USPS cuts pay for newly hired casuals
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Need to Know: On February 13, 2009 Anthony J. Vegliante, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer notified by letter to the “field’ that the policy regarding casual rate of pay is being changed due to the current economic and business climate. The new casual appointments are to be now paid at a rate that is at least $1 less than the previously established rate of pay for each position within your facility.
February 21st, 2009 01:38
Wow, same work for less pay! Only the USPS would take advantage on the large unemployement numbers to reduce wages.
February 21st, 2009 04:04
I disagree with Andy. The postal service is losing billions of dollars everyday because people are using the internet to pay bill, send emails (letters), etc. As a result of this matter, the postal service has less work, not the same work. Those individuals who enjoy eating don’t mind taking a dollar less to have a job. I guess Andy has a lot of food stored away. Must live with the bears.
February 21st, 2009 06:40
You are an idiot. Casuals make about half as much as a PTF employee and are only allowed to work 180 day per year. They receive no benefits and their is zero incentive to stay on with the USPS. Most are hired, trained and then quit when they realize that they are being exploited. Cutting their pay by $1 will be a great way ti recruit new casuals. At a way USPS. You have come through again with a brilliant stratagy!!
February 21st, 2009 06:43
I was hoping to see “Postmaster Potter Takes Voluntary Pay Cut To Aid Crisis” Guess I was over estimating his leadership.
February 21st, 2009 06:54
So let me get this straight. Potter makes over 1 million in retirement incentives and his top management gets 30-40% raises while casuals get a dollar less per hour?
February 21st, 2009 07:10
No Troy the Postal Service is not loosing billions of dollars everyday because people are using the internet to pay bills ect. it’s beause they are paying employees like myself $50,000 a year to show up at the job with no work. They wouldn’t do the right thing and offer a package with the VER. No, instead they expected workers like myself to just leave after 24 yrs. and go from $50k to $11k. Why should anyone do that? I haven’t worked here all these years to be booted out the door like an old cow who has out lived it’s usefullness. Management has never made sound business decisions and that is the fact.
February 21st, 2009 07:53
“Only the Post Office” would reduce pay…. Have you not read any other news Andy? 401ks are frozen, no matching contributions to many companies. Layoffs are more than reducing pay. Write down blogs and read for a minute before firing them off.
February 21st, 2009 08:38
They should also implement locality pay across the country. A mailhandler in North Dakota makes the same as NYC.
February 21st, 2009 09:19
You know when I worked for the USPS , I made a suggestion to Washington The Postal service would be in the black if they would just let advertisers be on stamps ! A win for everybody, but no to easy .
February 21st, 2009 09:48
Advertising on stamps is an excellent idea! It is hard to be heard at the post office, though. Lots of great ideas, but listeners are few and far between. It seems that the only way to get anything done is to file a grievance, and then management MUST respond instead of ignoring the issue. It can be very frustrating.
February 21st, 2009 09:52
Most casuals work less then 40 hrs per week but lets say they do work 40 hrs per week. That is a savings of 40 dollars to the post office. Just how many 40 dollars per week casuals are there? Add all that together take it times the 26 weeks they can work during one appointment and now you have saved nothing in Post office numbers (huge). In return you have fostered bad relations with all of the casuals and made ourself look like the bad employer that the USPS has become. I would agree this is another poor management decision. In this economy I would think someone would figure out that when the government is stimulating the economy maybe the governments Post Office should help things by paying its temporary work force a reasonable amount, not cut their pay. By and large how is that going to help anything?
February 21st, 2009 12:41
They cut their pay so they will quit and PO won’t look like we are firing or laying them off.
