Comments on: PMG briefs employee organizations on the USPS’s current situation

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:29:39 +0000

If we do go to 5-day delivery, what happens to the T-6′s? Are they eliminated or do they take the place of some other carrier with less seniority?

By: TENewbie

TENewbie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:42:30 +0000

USPS needs to make changes to the services it offers to consumers instead of complaining about the internet technology taking business away. They should be looking on ways to offer consumers to make online payments either by utilizing the USPS website and/or personally making the payments at the post office. Currently there are a large number of people making payments online through a bank website, however not everyone has access to a bank account (checking or savings) and for the people with limited or no knowledge on paying online the option to go to the post office to make an electronic payment is a great choice. Today such services just started to be offer by check cashing companies and believed me they are making a bundle.

By: bob lucas

bob lucas — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:44:57 +0000

Do you want to fix the postal problems or at least save millions of dollars?First the postmasters should have 5 separate stations Monday through Friday insted of staying in the same delivery unit 5 days a week. Tha t would eliminate 4 postmaster positions, and take into consideration how many postmasters there are nationwide.Second bonuses should be terminated, were losing money and craft jobs yet management has seen little to no decrease in size,and their salaries are going through the roof.Third it would take me 3 years to make what the PMG recieved in his bonus this year,is it me or does management seem to get more corrupt with every working day.And don’t forget to maintain your 8 hour day along with the ridiculous pivot you get,postal math never makes sense. I would like to see management start to pivot in other offices.

By: peter pao

peter pao — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:43:25 +0000

The post office is business and even more an institution epitomizing the American culture. The people who work for USPS are honest hardworking family people who in this economic climate have their backs up on the wall. I know this because the mother of my child is a regular clerk after waiting eight years as a temporary flexible clerk as well as my short summer job as sub clerk after high school. My family has been tortured with the threats of losing her job or losing hours or the threat of being transfered to a far away job location. The management is so insensitive to the workers plight.

By: VinFlorida

VinFlorida — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:33:50 +0000

What is more amazing is to see that no one even mention that we are one of the largest and trustworthy employees in the USA. Or at least I know if every employee would use that stamp to pay their bills or order the discounted offers of 2 for 1 price magazines or insist on companies to mail out packages they order by mail to be delivered by the USPS or just reach out to friends, families and acquaintences then the revenue would increase. That is a start. TO sit here and bash eachother it doesn’t resolve anything. I agree with some of these comments. I believe that each employee (from top to bottom ) be made accountable for their performance but there should be some incentive .The salaries should be receive for work achieved. A decent living for decent living wages. The USPS and its unions need to continue to work together to have contracts that keep order in some chaotic situations. In the private sector that system does work. It keeps the qualified with good credentials perform at their best. This creates a growth in business. I believe that the seniors have as much right to be there as the young (and I have only 11 years). We need to learn from the experienced but bring in the young for the future. As for the five day service, I too would love to be home but “think business” this would allow some other company to snatch our only monopoly. Think bigger what 5 day would create on the financial world. Think about your customers…the poor single mom waiting on her child support, the unemployed waiting on the check, the struggling business waiting on checks to deposit on saturday so when monday roles around the paid bills won’t bounce. Think bigger than self.
It takes all of us in this business to keep this business going. The GAO (Gov’t Accountability office) placed the USPS in the “High risk list” and should work for RESTRUCTING the USPS. This in no means meant to abolish the business. Work together, work smart, work with the attitude that we will overcome this hurdle and work for business to be here for the future.

You get rid of the postal service then the unemployment will become larger and recession will become a depression.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:28:45 +0000

the pmg talks about reducing management but its ok he just hides them. They will cut grass or clean toilets for 80gs a year until they find a new program for them to run this place into the ground even more!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:53:21 +0000

If you want to get mail volume up to 2003 levels, drop rates to 2003 levels. Advertisers have a budget. Their budget will not mail as many pieces as it used to.

If you want to cut costs, pay carriers solely by the piece. This will reward good carriers instead of encouraging long lunches, hiding in alleys and other ways of wasting time.

Potter is a lying SOS. By eliminating some classes of mail, his 7% rate hike turned into 22% for some categories, yet he managed to get it through the commission AND added an automatic increase every year. What a concept, not enough customers so lets raise prices? WTF Name one other business that does that.

By: doincraftwork

doincraftwork — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:37:14 +0000

If employees would just do their jobs to the best of their ability everyday you wouldn’t need so many supervisors. The more craft tries to get something for nothing, the tamers they add to the zoo!

By: JULU

JULU — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:14:25 +0000

While the USPS ship is slowly sinking, management in the Southwest Area is dong nothing but making matters worse! Case in point, our TE’s are kept to anywhere from 5 – 6 hours daily, absolutely no more than 36 – 38 hours per week while non-ODL carriers are mandated to work penalty overtime on other routes. The NALC has no problem with capturing under-time but when management’s own figures show that a route is projected to be 7:42 total and that non-ODL carrier is given a hand-off projected to be 3:00 hours, DUH, that’s not capturing under-time! Much cheaper to pay the TE at the regular rate of pay than to pay a senior carrier at the penalty overtime rate!!! Doesn’t the SWA Vice-President have a calculator?

By: WinoJunko

WinoJunko — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:26:27 +0000

Hispanic and Diversity Coordinators are great indicators. As long as these goofball positions exist you know the Postal Service is not serious about its financial situation. Of course, nation wide there is thousands of these 65K to 100K a year do-nothing administrative positions.