Fair Use Quote from FedExaminer.com - May 29, 2007

Things written under copyright protection can't be printed elsewhere in full form.  But select quotes can be used under fair use provisions to allow for continued debate and discussion in the public sphere.  Here's a quote from a weekend commentator at FedExaminer.com talking about FedEx Ground or FedEx Home Delivery:

After inquiring about a route for sale and then visiting with my banker, he suggested some things, one being to go online and see if there was a chat room or forum to get some feel from other IC's what to expect. I am glad that he suggested to do so. I have only been member for a few days, but the reading that I have done has changed my mind about purchasing the route I was considering. Thanks to my banker and thanks to all you. 

That wins the essay contest for "Explain Why the Internet is Important to Workers in 100 Words or Less."  If you are reading FedExWatch and not a subscriber to FedExaminer, then pry open your wallet and sign up.

FedEx - like most companies - doesn't tell prospective employees or so-called "contractors" the type of information that a worker needs to know before joining a firm and committing his working life to that company.  In the past, these conversations happened between friends, family or neighbors if one were lucky enough to know someone who knew someone.  That kind of word of mouth networking was helpful to some but many others made decisions with very little understanding of what they were getting into before taking a job.  Not any more.  Workers on the net unite.