Comments on: Colorado Springs Post Office apologizes for poor downtown service http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/ more from postalnews.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Scott http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1155 Scott Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:38:55 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1155 Management screwed up my city with their changes. They spilt up routes and didn't give any travel time. On one route the regular didn't carry an 1 1/2 hour section of their route --so somehow the computer didn't give any street time to that part of the route. Another carrier got the over 150 deliveries with no added time to do them. They don't know what their doing! The union has hundreds of grievances over the inspection my city alone. Yes! They do get bonuses! They might call it pay for performance or something cute like that but if it walks like a duck -- you know it's a duck! It should be called -- craft performs and management get paid. On top of their "bonus" pay last contract they got over 9% pay raise after fighting the crafts for around a 6% raise. The rich get richer! How about after they "negotiate" crafts raise the post office gives management the same raise. Management screwed up my city with their changes. They spilt up routes and didn’t give any travel time. On one route the regular didn’t carry an 1 1/2 hour section of their route –so somehow the computer didn’t give any street time to that part of the route. Another carrier got the over 150 deliveries with no added time to do them. They don’t know what their doing! The union has hundreds of grievances over the inspection my city alone.

Yes! They do get bonuses! They might call it pay for performance or something cute like that but if it walks like a duck — you know it’s a duck! It should be called — craft performs and management get paid. On top of their “bonus” pay last contract they got over 9% pay raise after fighting the crafts for around a 6% raise. The rich get richer! How about after they “negotiate” crafts raise the post office gives management the same raise.

]]> By: BLACKHOLE http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1106 BLACKHOLE Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:05:29 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1106 mcgurkin is not an idiot, O.K. yes he is !!!!! mcgurkin is not an idiot, O.K. yes he is !!!!!

]]> By: mike http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1099 mike Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:10:57 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1099 mcgurkin--you are an idiot!!! mcgurkin–you are an idiot!!!

]]> By: Stu McGurkin http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1096 Stu McGurkin Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:56:35 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1096 Supervisors and management do not get bonuses. They really are there to just save our jobs and make us a viable company in the long run. They are not all bad and we should appreciate and applaud their efforts. Supervisors and management do not get bonuses.

They really are there to just save our jobs and make us a viable company in the long run.

They are not all bad and we should appreciate and applaud their efforts.

]]> By: Been there; done that http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1095 Been there; done that Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:22:14 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1095 Larry, it is like this: Successful generals know in war, if they want to win battles, they want to know the effects their orders have on the soldier in the foxhole; so soldiers are encouraged to report problems to their leaders so the information can "bubble up" to the generals for corrective actions. In the postal service, it is the complete opposite; they do not want the letter carriers' suggestions. For postal management, it is all about arrogance, intimidation, and a great big fat Christmas bonus. Larry, it is like this: Successful generals know in war, if they want to win battles, they want to know the effects their orders have on the soldier in the foxhole; so soldiers are encouraged to report problems to their leaders so the information can “bubble up” to the generals for corrective actions. In the postal service, it is the complete opposite; they do not want the letter carriers’ suggestions. For postal management, it is all about arrogance, intimidation, and a great big fat Christmas bonus.

]]> By: Larry Johnson http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1094 Larry Johnson Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:10:52 +0000 http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2006/11/05/colorado-springs-post-office-apologizes-for-poor-downtown-service/#comment-1094 A route audit was probably done by some idiot who thought he knew better than the carriers that do the route every day. Give someone just a little authority and... Like a little kid, if you give him a hammer, suddenly a lot of things need hammering. A route audit was probably done by some idiot who thought he knew better than the carriers that do the route every day. Give someone just a little authority and… Like a little kid, if you give him a hammer, suddenly a lot of things need hammering.

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