR side is the pits... alot of waiting around... for a company that stresses you to be legal on your logbook, OTR wise, they cut it close to your 11/14 alot...