tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post4222664832862608398..comments2024-03-21T10:12:22.611-04:00Comments on Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: Job Cuts or Wage CutsAlan Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015201735147037122noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-21073485019006351212009-11-11T19:51:45.275-05:002009-11-11T19:51:45.275-05:00Mr. Robinson
We who are actually involved in movin...Mr. Robinson<br />We who are actually involved in moving the mail have been watching our numbers drop drastically in recent years. We have been doing more with less. The only real fat left in the USPS is management. One need only look to the recent so-called Reduction In Force attempted by management to see the fraud perpetrated by the PMG on the BOG and Congress. The National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) website was boasting back in July that they had not lost a single filled EAS (supervisor) position. People were shifted around and positions that were already vacant were removed, but no real savings were realized because of the fraud. <br />The current PMG has tripled the size and scope of management (just look at the PMG organizational chart)to the point where micromanagement is the rule instead of the exception. Every bit of minutia created by the processing of mail is analyzed and studied by layer upon layer of highly paid "consultants" and engineers who have never actually handled mail in their life. They concern themselves with the 1 to 2% of mail that, for whatever reason, may not be processed right the first time, even though there is no actual delay of service.<br />This isn't brain surgery. <br />And their only solution is to make the USPS less customer oriented by reducing services, closing plants that are vital to local economies, <br />and thumbing their noses at the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-62038377781314368382009-11-11T05:55:27.684-05:002009-11-11T05:55:27.684-05:00I am a recently retired (2008)USPS supervisor. I s...I am a recently retired (2008)USPS supervisor. I supervised carrier/dist clerks throughout my 30 year career. I must say, in the 26 years I spent in management, and did well at my job, there are far too many layers of management. Specifically within the local District offices. Too much overseeing, far too much neptism, creating positions to "take care of' some. Postmasters and front line supervisors are hindered in performing their daily duties and managing operations, instead are spending too much time populating District generated spreadshhets, and replying to endless steream of e-mails. Granted, their are percentages of supervisors who "need monitoring", but that is the price of nepitism/favortism. Don't get me wrong, I was never denied/affected by such, just stating actual events/conditions that exist, and trimming many of the "clipboard' jobs will REDUCE costs, improve effectiveness and produtivity. Supervisors worth their "salt" will do their job much better if spending time answering endless District e-mails, and far LESS time being a "data input clerk', andpostal30noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-41586488152565725332009-11-10T10:44:05.716-05:002009-11-10T10:44:05.716-05:00i have already taken a pay cut this year.no cola r...i have already taken a pay cut this year.no cola raises as the number crunchers say everything costs the same as last year.yeah. health insurance goes up 8%,our cost, this year,utilities have gone up,car insurance up,home taxes , up.has anyone been to the grocery store lately,we spend 600.00 a month and my fridge is empty.we get a 1,2% raise this year,do the math.open your eyes....we have 3 or 4 supervisors on tour 1 alone...kurtkurtflahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975605932133456270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-52020676830543266392009-11-10T08:13:01.581-05:002009-11-10T08:13:01.581-05:00Get rid of all those with an office. As craft empl...Get rid of all those with an office. As craft employees we earn every penny we get. If they need to cut somewhere, then begin with management. There is no reason that we should have to bargain to keep our wage and benefits when we are the ones doing all the work. Those who aren't doing their job is those in the offices, not to mention there are too many of them. They don't touch the mail, therefore we don't need them. They only thing they do is come up with petty little things for us to do as if we don't have enough to do as it is. Nor do we have the time. Many of us who work the nightshift earn every cent, and give up so much. We give up our family time and not to mention what little social life we could have by working such odd hours. Why would anyone think it's a good idea to take away part of our wages and benefits? Would it be to pad the top brass? What have they done for us? NOTHING!clerk in MOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-82169343265646842782009-11-10T06:13:55.096-05:002009-11-10T06:13:55.096-05:00Lets get rid of the INCOMPETENT union slugs!!Lets get rid of the INCOMPETENT union slugs!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com