February 21st, 2009 12:52
I agree with Maggie the Cat 100%. I have 23 years in and would love to go now. I missed the VERA by 6 months because of age. I hope they offer it again with incentives but I don’t think that will happen. As far as the casuals go, why is everyone so concerned about their wages. USPS can’t change union wages, but they can change casual wages. They are just scabs that the union should never have allowed to be hired. They should all be let go now anyway with the volume down and no work, why are they here? When I was a clerk at a plant, all the casuals were relatives and friends of management. They got daylight hours, off weekends, special treatment, etc. I agree that the savings will not be huge and that they could find many other ways to save a lot more money, but who cares what they make. The amount casuals make an hour is the least of our problems. The real savings would be eliminating thousands of management positions, headquarters, area, and district, plant consolidations, eliminate mystery shopper and other useless expensive programs.
February 21st, 2009 13:46
Let us just remember if we were not union the post office would cut all of our pay, lay many of us off keeping only their (relatives of course). So cutting the casual’s pay is not a surprise. I remember when we only had casuals at Christmas. That changed in the late 1980′s. When in our 2007 contract they agreed to no more PTF’s and limitations on casuals a red light should have went off. They( upper management) knew something was in the works. I would like to know what the real story is because they did not know the economy was going bust when they agreed to these changes.
February 21st, 2009 15:43
Hey why Don’t YOU (managment) lower your wages is a better idea! Secondly… use your work force effciently!
Of course you couldn’t do this, for you were a slug probably when you were a hourly worker!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And working the casual against the workers I see “Again’!
“Real Slime Ball” you are!
February 21st, 2009 16:19
Still working ten hours on my route. The less casuals hired the better.
February 21st, 2009 19:40
maggie the cat and maggie the dog are right on. i have 30 but need 2 more for age requirement. just let me go with no penalty. i will not ever go with a penaly. worked too many years of unbelievable hrs. 2 city schemes, both schemes on lsm, both manually, window clerk, bcs’s, ocrs, flat sorters. oic positions (couldnt take working with management they are assholes so i went back to craft after 3 months), you name it. i t did it. .split days off, 6 day weeks, 4 hrs a day when i was a ptf (just to bust our b—s. stayed anyway.. should have known better. but will never give back now. po should be offering incentives like all other corp. if potter wants to be paid like a ceo of a corp then let him offer incentives like other corp.. god i have learned to hate this place.
February 21st, 2009 19:44
How could you and why would you say that (maggie the dog) about people who need jobs. We all came into the Post Office not knowing the in’s and out’s of the place. We were just happy to be hired. It is people like you who give the PO a bad name. I am a regular carrier, but I do care about each craft.
February 21st, 2009 20:50
Why is the post office thinking about hiring anybody?????????
February 22nd, 2009 10:58
I agree with Mr. T. The fact that we are in the hole financially, our career clerks and carriers are being excessed hundreds of miles, and yet we are HIRING anyone is a travesty. The Titanic is sinking and Captain Potter has set all the life boats on fire.
February 22nd, 2009 11:18
Looks like it is going to be a long HOT summer, with no mail and clerks and mailhandlers standing around because management won’t send anyone home. We should not be hiring at all. Instead get rid of some dead beats. All offices have them.
February 22nd, 2009 12:29
New hires get paid $5.96 less per hour for 96 weeks. That is a savings of $22.886.40. The next level nets them $20,467.20. To get to step 0 leaves a savings of $110,711.60 per new hire. Give each eligible retiree $50.000 to go and the PO would still save 60,711.60. Multiply that by the 30,000 they want to leave and that’s a total of 1,821,348,000. Not to mention saving 104 hours of annual per retiree for a total of 3,120,000 hours less. Give me $50,000 and don’t stand in front of the exit.
February 22nd, 2009 14:29
MAGGIE THE DOG,
FIRST of all, SCABS are people who cross picket lines.
Casual workers are either students, desperate people who are just trying to make a living. SHAME ON YOU In my area, unemployment has never been so high. These people do basically the same or nearly the same work as we all do for alot less. Cutting their pay by $ 1.00 an hr. might be a payment that could set them back more each month. Show some compassion. If it was one of yours, I bet you wouldnt feel the same.
