Comments for Postal News, Information & Commentary http://www.postal2020.com Where The Mailing Community Gets Its Say Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:36:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Should We Close Local Post Offices On Saturdays? by Patricia http://www.postal2020.com/should-we-close-local-post-offices-on-saturdays/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Patricia Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:36:03 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=121#comment-213 My husband is a rural mail carrier and as a result of the march 2009 mail count, his volume went way down along with the majority of mail carriers. The result: my husband now works 6 days a week and comes home earlier in the day. Now who's watching the shop. What sense does this make. Prior to the recent count, he worked 5 days a week and came home after working an average work day. Now who came up with this stupidity? To work more days per week to deliver less mail. His wages were also reduced and he is forced to work more days. Where are the wage and hour folks who should be protecting all of us from this type of abuse? Try working with one day off a week and experiencing the stress of the post office. I don't get it, how are they allowed to do this, as it makes absolutely no sense to work more days to carry less mail. It is almost as if administrators don't care about life outside of the post office. There isn't any. Everyone deserves two days off per week to be with family and friends. My husband put in his time as an associate carrier for years before becoming a career employee, working 6 sometimes 7 days per week during the holidays for what? To get to the point that he is back to next to no time off. This has really stressed him out and I have to walk a tightrope when he come home everyday, not knowing what mood he will be in. This is typical for the USPS to waste money. Who needs to advertise in the Olympics, Tour de France as if no one knows the post office exists? Does the advertising make me remeber that "Oh yes I completely forgot we have a postal service, and now that I have seen the ad, I will go to the Post Office????? There was a surplus in the postal budget at that time. Has the USPS ever heard of saving for the future? I guess not. So folks, there it is from a wife of a 58 year old postal carrier who is dedicated to his career. I see the frustration voiced also by his co-workers, some of which have young children at home. Thank God, our children are grown and living their own lives. It really hurts not to have Mom or Dad involved in their childrens' lives on the weekends like normal people. Today, more women are carriers that males I believe and so Mom is missing. USPS, come to your senses and close the post offcie on Saturday. You will save money and it will greatly improve the moral of the postal employees. Thanks for reading this; sorry it was so wordy, but many of the posts do not see the entire picture. Hope you all have a better understanding now!!! My husband is a rural mail carrier and as a result of the march 2009 mail count, his volume went way down along with the majority of mail carriers. The result: my husband now works 6 days a week and comes home earlier in the day. Now who’s watching the shop. What sense does this make. Prior to the recent count, he worked 5 days a week and came home after working an average work day. Now who came up with this stupidity? To work more days per week to deliver less mail. His wages were also reduced and he is forced to work more days. Where are the wage and hour folks who should be protecting all of us from this type of abuse? Try working with one day off a week and experiencing the stress of the post office. I don’t get it, how are they allowed to do this, as it makes absolutely no sense to work more days to carry less mail. It is almost as if administrators don’t care about life outside of the post office. There isn’t any. Everyone deserves two days off per week to be with family and friends. My husband put in his time as an associate carrier for years before becoming a career employee, working 6 sometimes 7 days per week during the holidays for what? To get to the point that he is back to next to no time off. This has really stressed him out and I have to walk a tightrope when he come home everyday, not knowing what mood he will be in. This is typical for the USPS to waste money. Who needs to advertise in the Olympics, Tour de France as if no one knows the post office exists? Does the advertising make me remeber that “Oh yes I completely forgot we have a postal service, and now that I have seen the ad, I will go to the Post Office????? There was a surplus in the postal budget at that time. Has the USPS ever heard of saving for the future? I guess not. So folks, there it is from a wife of a 58 year old postal carrier who is dedicated to his career. I see the frustration voiced also by his co-workers, some of which have young children at home. Thank God, our children are grown and living their own lives. It really hurts not to have Mom or Dad involved in their childrens’ lives on the weekends like normal people. Today, more women are carriers that males I believe and so Mom is missing. USPS, come to your senses and close the post offcie on Saturday. You will save money and it will greatly improve the moral of the postal employees. Thanks for reading this; sorry it was so wordy, but many of the posts do not see the entire picture. Hope you all have a better understanding now!!!

