No Comments on USPS Reports Financial Loss For April 2009

employee on Fri, 29th May 2009 6:23 am


because most of you idiots from management hated your workers who worked efficiently and favor those who practically follow the mantra go slow for more dough as along as they kiss your smelly asses.

Management Tool on Fri, 29th May 2009 6:49 am


Get rid of all TEs! You’ll save a bunch.

U can C on Fri, 29th May 2009 7:22 am


The postal service numbers are inflated, yes mail volume is down. Lets look at getting rid of managment they don’t touch the mail.

BoBo on Fri, 29th May 2009 9:47 am


My postmaster works about 4 hours a day..then she goes home….what a waste

Freddy's on Fri, 29th May 2009 11:15 am


Last year the mail volume was more than the year 2002 and 2003 so what is going on? I believe the upper management is intent on breaking the union contract with all this gloom and doom. The drivers have not seen the decline in actual mail volume.

Give me a break on Fri, 29th May 2009 11:26 am


Take a look at your unnecessary supervisors. Some of them can’t even make it through an eight hour day without a two hour lunch! Who’s minding their store?

Are U Blind on Fri, 29th May 2009 11:28 am


I thought most if not all supervisors were unnecessary! At least the ones we have. Most of them were some of the worst carriers and clerks the postal service ever had.

Archer on Fri, 29th May 2009 12:48 pm


Looking at the mail volume history above, I can see what happened in the aftermath of the September/october 2001 Anthrax scare. It did cause a lot of people to stop accepting mail, especially those in the media, radio, newpapers, etc. that we were able to come back from that catastophe and regain our numbers is amazing.

But no one knew that the politicians had set up this current crisis, which I believe was done deliberately in order to allow a strong government takeover of businesses, ie Socialism. We have to just hope that in our coming Reformed Government, which will definitely by a Socialist One, in case you have not been paying attention, the Unions will take advantage of the situation and become the biggest special interest lobby group to take over Washington DC.

I don’t like it at all, but at this point, our country as we have known it is over and done with. Remember the song, “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with”? We may as well love the ones we are with now. And that means Obama, Acorn and its 200 splinter shadow groups, the fake Census coming up next year, the national Socialist Democrat party, maybe even the Communist party. Whichever one forces everyone, every scab, to sign up with a Union, we must put our money on.

Because if we try to maintain an independant soul, we will be crushed by the Machine.

the pmg on Fri, 29th May 2009 2:19 pm


We have no mail! The mail volume is down! We are going broke! I need to hire a new VP to look into this matter!

Observer on Fri, 29th May 2009 2:45 pm


Report all your managers who leave early/long
lunches/ and long weekends to OIG. The position
is obviously not needed if they can scrape by on
only showing up 20 hours a week! Report them now and lets get some investigations going.

Observer on Fri, 29th May 2009 5:22 pm


Can you say bye bye to COLA…Can you say pay cuts in the next pay talks….You over paid paper-boys will cry the blues then….Your manager with his new GPS device will soon figure out he only needs half of you. See ya at the unemployement lines.

jojo on Fri, 29th May 2009 10:30 pm


Hey, I’m already at the unemployment office. They said I made too much to qualify??? They said the USPS has a right to fire me because if I kept coming to work they would lose more than they would gain. We just gave up more for health benefits, didn’t get a cola. If the PO wants some money back, they can have it, but be assured i want a raise when they get in the black!!

Lord Monty on Fri, 29th May 2009 10:33 pm


I like to see all these statements about getting rid of management because while some are valid most are not. The call for reduction comes from employees who like to point at others so no one takes a close look at what they are not doing. People keep forgetting that old saying of ‘don’t throw stones at others while you yoruself live in a glass house’. No one is perfect but if everyone shows up to work and does their job as they are supposed to (including management) then we can get the mail out quicker and delivered on time which may start to get those customers back that left because of a bad product provided by us.

Doctor Dick on Sat, 30th May 2009 2:34 am


Listen Lord ShitHead, where I work there are just loads of people that literaly do nothing. Management, management toadies, “quality control” morons, and other assorted sick, lame, and lazy. CLEAR OUT THE DEADWOOD!

Stanley Do Good on Sat, 30th May 2009 3:43 am


Listen,

I am a postal supervisor. I would like to know where all of these lazy supervisors are working at. I am tired of covering the work of 3 people in my office. I am in charge of about 40+ employees myself, over 200k of stock and scheduling 11 clerks. When I started in my new office 4 yrs ago there were 3 supervisors. Now I have myself and a periodic 204B that does an ok job. I think a lot of people are in the same boat. I agree though, there are a lot of mgmt that get it easy because of who they know and the “good ole boy” system that is still alive and kickin. I started off as a city carrier and sympathize with you on the demands, but on the same hand where can you deliver paper for $20+ an hour?

Postal Supervisor on Sat, 30th May 2009 5:25 am


Amen to Mr, Do Good. I also cover 3 areas sometimes up to 50 people, I am tired of a few of these idiots that continue to say get rid of the supervisors. Who takes care of your pay, who do you come to get AL, when you have a problem at home who takes care of covering you and provides you with help. So stop the crying and lets start working as a team to make sure we booth have a job in the future!