February 22nd, 2009 16:38
First, look at the economy, not just the US but all over the world. Look at what is happening to employees in other companies. We are fortunate to make the wages that we do; without a degree we would not be making this type of money. And we all know the way the USPS wastes. What the problem is, is that the majority of “managers” are not “leaders”, they have no formal education and try to manage “the same old government way” It is 2009, we need change. We need managers who ARE leaders, management who IS educated….if we do not change and become business oriented and educated, hold on, and hold on tight because the SUNAMI will be heading our way. After 22 years in I went back to college, carry a 4.0, am under 50 and ready to accept a change in my life Do what you got to do to survive, you might actually find something that makes you happy………….peace
February 22nd, 2009 17:15
Well, PMG want a big bonus check for him, and some for managers, some for supervisors, then they have to get the money somewhere. Economic slow down never hurt the CEOs.
February 22nd, 2009 18:21
ITA, however what is every other organization doing? Closing facilities,laying off or consolidating facilities…..USPS needs to begin to consolidate facilites and congress needs to leave us alone to do so. Congress gets involved because of some constituents and USPS still has too many P&DFs that need to close and be consolidated into the closest P&DCs….USPS must start to operate like a business. CEOs cannot get paid when organizations fall apart and close. They may get their last bonanaza but after that they are hung to dry.
February 23rd, 2009 01:45
casual = less pay
casual = no benefits
casual = management harrase target
casual = double & triple duties
casual = modern slavery
February 23rd, 2009 09:46
I read all these coments and I know why the P.O.is going under. It’s the service the P.O. provides in this day and age.
Service used to be the number 1 goal of the postal service. Not anymore….The service the P.O. provides is terrible.
Customers expect service for the money they spend. But service is not what they are gettong. That is why the post office is in the condition it is in.
Right now I think the best cure for the post office is to go back under the control of congress. As a stand alone business the post office cannot make it.
And yes it is because of all the employees of the post office and the lazy and greedy attitudes of each and everyone of you. Management and Empoloyees alike.
The post office does not owe you a thing…You are there to do a job. And you haven’t been doing it for several years…
The public knows that and that is why you are going under.
February 23rd, 2009 17:18
oh what a sense of entitlement!!! if you are so unhappy making a paycheck every two weeks just to show up, on the days you choose not to use your bogus fmla…. QUIT and find a job somewhere else.
or just blame everyone else for your miserable pathetic attitude. its not the job or management tat sucks, it is the people that i work with.
do the job you are paid to do every day 100% and we would not need casuals.
February 23rd, 2009 20:16
Make millions right now with an Obama stamp.
February 23rd, 2009 21:12
Rather than cut casual pay, just get rid of them. Rather than that, though, hire more. The USPS cannot even talk layoffs while there is even one casual on board. To save alot of moolah, all management should be casual hires, with one year contracts. If they do any good, they get to stay on one more year, and if not, see yah!
February 23rd, 2009 23:02
USPS lost money at paid too much for those lazy regular employee, every employee should be treat equally, are you like to be treat double standard ? it is same job, sam work, you not smarter than casual,
lay off those high seniority
reassign those light duty, limit duty to walmart or Big lot
all the supervisor require college credit for qualification
rotation management every six month
no seniority system, no cola, everything base on job performence & productivity
all union contracts base on one year
every empolyee be treat just like casual being treated
so what ???????? any comment
February 24th, 2009 22:08
First off…Kas. Learn how to speak in complete sentences and hit the spell check button. Next…who said anyone HAS to work for the post office anyway. I don’t know about you but there are at least 10 FTR’s in my installation that could take a walk and no one would notice. We’re not ENTITLED to jobs people. We are paid HANDSOMELY to do work that could easily (and gladly I might add) be done by someone making $10.00 an hour. Instead of everyone crying about how the Post Office is only paying them $25.00 an hour to do $8.00 an hour worth of work why don’t you just try and find solutions instead of finding fault with the Post Office. You really loud whiners really irritate the few of us who are proud to work for the Post Office and love the fact that we’re employed during these tough times. Now shut up and get to work. And all of you Regulars with 30 plus years that could retire anytime you want but don’t just because you don’t have anything better to do…make room for some PTF’s so they don’t have to get second jobs. Quit being so selfish.
