And at least half of those slugs are in management or EEO positions.
I have a friend that works in Cleveland's main post office that could tell you some stories...
I used to be a letter carrier. I doubt you friend could tell me anything that would shock me.
I reckon you're right. I remember one time when my own carrier had a "supervisor" auditing his route, following him around with a clipboard and presumably taking down times in an effort to see if the route could be lengthened or some such nonsense. What really got me about it was that the neighborhood has not changed in 50+ years. The same number of homes on the same sized lots with the same mailbox locations. So why the time-motion study? My carrier told me later on that these "supervisors" were just positions created to promote folks based on quotas. The poor carrier busts his butt every day while they promote these yo-yos to follow them around.
The helper did not volunteer to carry the bag.