@1786davycrockett wrote:
@tobaccocardyahoo
DeJoy's changes to the New Brighton, MN post office branch which I regularly use resulted in a 2023 Congressional investigation, which uncovered tens of thousands of pieces of undelivered mail; postal employees who had spent more time AWAY from work than actually working; managers on extended leaves of absence with NO replacement managers; missing keys; parcels stored in unexpected areas; employees on the verge of retirement not permitted to use their sick time; employees not permitted to take breaks; unannounced and unscheduled closings of post office facilities; mail deliveries only 4 days a week; delivery drivers dropping mail accidentally outside their trucks, and refusing to get out of their trucks to retrieve the mail; excess instances of lost or mis-delivered mail and packages; delivery drivers not finishing their daily routes, since overtime was cut; and so on, and so on.
This was only a single Congressional investigation, which was instigated by a high volume of customer complaints regarding 4 postal units.
It will probably not be the last.
I think you are making the point that change is necessary. The P.O. has been a sinking ship for many decades. If you had owned a failing business and employees were doing their jobs as you described they are at the Brighton MN location, how long before you end up going out of business? How long can you stand to lose money year after year? Change is needed and how the post office is funded should be examined. Is there a benefit for tax payers to continue funding or would privatizing help cut through some red tape with hiring/firing/restructuring? I hope it continues as originally intended for but it needs to make sense. The way its going i do not think it will be possible to salvage it without cuts/restructuring/privatizing. 😪
Personally i have seen some improvements with my mail being delivered/received over the last few years. Problems will always exist especially during a pandemic. Nothing is perfect. However it does seem like many of the USPS workforce do not like their jobs. Leadership can implement changes but if the retail employees (couriers, retail, sorting facility, drivers, not management) act the way they "allegedly" performed as you stated, nothing will change or be impacted. Some may argue if you implemented a minimum $50 hour for all USPS employees, nothing would change on how mail is delivered. (overall delivery)
IMHO i think the problem is bigger than the USPS. (Work ethic of many Americans) Most of us that post/sell here on Ebay work hard for ourselves, would not put up with any shenanigans. Our time is valuable and we are responsible for our actions. If we decide we hate/dislike what we do, many of us would find something else to do. Change is needed and much more change is coming to the USPS.
Some USPS employees may need to be promoted to customers.
Maybe its time to "Re Imagine" the P.O.
Term limits for all Federal Employees (4-8 years, especially the DMV) 😉