February 25th, 2009 07:33
the only way to save money for the p o is to get rid of the EXTREMELY large number of supervisors.years ago we had a supervisor and a postmaster and a LOT more routes.now we have so many supervisors they CREATE things for them to do.quite disturbing.upper management is another huge problem.they make bad and costly decisions that cost more than the p o can afford.namely…………..dps flats.the machinery is expensive and s l o w.our start times will push back further which will only give us an even worse view in the publics eye.we used to come in and our primary job was to deliver the mail.now our main priority is scanning along with way too manyother office dutyslike the carriers have said for years,leave us alone and well get the job done………jim
February 25th, 2009 15:41
KAS
BITE your tongue, the only thing we have left is our SENIORITY. Sounds like you are a non-member or NOT even
a postal worker. We old timers paid our dues to the service.
Retire ? With the economy so bad, WHO can ? Our health care alone would zapp our retirement. Most of us would like nothing but to retire. So think before you speak.
February 25th, 2009 19:04
While the USPS is losing billions of dollars, Congress should be asking why the USPS is spending so much money implementing GPS systems in postal vehicles. Supposedly spent $75 million just in the Houston District to do this.
February 26th, 2009 15:20
good move usps
lay off career workers lower casual pay replace career with 20% casual and make new VP of casual saving – $850 mil
February 27th, 2009 19:37
It makes good business sense to cut the casual pay. This is a good move, because don’t worry, people will continue to apply for the jobs–its beats frying burgers and getting splashed with hot oil for 8 bucks an hour.
Also, the casuals are not union and are not represented by the union. Its every man for himself. I want to keep my pay and benefits, and if it means cutting the hours and pay of a casual, so be it.
Now, when the card check Union bill passes, the casuals may be able to unionize themselves with a card check, maybe the teamsters will get the contract.
March 4th, 2009 21:23
I have been a RCA for eight years. I was a casual three years ago , but opted out after one year. When the postmaster said it would be opening up again(BACK IN DEC.) I asked to be considered. Sorry to say big mistake. Not only did he not get my name in before the drop from what last years pay was(13.00), there is in house drama between the PTF and full time clerks.Pay now 9.00. My husband just lost a 80k job, so yes times are tough ..but the hassles of this job-3.5hours ,I drive 15 miles..no training..everything is different than three years ago, Is it worth it..even in this economy..NO.
March 5th, 2009 13:30
Why are there Casuals? The mail handlers just need bigger routes. Most finish in a half a day or less then go hide somewhere. If we had a quality control trailing malil trucks secretlly you could can half of them for fraud. Now that would save money, create better job efficiency and might even lower postal rates to attract more business. The auto Union brought down the auto industry just as the postal union is bringing down postal. USPS needs a good look at UP or FedEx.
March 17th, 2009 11:55
you people are crazy Im a casual and when we got that letter saying they are going take a dollar off of us we all freaked out there is no way in hell they should take a penny off of us when these so called reg. workers stand they all day talk about they vacation trips, play cards in the break room for hours, talk to supervisors like they are two years, making 20 bucks a hour or more on overtime, also there are people in there 75 and 80 years old who wont leave holdind up a job for a younger person and dont get me wrong Im speaking about the post office I work at and I only can say what I see while they are working us like slaves and since they are taking a dollar off us I now can get foodstamps along with my pay because my wages will be so low now what type of crap is that to take from the person thats making the lowest and keep the person that makes the highest how does that save you money? duh now if his dum ass was smart he would hire all casuals no health care, no benefits, no vac, no sick time ,no nothing we dont get nothing anyway but do all the dam work and I mean all the work.
