Comments on: USPS staffing down 5.7% from a year ago

By: curlysue

curlysue — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:12:42 +0000

Is there a website where you can find salary pay for postmaster by level or by zip code?

By: Buddy

Buddy — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:22:08 +0000

Bull, I am a rural carrier and make far above the city carriers in my office and go home 3-4 hours earlier.

By: postal math

postal math — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:54:38 +0000

typical postal math,,,adding the numbers,,,the jobs were reduced by 34,517,, not the 37,454 mentioned in the article. try adding 16,023 + 11,135 + 2,829 + 974 + 3,468 + 88 = 34,517

I have had my route adjusted more than once with math like that, haha

wonder what the other 2,937 jobs were ??

By: Gov.lies

Gov.lies — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:03:55 +0000

Its all a bunch of crap.Why shouldn’t management hours be cut. If the clerks and carries hours are being reduced becauase of lack of mail and such. Then this means there is less to managed.

By: fUD

fUD — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:30:23 +0000

So salary and benefit increases ate up ALL savings of reductions. I don’t recall ANY increase in my salary or benefits. Must be bonuses for the top (br)ass.

By: sick of this

sick of this — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:38:36 +0000

Those numbers are misleading.There are over 10,000 people at headquarters,not 3800.Don’t know how they came up with that percentage,but if you do a search on postallreporter,you can find total rolls for all crafts.All together,there are almost 60,000 people between headquarters,postmasters,and managers.Way to much overhead.

By: Character Counts

Character Counts — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:20:44 +0000

Mark,

The management numbers include ALL EAS employees. That includes the data entry, clerical and support employees at the district & area offices. It also includes about 7,000 – 10,000 postmasters in very small offices with 1 route or less. Most of these postmasters make less $$$ than a topped out clerk. Starting salary for a level 11 postmaster is $32,428 and tops out at $50,652.

While it is not in the news HQ is trying to get the laws changed not only for 5 day delivery but to allow the USPS to close alot of these small offices. Watch the management (EAS) numbers drop another 20% over the next few years.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:40:15 +0000

This means there were over 41000 management in the field and 2860 people at headquarters before cuts. Now 38000 in the field and 2775 at headquarters. That’s one person at headquarters for 13.7 people in the field. By comparison, there’s one manager for every 5.3 city carriers, one for every 1.6 rural carriers, one for every 4.8 clerks. If they would just have the same ratio in the field as at headquarters, they could cut over 25000 managers. Of course, if they were to cut that many in the field, they would have to cut another 1800 at headquarters. I promise you they could save a lot in compensation then.

By: Jimmy, NE Area

Jimmy, NE Area — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:24:11 +0000

You say they saved $1 Billion on Overtime cuts, can you tell anyone the Dollar Figure on Contracting the work out to Contractors doing sub-standard work on USPS vehicles from the Vmf’s Nationwide?

By: Supv

Supv — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:23:03 +0000

UH jimmy zip…. did you not read the article. 8.4% reduction in management. Most of any craft…!!!???