Comments on: Postal Service Continues Cost-Cutting Actions

By: clearwater57

clearwater57 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:48:26 +0000

The structure and staffing of the USPS is a long way from being efficient and streamlined. The USPS needs to bring in some efficiency experts to cut the waste and show them where the workhours can be cut without adversely impacting Service and Productivity.

By: rc

rc — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:43:23 +0000

After reading what William Burrus (APWU) president had stated regarding advertisement; I began to look at things a little differently. Radio and television are nothing but advertising machines. They were not implemented for our viewing pleasure, but to advertise products. We often feel we are so inundated with commercial after commercial, ad after ad while watching our favorite movies or lisening to our radio programs. The show is only to hold us there while we are an audience to the ad. The ad’s are the bread and butter to “air” the show. We all knew that, sponsors. But it is the advertisers perfect scenerio and in every household. Why arent we using the PO in the same fashion? Since the “Big Mailers” are the bread and butter of the USPS, not the average citizen. Why arnt we being creative enough to let our company (USPS)be used in the same fashion? ie, printable, stamps with “ads”, everyone can utiize this. Get your personal message across, download and print your stamps to say what you want. Got a business taking off? got a message to share? Want to put YOUR face out there? print it and send out your mailings. The format for the PO is at every corner of the nation going to each mailbox, we must be utilized to the fullest most creative (other than delivering just bulk mail) and a few personal correspondence. Dont wait until its (USPS) disassembled and come up with a great idea, its almost to late now. Lets get thinking!
I think this is what privitizing is going to do. Lets not let them take it from us.

By: carter

carter — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:13:49 +0000

Instead of cutting jobs (Craft) the Postmaster General should be keeping the work force intact and advertise better (truly), keeping our face clean and presentable, vehicles should appear spotless, mail collection boxes should be in good repair bearing time schedules legible and our eagle logo (which the PO spent millions, only to get sued over it… another great investment!) at least it must be recognizable,supervisors must wear professional looking clothes, (including the women) like shirts and ties and slacks … ALWAYS! and last but not least our Mail Carriers should all look professional and in complete uniform. In a business like ours that we are out there serving The American People, we should take the pride to be and look 100% professional, so our dear customers (our Bread and Butter) can be confident to trust us with their Business.

By: persan

persan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:50:25 +0000

One of the first items in line to cut costs should be to stop the implementation of the FSM (Flat Sequencing Machines) they are too costly to purchase, maintain, and operate. These machines are so big that buildings have to be erected or remodeled in order to acomodate these huge monsters that must be running 24 hours in order for them to be cost effective … and how about the declining mail volume ??? Is the Postal Service going to have enough mail influx for these machines to be a good investment? Would it be the first time that the Postal Service gets out of a contract? … Please Mr. Potter let’s save America from another calamity and truly trust the people that know how to save our Postal Service – Your Work Force !!!

By: abel mandel

abel mandel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:09:16 +0000

In our plant, we have a maintenance manager (EAS-25) and two manager of maintenance operations (EAS-21) WORKING UNDER HIM. Eliminate this two level 21 and have the maintenance manager do his job instead of delegating his job to this two level 21, while he goes away to play golf.

By: stephen tobleman

stephen tobleman — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:49:29 +0000

In other cost cutting measures to be included, jack potter has announced that he will start using cheaper call girls.