May 19th, 2009 09:55
As a casual I will tell you that I work very hard for the little money i was making. now I am making even less. I work twice as hard for half the pay… WOW is right… If the regulars did their jobs there would be no need for us casuals… how many regulars hate US because we make them look bad…. I would work even harder for the amount of money you people make…. but all you can do is complain… get off your high horse.. and be thankful for what you have…
May 24th, 2009 02:38
am a casual what is it a $1.00 off your pay are at jfk it $3.00 pay cut yes we are modern day slave only in a america you find worker that do nothing while the usps paid casual for them to keep their job they dont wanted to lift any th person that come up with this law work more paid less work less get more paid should be jail the goverment will go to war with another country but right in a america we are been exploited…
May 24th, 2009 02:55
am a casual what is it a $1.00 off your pay are at jfk it $3.00 pay cut yes we are modern day slave only in a america you find worker that do nothing while the usps paid casual for them to keep their job they dont want to lift any thing that is heavy any person that comes’ up with this law’ [work more get less pay]work less get more pay] should be in jail’ the goverment will go and defend the human rights of people of another country’ but at home no one cares for the people at the bottom of the work force…… only at the top’ is this right??????
May 24th, 2009 21:39
my postmaster makes 95 a year in an office with only 12 routes….she could not hack as a carrier,clerk…but has the nerve to tell me how to do my job…
my supervisor is a former career light duty employee who has no people skills, leader ship skills what so ever.
honest days pay for and honest days pay…
i think the usps should out source management positions to recruit the best and the brightest….i’m a carrier because i never went to college…i’m in no position to run a fortune 500 corp…so how are they?
June 30th, 2009 16:28
every year on the date of hire you must take a week off without pay for casual clerks (6 days). I was working at the post office as a casual clerk for 2 years. when I came back from my week with out pay I then found out through conversation over the phone with supervisor at 2:30AM that all casual clerks were terminated on June 19 2009. i left on the 14th for my week off. I could have worked a couple of more days. So yea they want you to give thema 2 week notice but they could give a crap about you and not even at least call you to tell you that you are terminated. How much fun is that……
June 30th, 2009 16:35
oh all of you are right about the regulars. Most are lazy and will only do the least that is required of them. like running the machines at 24,000 OP in stead of 30,000+ that is required of casuals. and leaving the stacher belts at near full before going to break and leaving the casuals to do the sweeping while there on there 20 or 30 min breaks. By the time i left i was lucky to land 28 -32 hours per week…when i was hired is was doing at least 38-40 hrs per week…….I hated that night shift job and I will never go back to the USPS…..It was worse the US Army.
June 30th, 2009 16:38
The USPS is a dieing breed folks so those who are ready to retire there good fortune and hope all is well but those who have at least 10-15 years left before you can retire well I feel sorry for you…..40-50% of the post office will be dead with in 5-10 years which will leave it bankrupted by the 15th year mark…..so good luck to you all.
June 30th, 2009 16:41
just to let you know with the above statement I meant in as value of money in the USPS…..meaning that 40-50% of the USPS will be closed by the 10th year…..and out of money by the 15 year.
July 14th, 2009 11:52
I am a casual & what they are doing is so wrong. If your related to a manager you do nothing, if you got 10 or more years in you do nothing, if your a manger you do nothing. It’s pathedic that potter can make his salary & this is a sinking ship. Resently I was asked to go back & no one could tell me my pay or days off, but to punch in work & on pay day I would be able to figure out what I make. Sorry but that’s F’d up, now I am told my pay will be reduced even more to 10 dollars but I gotta work just as hard. If that’s not bad enough they can only give 5 hours a day, but I have to work 6 days a week. Are u kidding me, break my a__ to make no money & I live an hour from where they assigned me to work. 3 hours of my day goes to gas, no I can’t afford to go to work. All I can say is let the poor go, STOP LEAGAL SLAVERY.
