FYI FedEx ground is a separate company. They are actually locally owned / individually owned franchises that pay FedEx to route and ship their packages. The routes are owned by individuals. Its a great biz as many are making very good livings managing the routes.

Yeah Fedex is a "you get what you pay for" company. They bid low and underdeliver.

The problem they have is that geography drives the business, and their hubs are usually near competing hubs for UPS. They must have made a policy decision to not get into a price war re: wages with UPS.

My guess is that Amazon's logistics buildout is hurting them more than UPS.