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I just went to FedEx.com and rated from Los Angeles to New York. The only rate that came close to $16 was a FedEx medium box using one rate pricing. So I guess it depends on what you mean by "across the entire US". XL box was $31.36 using standard rate. The dimensions you listed would round to 12x11x11. All non-fedex packaging gets dim weight. FedEx packaging may or may not. That's why you can sometimes see a large variances for a similar sized box. What would happen if you select FedEx box but use your own packaging? You might get away with it or you might not. Which reminds me, I had a customer complain that when she dropped off at the location where I worked she got billed one charge. When she dropped at another location, she's got charged less and wanted to know why we were over charging her. We showed her how we rated her shipment and figured out the other location wasn't doing the dim weight and was under charging her. We told her we would correct the other location. 😁 Marking residential helps you get a more accurate rate upfront among other things. Also Express saver rates didn't disappear when I rated the FedEx boxes. More on reddit.com

Lots of heavy, nonstop work. They’re probably gonna start you in load and then let you cross train in unload after a while, my recommendation is go to unload if you can. The faster you work, the more you get used and thrown around the warehouse, so don’t work too fast, just do the bare minimum. As far as careers go, there are no more careers at Ground, it’s a dying company. Anyone who has a stable career here has probably been there for some years, so don’t let them sell you the “work hard” narrative, they got promoted under different circumstances than you’re facing as a new PH. Don’t let any manager intimidate you into working faster or harder, just look at them and say you’re doing your best, they just want the better numbers to have a chance at getting noticed by the higher ups and getting a pay raise. I wouldn’t work here at all to be honest lol, but if it’s all you got right now….good luck. I left Ground myself and there’s better options out there. More on reddit.com

Fedex uses smartpost shipping, which works with USPS. So FedEx will take your package and reroute it through USPS who delivers it in the end.

Its completely safe and is a full partnership with FedEx and USPS.

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