August 24th, 2009 20:26
I hope the reg. get to feel the pain if they do layoff what goes around comes around I have never worked in a place thats so f$^*up in my life
August 31st, 2009 18:14
I was a casual a couple of years ago & the pay was $9.90 in the JFK facility. I got the job via my cousin, who’s a supervisor & she made it seem as if it was the greatest job on earth….WRONG. They work you hard as hell, the regular workers are LAZY & the managers/supervisors are VERY rude towards the workers. From what I understand, most of the workers’ education stops at HS, so maybe that’s why they are the way that they are. When they open their mouths to speak, you can definitely tell that they lack higher education. It’s a shame. I believe that in order to be in a higher position at any job, one should be required to at least get some kind of college education & in the PO, that’s not the case. Maybe ppl should be demoted & they should take a look into hiring ppl who actually went to college & understand the true meaning of running a business. Most of the Casuals are family members & friends, yes, HOWEVER, we are treated horribly and it’s kind of sad, being that some, if not most of us, are actually ppl who are either more educated than the regulars, or, going to school and that’s why we can’t work full-time. Get to know the Casuals before making these quick assumptions that all of us are just losers, who can’t find other work!
November 23rd, 2009 15:18
I’m a casual at a plant in Ohio. I had a hard time finding a job after getting laid off from Big Bear (a grocery store that went out of business). I’ve been at the plant for 3 years now. When I first started I was making $10 an hour. I started as a mail handler and they made us work 60 to 70 hours every week. Now I’m lucky if I make 40 hours in a week, even this close to the holiday season. At first I liked my job, or maybe I just liked having a job. But now I can barely pay my bills on what I’m making. Over these 3 years as a casual I have worked 6 days a week every week and have never called off. The second I do I’m afraid they will tell me that I am fired. It costs money to put gas in my car just to come to work and gross around $45 a day. I’m forced to have 2 roommates. It’s almost December and I haven’t even grossed $20,000 this year yet. I never thought that in 2009 I’d be making less at a government job than I was making at a grocery store back in 2002. At Big Bear I wasn’t making a whole lot more but I was working in the meat dept. at $10.40 an hour. Now I see why people go postal.
December 27th, 2009 01:37
I am currently a casual worker. I work long hard hours especially now during the holidays. At our plant the regulars are very nice and help us like no other. Yea at times they may be lazy and we pick up the slack. But we all seem to get along. And as far as the pay it sucks but with overtime, sunday pay, night differenial and holiday pay it works. I just think USPS for this opportunity
December 30th, 2009 00:14
this is for casually ok I dont what post office you work at but whatever state you are in we all and I mean all the rest of us from the other 49 states that are casuals need to come work with you these people need to be exposed every casual need to send obama a copy if there pay stub and a copy of a reg. workers pay sub and ask him what he thimks also you all need to blame the union for letting this go on as long as there union wont put nothing in there contract about casuals that give the supervisors that right to treat us the way they do we all need to get together and have a day and walkout on them they need us without us the work does not get done and the reg. dont get a break or lunch then they will listen that you cant kept treating like slaves half of these reg were casuals at one time and should no better and note this (those who are last shall be first oneday) thats for the union,reg,supervisors and those who sit back and watch and do nothing thats in the bible be strong my casuals co-workers.
December 31st, 2009 10:09
not to say they paid those lazy ass clerks all that mmoney for nothing we did the work where the hell is our money.
February 18th, 2010 17:12
I was a casual for 2 years before the pay cut, got laid off, tried to come back to work and quit due to personal circumstances. So now those nice people haven’t even paid me for the time I came back and worked? Why would they? My pay was cut by $3 bucks, worked my ass off in that plant so the lazy f&^%$ing regulars didn’t have too or didn’t even have to show up to work and when they did, they were drunk!!! Nonetheless, they still had a job. I was greatful to have a job, I didnot volunteer my time away from my family for NOTHING!!! And the sad truth to all this, they don’t care if i ever get paid. I was a casual, a dime a dozen. I was a body in the plant that night processing mail, thats it. The military didn’t treat their people this bad!!! Well…. ? Anyways, i just want my freakin money!!!
