Comments on: Congresswoman Emerson: Five-Day Postal Delivery Hurts Rural Areas

By: L_vengador

L_vengador — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:23:42 +0000

What the post office needs is to be able to lay off people. The post office is filled with people that it can’t get rid off. In order for it to be competitive is to be able to have the same flexibility as the competition UPS FedEx. They have the ability to lay off people and the ability to Fire/Terminate employees. Let’s face the reality, 6 day delivery is over rated. Almost every1 i know pay their bills on line no one uses the mail the way it used to any more because it is slow. The only use for residential mail is to use for greeting cards and invitations. They should cut back to a 3 day delivery for residential, every other day (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). The USPS would save a lot more money. Businesses should be 5 to 6 days depending in the area. Trimming the fat that is what the post office needs to do and it needs to have the ability to lay off people and poor performers. Higher management already took a 10% pay cut in the beggining of the year, what they need to do is start laying off people with no seniority and make many of the people that have not done a anything the whole time they have been in the work and pretty sure they will retire.

By: Mystery Shoppers

Mystery Shoppers — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:09:13 +0000

Will we finally get rid of the mystery shopper program please? It is costing us millions and only making Price Waterhouse rich (They have a nice new building.) We need to ask Congress to stop paying in that retiring fund that Bush made us start. We would make a profit right now if we didn’t. Why doesn’t Potter ask the employees?

By: Missourian

Missourian — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:39:53 +0000

Jo Ann Emerson hits it right on the head. They need to start the cost cutting at the top with executives. They make a lot of money for what? Stupid decisions, but not going to volunteer a reduction in THEIR pay. Nobody wants to lose their job, but with this idea to go to 5 day delivery, that puts a lot of people out of work. People that we rely on. For instance, we have RCAs, which in short means they substitute for the regular rural carrier on their day off, and when they take vacation. If the RCA is good, they learn several routes and therefore can make a decent income if they are a hardworking individual. That’s just one area, that would have the same affect on some Contract Drivers who drive trucks to and from plants in the middle of the night. The top brass isn’t looking at all the areas to cut, they need to look amongst themselves and start there. No need to penalize the public for their poor money management. Some uncalled for Overtime and working holidays is a huge waste of money, there are plenty of areas that could use some attention. Mostly at the top.