]]> Comment on Should We Close Local Post Offices On Saturdays? by Cal http://www.postal2020.com/should-we-close-local-post-offices-on-saturdays/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Cal Mon, 18 May 2009 17:06:55 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=121#comment-212 No more Saturday deliveries, this is a no brainer. The cost of savings to this quasi- government private business operation would be substantial to say the least in obvious areas of labor, utilities, fuel,insurance risks and health for these workers. Cut the delivery day to increase mid week shortfalls and extend local post office hours to 730pm or sofor customer walkup. Limited mail processing will still take place on weekends in some major bulk mail facilities because you gotta get the freight off the airport and from other other big business mailers as such. In America we have two major examples of private companies that can move parcels quite efficiently on a 5 day work week for the most part and their earnings are in the billions. Also if you want to see the USPS get it in gear just allow the two other giant shipping companies access to the coveted US post box around the country with the permission to deliver junk mail and you will see a renewed spirit in this goliath institution like none before. Learn to live within your means and you will be ok. No more Saturday deliveries, this is a no brainer. The cost of savings to this quasi- government private business operation would be substantial to say the least in obvious areas of labor, utilities, fuel,insurance risks and health for these workers. Cut the delivery day to increase mid week shortfalls and extend local post office hours to 730pm or sofor customer walkup. Limited mail processing will still take place on weekends in some major bulk mail facilities because you gotta get the freight off the airport and from other other big business mailers as such. In America we have two major examples of private companies that can move parcels quite efficiently on a 5 day work week for the most part and their earnings are in the billions. Also if you want to see the USPS get it in gear just allow the two other giant shipping companies access to the coveted US post box around the country with the permission to deliver junk mail and you will see a renewed spirit in this goliath institution like none before. Learn to live within your means and you will be ok.

]]> Comment on Should We Close Local Post Offices On Saturdays? by Enrique http://www.postal2020.com/should-we-close-local-post-offices-on-saturdays/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Enrique Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:11:12 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=121#comment-208 People who don't want Saturdays off probably have no lives. They want to work 7 days a week if possible. Who cares what's best for the postal service, let them figure it out, that's what the big dogs get paid to do. I have a 1 year old son, I'm a city carrier, and I would love to be with my son on the weekends because just think of the activities kids do on the weekend. They go to school all week, so the weekend is used for sports, dance, or whatever your kids like to do. It will create alot more harmony in the workplace. I'd work twice as hard during the week knowing I would get Saturday and Sunday off. THINK ABOUT IT! People who don’t want Saturdays off probably have no lives. They want to work 7 days a week if possible. Who cares what’s best for the postal service, let them figure it out, that’s what the big dogs get paid to do. I have a 1 year old son, I’m a city carrier, and I would love to be with my son on the weekends because just think of the activities kids do on the weekend. They go to school all week, so the weekend is used for sports, dance, or whatever your kids like to do. It will create alot more harmony in the workplace. I’d work twice as hard during the week knowing I would get Saturday and Sunday off. THINK ABOUT IT!

]]> Comment on Targeting And Technology Change The Ad Game by Blogs, Targeting & Self-Selection : US Build-A-Blog http://www.postal2020.com/targeting-and-technology-change-the-ad-game/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Blogs, Targeting & Self-Selection : US Build-A-Blog Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:17:53 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=90#comment-206 [...] In a way, though, the Internet is very much like another old media, the postal system. Just like direct mail, a major attraction of the Internet in general and blogs in particular is the ability to target recipients and measure results. [...] [...] In a way, though, the Internet is very much like another old media, the postal system. Just like direct mail, a major attraction of the Internet in general and blogs in particular is the ability to target recipients and measure results. [...]

]]> Comment on Should We Close Local Post Offices On Saturdays? by linda peterson http://www.postal2020.com/should-we-close-local-post-offices-on-saturdays/comment-page-1/#comment-203 linda peterson Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:22:09 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=121#comment-203 I remember no Saturday delivery when I was growing up. The banks and businesses did just fine. These are difficult times and require some sacrifices to balance our budget after what Bush has done to us. Postal workers can work 10 hour days, 4 days a week and get more mail worked and delivered without the overtime. I also remember in the early 90s when the USPS had no advertising budget, that would be another great place to cut. If we keep our prices low we wouldn't have to advertise. The USPS has come full circle and will be just fine if we do a full days work for a full days pay. We could also move Saturdays people to Mon thru Fri and move more mail. This will work and postal workers will be happier for it. Remember to never count on the overtime to live! I remember no Saturday delivery when I was growing up. The banks and businesses did just fine. These are difficult times and require some sacrifices to balance our budget after what Bush has done to us. Postal workers can work 10 hour days, 4 days a week and get more mail worked and delivered without the overtime. I also remember in the early 90s when the USPS had no advertising budget, that would be another great place to cut. If we keep our prices low we wouldn’t have to advertise. The USPS has come full circle and will be just fine if we do a full days work for a full days pay. We could also move Saturdays people to Mon thru Fri and move more mail. This will work and postal workers will be happier for it. Remember to never count on the overtime to live!