March 3rd, 2010 15:08
I can only speak for the plant that I work for. Most of the regs have forgotten what it’s like to have a job on the “outside”. After 9 years as a casual clerk they’ve dropped my pay a $1.50 a hour. It’s still better then no job at all. For all the casuals complaining about this. Leave. And for all the regulars who don’t like us being there, remember we all need jobs. We didn’t apply to work to make your life terrible. We needed a job just like all of you needed a job. I know some regs who have been there 25 plus years and still work as good as anyone. As for the slugs, leave please and give me a better chance to get some health insurance. It would be nice to see the doctor once and awhile…
March 11th, 2010 12:24
Are you really working as Casual for 10 years?Why?Did you ever take Battery Exam and what’s your score?For God sake whay yhey didn’t make at least Ptf so you can have at least benefits.I can’t understand this.
I’m my self working as Casual,but not for long like this.No security,no benefits,nothing.Screw this.No any regulars who is working in my PO is better than me.
March 30th, 2010 10:18
10 years as a casual there people at my plant with 15, and 20 as a casual you must be crazy as hell and its not about leaving we should be treated with respect like everybody else we do dam near all the work if not all the work and its wrong so if your happy with 10 years thats means nothing good for you but now its time for somebody to do something me and my group of casuals got together and sent obamas camp our pay wages the paycut the mailhanlders pay wages the clerks pay wages and the supervisors pay wages they make 10 times as much as we make and I hope they go under for fu*king over us like this for all theses years even if they cant help us the have gotten away with this for to long even there union says its not right and they are apart of it to because when they do there new contract they can add us in there even its one sentence that would stop all this crap we would be protected alittle bit but what goes around comes around an there time is almost up.
June 26th, 2010 11:06
last night my other supervisor gave me a notification of termination for non -career employee. can i apply for unemployment? i’m a veteran and post office is the one leaning for a career but they failed me and my fellow casuals. we work 6 days a week 35hrs. 1230 am to 630am everyday and work in 050 every monday,they dont let us take our first break.
June 26th, 2010 11:08
why would cut casual that getting paid so less than regulars. regulars making x3 of what we earn ,they work slow and they file grievance alot. they call in every friday and casuals doing multiple automation machine.
July 12th, 2010 00:23
what you Regulars need to know is that the Postal service is about to contract all the work out leaving only a few USPS EMPLOYEES as Oversight.
July 14th, 2010 11:02
They can do nothing about so call”Regulars”because thay have the Union standing behind them.Who we have?They said to me be happy you still have a job.They cut my hours from 36 per week to 25 starting this week.I talk with Union Sterward last night and he said is not nice,but he can’t do nothing about it.Funny isn’t?
July 19th, 2010 21:22
I am a casual and we work 6 days a week and all of the casuals here are off only on tue, wed, or thur no way can u be off on a weekend. We also work all holidays. even though working six days a week u never really seem to hit 40 hrs much less any over time. the careers get two breaks and a lunch while we get a lunch and maybe another break if they allow it. For all those ignorant people who dont know YES we do the EXACT amount of work if not more. for the regulars complaining about the casuals, bet you really enjoy taking your annaul leave and vacation ect.. who the hell do you think is covering for ass at work. I was excited when I was called from the usps, I thought I might just start my life and stay here and make it a career I was sadly mistakin. Im not complaining just giving my input. BTW I just got a call from another employer so I wont be a takin advantage of ne more. fyi
July 28th, 2010 20:09
I get today a letter by my Manager notification of termination,and for you who is still working as Casuals better watch for your self over there.There just let you know 2 days before you’re not working anymore.How Human is that?
July 30th, 2010 11:00
how long will i be a causual mail handler? is this for 90 days or will i work up to a year then they let me know if they want to keep me or not? how do i make it as a regualr if im a casual, im confused
July 30th, 2010 18:10
I believe working as Casual Mail Handler you have right to work 2 appointments for 90 days period in a year.You will find out just 2 days before like me in Wednesday your last day is Friday.Good luck to you if you think you gonna become someday Career employee in Usps.I have almost 3 years as Casual Clerk and they let me go.
I’m going for Rca,because you’re safe and have Union behind you and they can’t let you go just like that.