Posted on 11/10/2008 6:36:36 PM PST by mbj
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - "We lost 2 billion dollars and like any other business we have to stay afloat." And to keep from sinking, the United States Postal Service is considering cutting thousands of jobs nationwide. Lavelle Pepper with the post office in Shreveport says they too are feeling the affects of the same disease hitting the country... a struggling economy. "We employ about 685,000 people. If we do layoffs it would include clerks, carriers, mail handlers across all crafts."
Pepper says the postal service is looking to eliminate 40,000 jobs nationwide.
(continued at http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=9247633)
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So what if they don’t deliver on Saturday??? Will it be missed....except maybe during one week of the year?
You’d think that with all the internet buying they’d have more business. I know they have some competition and I will admit that their competition is usually better.
I haven’t seen any lessening of junk mail.
“Recently advertising mail volumes dropped (due to the Obama Depression). The result is they have surplus personnel.”
I agree, but knowing from a purchasing manager’s standpoint, a lot of my confirmations and new orders that used to be mailed, are done without any use of the post office . . . and have been for many years . . .
0bama’s fault!!
Not so...
the infowarrior
It will be missed. In our hectic lives, nowadays, many are only able to retrieve their mail om Saturdays. Besides, it’s an American tradition, and I, for one, don’t want any more of our traditions to go away.
What I would like to see, though, is good old American “can do” and creativity back in our CEO’s and entrepreneurs.
Not to mention the price of fuel. I’m a carrier who has to use my personal vehicle for delivery. It was costing me at least 40.$ a week out of my own pocket after they gave me allowance for gas.
What always amazes me about these layoffs, reductions, eliminations is that they can get rid of these people and continue to function. If they can continue as before, then why did they need extra people in the first place?
Is it really this bad?
the union doesn’t allow for striking.
It rained here this summer and they didn’t deliver the mail for weeks, I liked it. Because I didn’t go in to get the mail, they sent mine with my DIL. I hate mail, I only get it out of the box once a week or when I know I should be getting a check or something good.
Steps are already being taken. There is currently a big push for early retirement in many areas, including the facility where I work. This is the *second* time I've seen it happen during my time at the USPS. These are not only non-union jobs which are being affected, but union jobs as well...
the infowarrior
they also have to many chiefs!
My sister has been working for the post office for about 25 years. She said that nobody at the post office would be sad to see Saturday delivery go away. I agree with you...nobody would miss it.
I’ve been complaining for years that in many neighborhoods in my area, mail is still delivered to the door. These are houses on large lots. Roadside mailboxes would have been much more efficient and cost effective, but no one at USPS seems to care.
NEXT WINDOW PLEASE
A lot of the internet companies ship only through UPS/Fedex. It sucks here in AK because those two charge up the yingyang to ship here. When I order something online the first thing I look at is shipping method. If it isn't USPS I look somewhere else.
If it was not for the Government and teachers unions, unions would be finished.
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