I read somewhere they purchased new machines ($$$) to streamline distribution of magazines but they never used them, instead its done by hand by union workers.
dumpem
If they did they would have relocated to a suburban location around the Beltway decades ago ~ there'd be plenty of parking, views from the windows, and commutes would be far shorter.
Things tend to be a bit better in the Regional Offices, and even many Districts are quite decent.
By treating the Headquarters staff like a red-headed stepchild top management fails to get any good ideas about how to improve compensation for their top ranks without appearing to be playing tricks.
Frankly, the boys at the top at USPS are not really interested in the business ~ just themselves, and if they're comfortable, and are properly fawned on by people without real college degrees, that's all they care about.
A careful examination of USPS promotion records in EAS ranks over the last 25 years would reveal that it's actually disadvantageous to have earned a Masters Degree or Higher!
Susan Collins, R-Maine, found the Postal Service pays the full health insurance premiums for 835 Postal Career Executive Service employees, OIG directors and Senior Executive Service members, a perk not available to other federal workers.”
In perpetuity? That is the BIG question.
ENOUGH!!!! WE pay for this, and WE DON”T HAVE IT OURSELVES!!!
I totally agree. Also, can we take a look at the benefits and automatic pay increases enjoyed by our ruling elite in congress?
I worked for one government agency- they had a 30 year old mainframe leased for a half million a year that did nothing.
They were ‘planning on’ moving the applications off the mainframe the next year, but had not yet even looked at the database. They could have replaced the whole thing with a couple of spreadsheets and a Microsoft access database.
We had a PC Application's senior program who spent 6 months doing 4 hour job.
Another quarter million was spent on a program to transfer data from one database table to another- It took 5 minutes to do it manually. They agreed they ‘over charged’ us, so would give us free hours of technical support (for the 5 minute manual process)
There was no way to RETURN money- LITERALLY!!! If they were overcharged or bought some thing that was not correct, they had NO WAY TO RETURN IT OR ACCEPT REFUNDS
We had a database administrator who did not know how to turn on the database.
All run by 2 ‘directors’ making over 120K per year to manage 10 people, who mostly did nothing.
We have an ‘accounts receivable’ FULL TIME ACCOUNTANT with a CHEVY SUBURBAN AND PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING (there were no ‘accounts receivable see the above ‘no way to return money’ comment)
We had one guy who printed the monthly reports, and then shredded and burned last months reports (every month- no one looked at them)
I am hoping Paladino does a full computer audit and fires the entire computer staff in NY and replaces them with some calculators.
Soooo- Is Sen Collins complaining about the USPS workers getting free health care benefits? Or is she mad that other Federal workers do NOT get such benefits?
Need clarification here, IMO.
If the USPS leadership is so "talented," why is the agency "awash in red ink and asking for huge postal rate hikes, service reductions and relief from its financial obligations?"
I suspect their only talent is kissing union butt.
Glad someone is bringing this kind of issue up. Didn’t think Collins would be the one.
I do think it’s funny she’s upset that 800-some postal execs get 100% paid for healthcare, when all of Congress does too. Glass healthcare plans, ya know?
I am watching this situation closely, due to self-interest.