Topic: Fedex express washers heads up!

[fireguy]

Call your state labor board.  Ask them to explain the piece work/per hour rule.  I think you will be told that piece work must pay the minimum hourly rate.  But, if the guy will cheat on payroll, he probably pays cash and no worker's comp insurance.  If you do make a phone call, I would use a pay phone.  That will preserve your confidentiality.

[Simply Glass]

A little side note about Fleetwash, I had more then one run with the man who bought in on that franchise and he once told me he got most of his works from the homeless shelter, the reason for this is cause he said he couldnt find steady help, no wonder they do such crappy work. plus I know 2 guys who worked for him and they bought told me they got payed by the truck which isnt bad but they told me they  got payed like 75 cents a truck.. 

Just becaus the help came from a homeless shelter doesnt mean they suck it just means they are homeless. I bet it was the boss of the people from the homeless shelter that didnt know how to led his troops into action. Your looking at that like he was wanting to get cheep labor but im looking at it like he wanted to help out some people that really needed it. Maybe you should try it sometimes it makes you feel pretty good inside.

[Clean Image]

 

[precisionpower]

     The national company that takes care of Fed Ex pays their workers about .75 to 1.00 per truck. Straight from the horses mouth.

[Daniel H]

A little side note about Fleetwash, I had more then one run with the man who bought in on that franchise and he once told me he got most of his works from the homeless shelter, the reason for this is cause he said he couldnt find steady help, no wonder they do such crappy work. plus I know 2 guys who worked for him and they bought told me they got payed by the truck which isnt bad but they told me they  got payed like 75 cents a truck.. 

Just becaus the help came from a homeless shelter doesnt mean they suck it just means they are homeless. I bet it was the boss of the people from the homeless shelter that didnt know how to led his troops into action. Your looking at that like he was wanting to get cheep labor but im looking at it like he wanted to help out some people that really needed it. Maybe you should try it sometimes it makes you feel pretty good inside.

Yes I am looking at it like he was looking for cheap labor!!! I know the man and know how he runs his business.....
And for you to say I ought to try to help people out like you know me is out of line...
I could sit he and pat myself on the back for what I have done and what I continue to do on a daily basis to help the less fortunate but I believe what the good book says about boasting to get mans approval. 

[Tom DeFrancesco]

It is extremely difficult to compete with Fleetwash. I do not even bother. I let the customers know right off the bat that I cannot compete with them.

[kiloman7]

Stop trash talking somebody just because they do stuff cheap and they dont do a good job.Everybody just wash the best they can and if you wanna go broke washing trucks for 10 bucks a piece go for it?

[Philip93]

Stop trash talking somebody just because they do stuff cheap and they dont do a good job.Everybody just wash the best they can and if you wanna go broke washing trucks for 10 bucks a piece go for it?

Companies operating at this level force prices down and expectations down, decreasing the opportunity for all of us.  That's good for their business, but when the threshold drops below is below everyone's margin of profitability, it's just destructive to the industry.  In the case of fleetwash, they sell franchises and aren't all that concerned with profitability on service as their money is made on the sale of the franchise.  If one franchisee goes broke, they will just sell his area again.  In that respect, it actually pays for franchisees to operate on the ragged edge of profitability so they can turn the area every few years.

And all that ignores the image of our industry that's presented when customers see homeless guys working their jobs.  Next time your customer bites on a $79 ad, it's partially because they expect to get crap so they are only willing to pay crap.