With USPS cutting OT pay, we likely will experience more delivery issues

[ed8108]

Re: priority mail package, out for delivery

Scan

We attempted to deliver your package at ___ pm

but could not access the delivery location

Self serving **bleep**- to be truthful this really should have said- we decided not to go to your delivery location at ___pm.

 The location only a couple of blocks from where the trucks leave in the morning & return in the evening, no road construction in the area, & parking was also available at the time 

Solution : hire more staff or continue to pay OT, during this covid 19 crisis

[rebell45]

They are just playing political games with their customer service hoping to get a bail out from congress.

[oldwestgold]

Actually there are now reports that USPS Leadership is playing games with delaying the processing of mail on purpose for political reasons. The intention being the privatization of the Post Office. It is being reported among Postal Unions, in the news and even some lawsuits have been filed on behalf of the employees. That I believe.

[lja440]

We are trying to fight it from the inside too. We do not like the mandates that are coming from the new Postmaster General. Who by the way is a tRump appointee and NOT anyone that worked their way up in the Post Office like previous PG's. Nope he is someone that has no qualifications for the job but has donated over 2 million to tRumps re-election campaign. And seams to be bent on crashing USPS in order to stop mail in voting which allong with closing a lot of the voting sites in primarily Blue areas is decidedly shady. And I am saying this as a registered Republican, IMO the way to save our USPS and our democracy is to vote and vote Blue. 

Yesterday we had a mandate came down that we were not to return to the PO  for extra packages that won't fit or run them after work. Seriously we in our office will try to get them all out as usual but now will be trying to work it so what we leave behind are customers we can contact that can easilly come in and pick up packages and if oops a package "falls out" at my local micro brewery after work when I am there picking up a 4 pack, who's to know.

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@lja440 wrote:

 the way to save our USPS and our democracy is to vote and vote Blue. 

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No matter which side wins, red or blue, we ALL lose.

As a solid independent with no party affiliation who has voted both red, blue and purple lol (Ross Perot, anyone?) in the past, this is the worst I've ever seen it. I swear, if I spoke Spanish I'd be headed to Uruguay.

[toooldtorock]

"Who by the way is a tRump appointee and NOT anyone that worked their way up in the Post Office

like previous PG's."

Smart move on the Donald's part. The P.O. need a major tune up and no inside guy has the experience

or even the ability to make it happen.

The Post Office worked in another era but it is time to reduce the size of the Post Office and part

of that would be getting rid of mass mailings and junk mail. Let the Post Office deliver First Class,

Priority, Express and ground mail packages. This will free up manpower and reduce costly overhead

through out the system. If pizza purveyors want to send out coupons, let them do it at First Class rates

so they more fully cover their costs (I never bought into mass mailings cover their costs).

Unclogging the system with junk mail will allow the Post Office to provide better service at less cost.

Carriers will no longer be spending time climbing up several flights of stairs to drop a coupon

for a fast food joint, a coupon or flier that more than likely just go into the garbage or the recycling bin.

[toooldtorock]

"Actually there are now reports that USPS Leadership is playing games with delaying the processing of mail on purpose for political reasons."

The Post Office is broke. It's really that simple.

[toooldtorock]

"Who by the way is a tRump appointee and NOT anyone that worked their way up in the Post Office

like previous PG's."

I do not think the Post Office has the talent to fix the problems. Time to get rid of the junk mail,

just deliver First Class, Priority, Express and Ground mail and let it go at that. Offering subsidized

service to junk mail and pizza coupons pushers just ties up resources and manpower that could

be used to provide better delivery service at lower cost.

If someone wants to use the P.O. for advertising, let them pay full First Class postage at the minimum.

[macrealdeal]

I total agree. 

Cannot believe President Trump appointed the new Post Master General.

PMG is a bad joke for the USPS.

[ed8108 · Accepted solution]

The Nation is currently in a crisis, hire & train more workers, pay OT until the pandemic is more under control or eliminated.

Then USPS can begin to implement some possible cuts & cost savings.

[postcardcountry]

How many of you go to the  Post Office?   Are the POs in your area getting their hours cut on august 22nd?

Near me....Post Office A got 2 hours cut from their counter time.   Post Office B had 3 hours cut (not sure about lunch).

Post Office C, the one I most frequently visit because it rarely has a line, has had 3 hours cut.  Will be opening at 10am, closing at 4 and closing 1-2 for lunch.

The Postmaster has assured all staff that their hours will not be cut, may even increase. 

I have to drop off at the PO because my carrier does not scan at pickup (hasn't for 2+ years), the bins at Post Office A don't get scanned until items arrive at the sorting center (it has been this way for 2+years too).  The Postal Substation closed in December.   Post Office B used to scan bins before going to sort center, but doesn't anymore.  A, B and C go to the same sorting center.   Post Office C has no bins.  Everything has to go over the counter.  Don't know if their carrier scans...used to be encouraged to so they could keep their numbers up.

It's going to get worse for us not better....

[lja440]

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@toooldtorock wrote:

"Who by the way is a tRump appointee and NOT anyone that worked their way up in the Post Office

like previous PG's."

Smart move on the Donald's part. The P.O. need a major tune up and no inside guy has the experience

or even the ability to make it happen.

The Post Office worked in another era but it is time to reduce the size of the Post Office and part

of that would be getting rid of mass mailings and junk mail. Let the Post Office deliver First Class,

Priority, Express and ground mail packages. This will free up manpower and reduce costly overhead

through out the system. If pizza purveyors want to send out coupons, let them do it at First Class rates

so they more fully cover their costs (I never bought into mass mailings cover their costs).

Unclogging the system with junk mail will allow the Post Office to provide better service at less cost.

Carriers will no longer be spending time climbing up several flights of stairs to drop a coupon

for a fast food joint, a coupon or flier that more than likely just go into the garbage or the recycling bin.

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The guy mailing his Pizza Coupons pays more for sending them than the evangelical con men do with their letters begging for money and much more than tRump does with his lies and smears and also begging for money. Literally I have customers on the route that typically get 5 to 10 of these A DAY. 

At least the pizza guy is offering something of value. 

I have a few things that actually would help the PO greatly.

#1 Not only a system that collects shortages on postage but also applies a substantial surcharge for postage correction.

#2 Standardizing mailers to use the first class postage on letters. This would make sorting much easier. Small upcharge for fletters (the tall envelopes). Get a much higher percentage of mail using a standard buisness size envelope. 

#3 Hand offs from Amazon, UPS, and FedEx limited to 1 cubic foot packages or smaller. They all drive large vans, let them take the large packages. If they need USPS to deliver larger then they need to pay more for us to take them. 

#4 Pay the subs better and give them benifits so we can get good subs and keep them. (it has been nearly 2 years since I have had my own sub. Rachel (Jimmys Sub) is great  but literally she is our ONLY sub and we have 7 routes in our office. Mine and Jimmys are large routes and we should have a day off each week, the other 3 rural routes get a day off every other week. The city routes the guy that walks 8 miles subs for the guy that walks 14 miles one day a week and Rachel and the one clerk or the Postmaster  split up his route. (FYI Rachel is a single mother with 5 teenage boys and gets NO benifits from USPS)