Comments on: What’s next for the USPS?

By: Truck Driver

Truck Driver — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:57:48 +0000

Too many managers/supervisors, especially at the larger facilities. At the P&DC I haul to and from they run around in gaggles or herds or whatever. Once while unloading my truck during the Christmas crush, I was delayed due to a shortage of mail handlers. At the end of my unloading ramp stood 3 or 4 guys in dockers and fancy shoes, each holding a 2-way radio watching me stand there while I waited to finish unloading. I suppose I could be wrong, but it sure appears that there are quite a few people who really do not have anything to do. Do 3 people each have something different to report from watching the same thing for 5 minutes?
I have many other examples.

By: no lies

no lies — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:50:48 +0000

must get rid of layers of management! i dare anyone to spend a day in any office in america. after the carriers head out to deliver, management has little more than a half of hour work ( reports) till the phones start ringing around 330 pm for carrier assistance from overburdened routes.you are talking4-5 hours of talking on phone to boyfriend/girlfriends ,playing on computer, driving around shopping, sleeping in locked rooms.as i said congress should really spend a day , pick a office,and enjoy this layer of not needed no production people.

By: bill senske

bill senske — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:38:52 +0000

start cutting actual employees that do not TOUCH the mail such as the over staffed upper managemant employees that make twice as much as clerks or letter carriers ,you’ll save millions!

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:54:40 +0000

This has all been said over and over and over and over, nothing new in this story.The USPS is old news.It will take congress for ever to change the current laws.The USPS is also very top heavy with management,why is it they don’t talk about down sizing their heavy pay checks when all they talk about is getting rid of the workers who handle the mail.Adding services to our retail offices is also a joke.If you think you wait in line a long time now wait until they try and add stuff like insurance etc..The USPS cut clerk jobs and hours, how do you think they will handle more window services.This story is getting to old,nobody wants to hear it anymore.

By: carlos de luna

carlos de luna — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:04:24 +0000

early out for all carriers with 40 years of postal service and we could use some monies like those postal clerks got. we can go to 5 days working and all those t6 positions all over the usa can take over all the routes that will be open,because of early outs and going to a 5 day work day week.