Rsiriuse on Sat, 30th May 2009 11:12 am


The post office loses can be explained by the frequent purchasing of more and more equipment (even now, without ever going into the black with previously purchased equipment.) The management thinks bigger and better processors will help, but are working on their own Ponzi scheme with the machine replacement.

Recall those half million dollar trays strappers that didn’t work for more than a year? The PO had some 23, 000 of them.

U can C on Sat, 30th May 2009 11:30 am


Hey Postal Supervisor, what are you smoking..If you didn’t take care of our pay a clerk would(just like it used to be) who would we go to with AL any body can sign a form. When I have a problem you don’t take care of me, MY FAMILY DOES…So stop the crying and start looking for a new job…one that you have to work at.

U can C on Sat, 30th May 2009 11:34 am


In my office you could save 1 million dollars if you get rid of supervisors that are not needed. What is the ratio to workers to Supervisors ? It should be at least 15-20 per 1 supervisor. In the last year so many clerk, mailhandler and carrier jobs have been cut. IS THE NUMBER EQUAL to Supervisors..I don’t think so….

najumax on Sat, 30th May 2009 5:59 pm


SUPERVISORS NEED TO BE EXCESSED NOW. MAYBE CONGRESS NEEDS TO GET DOWN TO THE COMMON MAN LEVEL AND SEE THAT THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY SUPERVISORS. THEY ARE STILL GETTING BONUSES TOO. I WILL FIND A WAY TO LET CONGRESS AND OBAMA KNOW POST OFFICE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED ASAP.

Former Employee on Sun, 31st May 2009 5:53 am


Blame it on supervisors….
Blame it on craft….
Either way this company is going down.

Rsiriuse on Sun, 31st May 2009 7:14 am


Previously, prior to 1990, there was one supervisor for ten employees.

This gave them very little to do, and the sniping began. Picking on workers in order to have something to do.

The office I work in hard a supervisor found guilty of improperly dealing with employees. He was told he had to take a sensitivity train course before he’d get his job back.

He quit. Maybe this idea should be taken a step further. Supervisors should be examined and tested for mental stability. Requirement. There’s nothing worse than a man/woman who is meant to deal with people who doesn’t like them, hate themselves and takes it out in small minded nit picking episodes.

Potter on Sun, 31st May 2009 7:36 am


Rsiriuse as usual you don’t know what you are talking about. It used to be 20 to 1 in the plant and now it is 22 to 1. In customer Service it is even higher.

Don’t worry though, soon you all will be in the unemployeement line with your supervisor and you can point fingers at each other.

Retired on Sun, 31st May 2009 11:39 pm


Well in my old P&DC facility on my old tour, they still have 36 maintenance craft workers all told. These 36 are supervised by 3 SMO’s and an MMO. Do that math… then consider that two of them held the highest craft position of custodian and one never held a craft position.

Why do they need so many supervisors and a shift manager for a handful of custodians, mechanics and a few ET’s? What could they all possibly be doing for 8 hours a day that in even some small way benefits the BOTTOM LINE?

The maintenance department sham needs to be gutted first as it is the fattest useless pig of them all. Then all of the transportation management positions should be contracted out because no private company could possibly make any worse decisions than what we have been getting from them over the last few years.

Meanwhile, probably half of the operations supervision is 204B’s back at my old plant and they each probably have over 30 workers each day to manage in several different areas scattered throughout the building.

And the band played on…

Rumbo on Tue, 2nd Jun 2009 4:20 pm


It’s not the USPS only
The Economy Is So Bad:

CEO’s are now playing miniature golf.
Jewish women are marrying for love.
Even people who have nothing to do with the Obama administration aren’t paying their taxes.
Hot-wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.
Obama met with small businesses to discuss the Stimulus Package: GE, Pfizer and Citigroup.
McDonalds is selling the 1/4 ouncer.
Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children’s names.
A truckload of Americans got caught sneaking into Mexico.
The most highly-paid job is now jury duty.
People in Africa are donating money to Americans.
Motel Six won’t leave the light on.
The Mafia is laying off judges.

And finally…

Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal. Great news…the guy who made $50 billion disappear will be investigated by the people who made $750 billion disappear.

MoreBloatedManagament on Wed, 3rd Jun 2009 2:52 am


It’s all craft’s fault. Lazy craft peons. I work hard at getting in the right position with my feet up for 4 hours straight. And it ain’t easy popping those donuts all damn day.

juan dela cruz on Thu, 4th Jun 2009 10:55 am


I’ve been working for 14 years as Mail processor & I observed our mail volumes keep on declining but the numbers of postal workers, supervisors, managers & post masters remain unchange,this really eaten up USPS revenues and lost billions of dollars. Too many people on light duties and not even processed a single mail but paid all the benefits & salaries…Managament need to address this problem before it’s too late .

dogged-out on Thu, 25th Jun 2009 6:01 am


my supervisor cut my hours in half, then half again,then 0hrs. he say he is wrong, but i have to prove it. my grivance has geen going on for 19 months. where can i turn to for help?