Posted on 08/28/2020 8:44:31 AM PDT by Hojczyk
The U.S. Postal Service has racked up billions of dollars in excessive overtime from its workers over the last several years, even as its employee numbers have gone up and its mail delivery has declined, according to a new audit likely to raise questions about congressional Democrats' demands for a bailout.
Overtime pay has become so predominant at America's premier mail delivery service that more than 4,000 postal workers last year actually earned more in OT pay than their base pay, a 429% increase in highly compensated overtime earners since 2014, the agency's internal watchdog reported this week.
"A mail handler in the Northeast Area earned $141,153 in total overtime pay by working 3,329 regular overtime hours, which resulted in $205,018 in total pay" the report noted. "This was equivalent to more than three times the amount of this employee's base salary. For perspective, this amount of overtime would have required this employee to work an average of 17-hour days, consisting of eight regular workhours and about nine overtime hours every day for 365 days a year,.
Despite such remarkable findings, the Postal Service said it is not sure whether it should try to work to reduce massively rising overtime.
"Increasing complement with the intent of reducing overtime may not be the best long term solution," the service said in response to the IG report. "The appropriate use of overtime continues to give management the greatest latitude to utilize its resources at the least possible cost while controlling future salaries and benefits of new employees."
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"This was equivalent to more than three times the amount of this employee's base salary."
This amount of overtime would have required this employee to work an average of 17-hour days,
consisting of eight regular work-hours and about nine overtime hours every day for 365 days a year.
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The Mrs is a rural postal carrier contractor. She can verify the USPS is filled with lazy slackers.
The Democrats just want to spend money willy-nilly.
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I see the USPS is practicing for the election.
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