tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post3424254637087844096..comments2024-03-21T10:12:22.611-04:00Comments on Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: Are 30,000 Enough?Alan Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015201735147037122noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-4865717611771302292011-03-15T22:14:27.844-04:002011-03-15T22:14:27.844-04:00They claim volume is down we carriers not on the o...They claim volume is down we carriers not on the overtime list are getting more overtime than the 10 & 12 hrs carriers. They can't be all that brokeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-73537076088969987342011-03-14T19:53:27.961-04:002011-03-14T19:53:27.961-04:00The USPS makes thirty times more deliveries per ye...The USPS makes thirty times more deliveries per year than UPS and it was posted that the USPS is clearly overstaffed with twice as many employees? Do the math!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-84074646100384879012011-03-14T13:59:41.220-04:002011-03-14T13:59:41.220-04:00explain to me how a retired employee cost 15% more...explain to me how a retired employee cost 15% more than an active one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-40539501121757848162011-03-14T13:22:51.272-04:002011-03-14T13:22:51.272-04:00We' be here for a long time. Wait for the ann...We' be here for a long time. Wait for the announcement, take the money and run. Enjoy your early retirement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-53475097862888359392011-03-14T09:33:24.001-04:002011-03-14T09:33:24.001-04:00First realize the a majority of the 30K will be fr...First realize the a majority of the 30K will be from retirees that wont be replaced.<br /><br />Anyone that truely thinks the USPS can get rid of 90K+ and still get your mail to you before dark has no idea on how things work. Most carrier stations are working with the bare minimum now.....unless you want everyone working 10-12 hour days 6 days a week...and if that happens watch the sick, lame and lazy #'s go way up....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-28882919032187193012011-03-13T12:02:37.224-04:002011-03-13T12:02:37.224-04:00I have added the word monthly to the compensation ...I have added the word monthly to the compensation figure to make it clearer. <br /><br />What this post really shows is how far the Postal Service really is from self sufficiency. It may be possible to cut as many jobs as the article suggest are need but it is possible that service requires fewr cuts that puts pressure on generating revenue or outside investment capital.Alan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015201735147037122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-50853186686055875872011-03-12T08:35:39.706-05:002011-03-12T08:35:39.706-05:00anonymous, If anyone ...anonymous, If anyone out there works for the postmaster and poom from Pheonixville, pa. i pity you he is a tyrant and should be fired.his managing tatics our outlandish.He harasses carriers endlessly and knows just how far he can go without getting in trouble, He's a numbers guy and upper managment loves that.He's also making two salerys thats right,and he's also absorbing a small area office and his will go higher level.Do you know any carries getting extra pay for doing extra or other jobs we perform daily, no we go out after our routes are finished all the time.Most time forced. It's time for this to stop we need for people like him to be downsized.This so called poom piece of oversized shit, lives in 500,000.00 condo on a privite golf course I can't aford to play. this is par for the course for the post office.hey DONAHOE wake up fire your buddies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-17524498521605149412011-03-12T06:17:40.469-05:002011-03-12T06:17:40.469-05:00They need to get rid of 1/6 of the work force. Go...They need to get rid of 1/6 of the work force. Go to 5 day which would get rid of carrier rotators--1/6 of the work force. Done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-16533127743831166422011-03-11T22:47:39.241-05:002011-03-11T22:47:39.241-05:00there is a typo in the figure given for average co...there is a typo in the figure given for average compensation cost in paragraph 2. It is one order of magnitude off. $63,390 might be more like the number.Alcovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819310052684938728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-92128454990246577692011-03-11T22:34:09.486-05:002011-03-11T22:34:09.486-05:00Average age might be 54, but contrary to what the ...Average age might be 54, but contrary to what the PO thinks, it's not an automatic that those eligible to retire, will retire.<br /><br />Open the early out to all CSRS with an incentive and maybe you'll get a few more than needed. to leave.common-sensenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-60485706651205398052011-03-11T20:24:07.664-05:002011-03-11T20:24:07.664-05:00It is a given that eliminating management levels w...It is a given that eliminating management levels will save money. However, hiring outside college educated Business grads would help our business. Most Management are Aff. action and could not compose a paragraph to save their lives.<br /> Also, as the PMG said the average postal worker is 54. We are slower and tired as hell. You could incent a retirement and hire cheaper labor. Younger labor!<br />But what am I saying? This is good business moves, and the USPS are clueless concerning business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-77986627915207917102011-03-11T16:38:26.726-05:002011-03-11T16:38:26.726-05:00..With all the bad publicity I have heard about ho.....With all the bad publicity I have heard about how bad we are doing financially, I was very surprised when I found out that the former post master general retired with a 5.5 million dollar settlement in his retirement. I thought to myself, and they dont even want to give most of the FERS employees a decent retirement.What they offered me the last go round was shameful. Who can live on $975.00 a month?? Tell me??? Then I find out more crap when talking about managers. I found out that all these years the head honchos have never even paid for their health benefits. Then they cry big time about how broke they are, and how much money we pee ons (who bust their ass doing the work of 3 people now) make. About how we get automatic pay increases, and its breaking the bank!!!!! Blah blah blah. I really believe that with whats going on right now they are just trying to work us so hard that we all get hurt.....therfore u can count on a walk out by your manager and the reassessment team. Maybe they are hoping we will just reach a point where we say enough is enough......g'bye and hope I never see u again!!!! Personally with only 23 yrs in and at 55 of age...I am ready to do that. I am a clerk and believe me its getting to be just too much now. They keep giving us more and more work to do. I feel like we should be paid more than we get. I cant even remember the last raise I got. Can you? Do I sound bitter??? I feel it because they dont appreciate us, and when the older ones go....there goes the real service. They want to replace us with casuals??? They dont know anything like zips, or what the postal might be.....so much gets delivered without it now. Wonder why? Good employees will become a thing of the past. Freedom, I can taste it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-3068746796377831162011-03-11T15:46:09.220-05:002011-03-11T15:46:09.220-05:00UPS needs about 300,000 people to make 5 billion d...UPS needs about 300,000 people to make 5 billion deliveries a year. The USPS has 600,000 people and makes about 150 billion deliveries a year. Certainly USPS is overstaffed for current volume levels, but reducing employees to the level proposed in this article may not be possible without service cuts too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-7329367583142855712011-03-11T13:27:34.559-05:002011-03-11T13:27:34.559-05:00Donahoe added, "Even during two of the worst ...Donahoe added, "Even during two of the worst years of the recession, 2007 and 2008, had it not been for the prefunding requirement, the Postal Service would have realized a profit of $3.3 and $2.8 billion respectively. The effect of RHB prefunding is profound." <br /> <br />Why cut service when the fix is in the prefunding Mr.Donahoe?You did say we would of made 6.1 billion dollars in 2 years,As Charlie would say thats winning sirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com