]]> Comment on The Truth About America’s Landfill Glut by Jessica Rojo http://www.postal2020.com/the-truth-about-americas-landfill-glut/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Jessica Rojo Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:13:33 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=52#comment-151 About the Landfills Is compacting the waste and maximizing sanitation truly an efficient practice? It works quite well in the short term, but the landfill will stay a landfill for a really long time without enough ventilation and bacteria to decompose the garbage... About the Landfills

Is compacting the waste and maximizing sanitation truly an efficient practice?

It works quite well in the short term, but the landfill will stay a landfill for a really long time without enough ventilation and bacteria to decompose the garbage…

]]> Comment on Would 40,000 Fewer Postal Jobs Be A Good Thing? by Susie Qu http://www.postal2020.com/would-40000-fewer-postal-jobs-be-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Susie Qu Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:00:20 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=146#comment-147 I'm here at NORTH METRO at this post office they took about 31 jobs off the day tour which will be find but they left all the junior postal employees there. The senior people with the most seniority have to bid for jobs that come in at 1200noon but all the junior people get to keep there bids and I mean junior how about a person who started the P.O.in 2002 or 2003 with a weekend off. We are mad at our management for they way they did it instead of taking all the bids and let everybody rebid the just took all the machine and then some equipment operators jobs. Please email me back with a suggestion on how we should go to fight for the postal service to at lease do it right an abolish all the bids on day tour. THANKS I’m here at NORTH METRO at this post office they took about 31 jobs off the day tour which will be find but they left all the junior postal employees there. The senior people with the most seniority have to bid for jobs that come in at 1200noon but all the junior people get to keep there bids and I mean junior how about a person who started the P.O.in 2002 or 2003 with a weekend off. We are mad at our management for they way they did it instead of taking all the bids and let everybody rebid the just took all the machine and then some equipment operators jobs. Please email me back with a suggestion on how we should go to fight for the postal service to at lease do it right an abolish all the bids on day tour. THANKS

]]> Comment on Would 40,000 Fewer Postal Jobs Be A Good Thing? by Matthew http://www.postal2020.com/would-40000-fewer-postal-jobs-be-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Matthew Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:17:36 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=146#comment-142 Sounds like a good time for some job sites - www.linkedin.com (professional networking) www.indeed.com (aggregated listings) www.realmatch.com (matches jobs based on your skills) Good luck to those looking for work! Sounds like a good time for some job sites -

http://www.linkedin.com (professional networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches jobs based on your skills)

Good luck to those looking for work!

]]> Comment on The Check Is Less Often In The Mail by PGM http://www.postal2020.com/the-check-is-less-often-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-135 PGM Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:21:13 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=144#comment-135 In the real world no organization can stand by and let others determine its image or its value. Every business has to speak up and present its case and the Postal Service should do no less. Consider the alternative -- artificially lower postal volume and how that would impact revenue and jobs. In the real world no organization can stand by and let others determine its image or its value. Every business has to speak up and present its case and the Postal Service should do no less.

Consider the alternative — artificially lower postal volume and how that would impact revenue and jobs.

]]> Comment on The Check Is Less Often In The Mail by logic http://www.postal2020.com/the-check-is-less-often-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-134 logic Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:57:04 +0000 http://www.postal2020.com/?p=144#comment-134 The Postal Service needs to demonstrate why paper-based communication and exchange have value in the electronic era. ?????? Excuse me, is that not the job of the mailer or retailer to discover which medium serves him/her best? If its the PO, use it. If not use the one that works best for you. But do your own due diligence work. The Postal Service needs to demonstrate why paper-based communication and exchange have value in the electronic era. ??????

Excuse me, is that not the job of the mailer or retailer to discover which medium serves him/her best? If its the PO, use it. If not use the one that works best for you. But do your own due diligence work.

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