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Offline Libertas

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USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« on: December 05, 2011, 07:53:55 PM »
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/12/05/postal-service-confirms-cuts-that-will-slow-mail-down/

Great, suckier services and longer delays and still they'll lose a sh*tload of taxpayer funds, what's not to like?

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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2011, 08:08:30 PM »
So I'm understanding there will be no more first class service?

Honestly, the post office needs to be shut down. If shut down, private enterprise would pick up the slack and be much better.
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2011, 08:39:47 PM »
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2011, 08:53:47 PM »

Susan Collins said we have to do something about this.

This past month three bills weren't delivered.
Who do I piss off first, the mail man or the post office.

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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2011, 12:34:08 AM »
According to wikipedia the USPS currently employs 574,000 people.

According to news reports they are planning on eliminating close to 28,000 jobs. That's less than 5%

Not that they will be firing 28,000 people. These eliminations will be accomplished via attrition as employees retire.

Not that the USPS will see an immediate savings due to 5% fewer employees because they will still be paid (pension), they just won't be working anymore.

Still, unlike the federal budget, this action will actually result in a real cut rather than a mere reduction in growth.

So there's something happy to think about.
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2011, 11:09:54 PM »
Now I know I'm prob a bit off on the numbers but what I heard on the radio yesterday was that the post office suggested the closing of 3200 post offices but because no congressman wants a closed post office in his district the number was cut to something between 100-200.

One woman called into the show and said that her SIL works at the post office and there are a LOT of people who sit and do nothing for hours.

And to think working for the post office requires taking an exam.
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2011, 07:03:49 AM »
Quote from: LadyVirginia on December 06, 2011, 11:09:54 PM
Now I know I'm prob a bit off on the numbers but what I heard on the radio yesterday was that the post office suggested the closing of 3200 post offices but because no congressman wants a closed post office in his district the number was cut to something between 100-200.

One woman called into the show and said that her SIL works at the post office and there are a LOT of people who sit and do nothing for hours.

And to think working for the post office requires taking an exam.

And what they really need is a psychological exam.

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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2011, 07:06:36 AM »
Blockbuster cheering the loudest.  Honestly, except for Netflix turnaround going to a week, I won't notice.
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2011, 07:34:56 AM »
Heh, didin't think of that.

Plus, any online outfits that may have been nuts enough to use USPS probabaly bailed, which will give FedEx & UPS an added boost they weren't expecting!

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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2011, 08:40:49 AM »
Quote from: Predator Don on December 05, 2011, 08:08:30 PM
So I'm understanding there will be no more first class service?

Honestly, the post office needs to be shut down. If shut down, private enterprise would pick up the slack and be much better.

No, but you'll still pay first class postage   ::facepalm::
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2011, 10:02:29 AM »
When I was a kid, I remember twice a day mail delivery (except on Saturday); companies in Manhattan still get twice a day mail delivery (because the volume is so huge).  There does not need to be a Saturday delivery; Saturday window hours for those who work, yes, but not Saturday delivery.  But the pensions are still a financial killer.

As for cutting 5% of the workforce, can you imagine just how dead that deadwood must be?
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2011, 10:06:01 AM »
Quote from: RickZ on December 07, 2011, 10:02:29 AM


As for cutting 5% of the workforce, can you imagine just how dead that deadwood must be?

I doubt we'll notice the cuts.
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2011, 10:19:12 AM »
Quote from: RickZ on December 07, 2011, 10:02:29 AM
When I was a kid, I remember twice a day mail delivery (except on Saturday); companies in Manhattan still get twice a day mail delivery (because the volume is so huge).  There does not need to be a Saturday delivery; Saturday window hours for those who work, yes, but not Saturday delivery.  But the pensions are still a financial killer.

As for cutting 5% of the workforce, can you imagine just how dead that deadwood must be?

We're getting twice a day delivery right now.
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2011, 03:35:43 PM »
USPS is FOS they're hiring down here,one of my wife's friends just started working full time for them. This is a retirement scam.
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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2011, 11:19:51 AM »
I just checked the tracking for a gift I bought last week.  The retailer delivered it at the fedex location at 6pm on Dec 7 and at noon the next day, the 8th, it arrived 4 states away. Today, the 9th, it has left the fedex facility and will be delivered to me on Dec 12th.  I should point out that the information said it will be delivered by the USPS.   I live ONE HOUR away from where it landed yesterday. Fedex got it across 4 states in 18 hours and it takes the post office 3 days to get it to me an hour away.


Oh, I know I just don't understand how mail delivery works.
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This hookup between fedex and PO is called fedex smartpost.



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Re: USPS decides to downsize (staff and deliveries)
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2011, 11:31:44 AM »
Quote from: LadyVirginia on December 09, 2011, 11:19:51 AM
I just checked the tracking for a gift I bought last week.  The retailer delivered it at the fedex location at 6pm on Dec 7 and at noon the next day, the 8th, it arrived 4 states away. Today, the 9th, it has left the fedex facility and will be delivered to me on Dec 12th.  I should point out that the information said it will be delivered by the USPS.   I live ONE HOUR away from where it landed yesterday. Fedex got it across 4 states in 18 hours and it takes the post office 3 days to get it to me an hour away.


Oh, I know I just don't understand how mail delivery works.
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This hookup between fedex and PO is called fedex smartpost.





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