- Why not start by ending Saturday delivery ? That would end the Saturday overtime pay.
Whoa! I'm making overtime for saturday? Who knew? Sure ain't on my paycheck. There are Rural Carrier Associates that carry mail on the weekends with no benefits, and NO OVERTIME. The only time we're authorized to get overtime is before Christmas when they make danged sure we don't.
Why not end new hiring & let attrition shrink the workforce.
Has been happening already. In my area, offices are being squeezed including mine. We consolidated the city walking routes and now they walk 15 to 17 miles per day. Hey, how about ending every other day of delivery? Okay, so NOW we're talking overtime. These guys usually can make it back in their alloted 8 hours or whatever, but if they take twice the mail volume.... overtime.
Double the route sizes and end junk mail: Hmm. That would put some rural routes over 250 miles per day. Ending junk mail is just an attack on free market businesses desperately trying to ADVERTISE THEIR BUSINESSES! You want to hurt businesses? How about tripling their costs to advertise?
One problem I have with Free Republic is how much people spew without thinking or knowing what is involved here. I see the Post Office as a Constitutionally valid service of the Federal Government, like I see the Military. We sell a service and products, though. Supposedly self-sustaining, but getting killed due to Obamanomics.
1. Is Saturday overtime paid at other branches ? I’d heard it was.
2. 1st class mail volume is down due to the internet (email & the web). End junk mail and the total volume drops even after the recovery.
3. Every-other-day mail delivery would only be for mail recipients. Half the delivery routes would occur on one day, the other half on the next.
4. USPS mail delivery personnel wouldn’t have a longer route, they would just have two routes, alternating every day. Their route size each day wouldn’t change.
With 2, 3 & 4 above, only half the work force would be required.