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  Because of current economic conditions, I will stay with the postal service. After 20 years with the military through good and bad times, I feel as if I'm TDY on a bad assignment with todays' postal service. Good thing the mail volumn is down otherwise that mail that backs up daily would really be out-of-control. The elimination of jobs,tours/shifts, and personnel has greatly enhanced the current working atmosphere. The contract trucking company drivers are giving up their second jobs with all their late fees, I don't have to work overtime as much because of all the grievance monies, and i get to spend more time on my real life. I do feel guilty when I see all the delayed mail backing up, but since the postal service doesn't have the manpower to handle the reduced volumn, and managers that consistently tell untruthes,my guilt is minimum. Recent retirees couldn't even get plaques for thier service, but postal managers got bonuses.

  wayne smith Posted March 16, 2009 9:27 AM
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  I have been working for the Postal Service as a City Letter Carrier for 13 years. I have also served as a 204B Supervisor for the past 4 years but I gave that position up because I realized how bad management treats their employees to achieve falsified goals to obtain their bonuses. Management is the greatest threat to the Postal Service with their mismanagement, bonuses and their stupidity. They cut back the workforce and expect us to take up the extra workload in less time. We get harassed for calling in sick especially when documentation is provided. We get harassed for missing our MSP scan points (even though there is a glitch in the computer system) and the MSP points has nothing to do with the delivery of mail. Managers falsify mail counts to show that they are meeting their goals. Management has so many supervisors/postmasters out of their offices on detail/oic due to vacancies to which they are paid mileage, per diem and hotel stay. I was paid $655/week in addition to my regular salary for a detail assignment. The Postmaster General stated that we are losing mail volume every year but they always seem to pad their pockets with their bonuses. I had almost forgotten that I worked for the Postal Service and not EXXON Mobile.

  patrick fuller Posted January 28, 2009 1:09 PM
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  I have worked for the United States Postal Service for 10 years. I have seen logic thrown by the wayside, along with customer service. The two number one complaint on the street is: Why do we get our mail so late? and Why are there only two clerks at the window? Management continues on pushing our reporting time back, which moves the delivery time back, and upper management continues to abolish clerk positions. Possibilities for accidents improve greatly after 4pm. Routes are out of control with carriers criss crossing each route, double delivering to same cluster boxes, and wasting gas. Routes need to be squared off. Management needs to get intouch with reality, Spring has doubled in size...and still growing. This means more deliveries, and more confusion on the street. I thought that we were the "backbone" of the company. Try listening to us. We have the ear to the customers...you know, the people who keep us employed.

  Tonya Rackley Posted August 22, 2008 8:07 AM