USPS To Layoff Postmasters and Supervisors?

The Washington Post’s Lisa Rein is reporting:

The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that it will offer $20,000 early retirement incentives to eligible administrative staff as part of a money-saving strategy that also will close seven district offices from New England to New Mexico.

The cuts are part of a reorganization to eliminate 7,500 administrative, supervisory and postmaster positions this year to help the Postal Service address record losses from declining mail volume. Once buyout decisions are final at the end of April, the agency plans to eliminate the jobs of thousands of postmasters and supervisors, many through layoffs, officials said.

“Nobody did anything wrong, but we’re a victim of the economy and past legislation,” said Anthony Vegliante, the Postal Service’s chief human resources officer and executive vice president. The cuts are expected to save $750 million a year.

District offices that handle managerial work will close in Columbus, Ohio; Albuquerque; Billings, Mont.; Macon, Ga.; Providence, R.I.; Troy, Mich.; and Carol Stream, Ill., the Postal Service said.

U.S. Postal Service announces sweeping job cuts, district office closures

22 thoughts on “USPS To Layoff Postmasters and Supervisors?

  1. @Ron—Finally someone who recognizes that it is not only poor mgt, but bad employees as well that have gotten us in this dire situation. How many of those light duty people do you have in your office who claim not to be able to lift 2-5 lbs but yet they lift their kids/grandkids and groceries, sitting back collecting nice postal checks. Come on people–craft can take some of the blame in this also.

  2. Its really sad to read comments that are so ugly and hateful . This company has made it possible for most ,if not all of you to have a decent life. I hope that the postal service can find a way to become a viable company again , so people can feel proud to call themselves postal employees. Maybe focus on new revenue streams , parcel increases( volume through customer connect program ).Stop being So negative out there, with a little hard work from craft and managers things can get better for everyone. Cut waste, boost product effiencyand stop WHINING!!!!!

  3. How can no lay for these groups be justified. Increased automation should reduce need for employees, Unless SAT, delivery becomes history will continue to loose billions per month. Same as closing and consolidated offices that have past justification to continue to exist.
    NO LAY OFF HIGH COST GROUP DOES NOTHING TO REDUCE COST.

  4. Lets face it. The USPS could abolish ALL DISTRICTS and still function as good if not better then they currently are. Did anyone realize that we are in an age of technology and computers and the “Bean Crunchers” don`t use fingers and toes any longer to tabulate and transmit data by either telephone or snail mail? Outside of Headquarters in Washington DC, all the USPS needs is (5) AREA Divisions covering the entire nation and reporting data to Washington DC Headquarters. Located in North East, South East, North West, Southwest, and Central (probably Chicago) and you have cut the administrative payroll to a fraction of the present cost! All this unnecessary redundancy in order to protect unnecessary positions. Just do it! Forget about 5 day delivery and attempting to make middle age city letter carriers “RUN’ their route in order to cover for 2 or 3 additional routes. The only satisfaction the Craft Employees will have when the entire organization goes Belly Up is that all the Fat Cats that have been living off their sweat and labor for years will also loose their jobs and incomes as well. Like they say, Pay Back Is A Bitch!

  5. work on the AFSM 100 and all the supervisor has to do is input the sortplan, all the while the mailhandlers are playing their games and no says a thing to them.
    I like my supervisor but $ 70,000 .00a year for that ???

  6. It’a all about manipulation of groups of people between management & employees that cause the ship sink due to the system makes them control everything without having caught.
    Totally agree with karma, everybody pays their dues. By the way, feel sorry for the true working people got the impact of sinking ship.
    Hopefully, by getting rid of suck supervisors & postmasters, the Post Office will have a better management in most offices.

  7. Wow Layoff for Supervisor, Manager, Postmaster it just for Media. We know in and out. So Joe don’t worry, you don’t need be running loose motion. It’s not just you, when news hit the web, I was unable to find my manager or supervisor, cause they both had their pant smelling. Big house, Big car, bank will own them. As you had a laugh when NRP was created. If you can violate the law to send inujred home. PMG is not violating law, he is telling you “things goes around, comes around.”
    Now there ain’t gonna be any bitch that you will ditching. You Supervisor and Manager already gotta had experience sitting and hiding in bathroom. Still customian jobs will be hitting the wall. You can apply and get it. It will save your pant from wetting.

  8. One of the main reasons that the Postal Service is in such a dire postition is the fact that it is near impossible to get rid of the poor employee. I am talking about management as well as craft. It’s the employee who expends MORE energy to get out of doing something than if the just did what they were told that is killing our business faster. If we could pick and choose those that are excessed or layed off and keep the good workers we would be in a better place.

  9. These supervisors couldn’t see the forest thru the the trees! You should have tried to save those light and limited duty people cause less employees means less people to stand around and watch them work you idiots! Now your going to hit the bricks and see whats it’s like to get dumped on! Atleast the craft people have some training to do something,what do you have” i’ll go get the coffee & donuts.”

    P.S. STAND TOGETHER & MAKE EVERY VOTE COUNT!!!!!

  10. MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, 204BS, DOING NEXT TO NOTHING AND GETTING PAID BIG, BIG BUCKS! WHAT MISMANAGEMENT AND YOU DO NOTHING BUT REWARD THEM! THIS IS HOW TO RUIN A GOOD ORGANIZATION. HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE LET THIS HAPPEN AND SLEEP GOOD AT NIGHT? IN THE REAL WORLD THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED LONG AGO!

  11. WAY TOO MANY OF THEM, I CHALLENGE YOU TO JUST COME OBSERVE FOR YOURSELF, MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS/204BS STANDING AROUND DOING NEXT TO ,EXCEPT MAKING BIG, BIG BUCKS, AND WATCHING THE CRAFT WORK! THIS IS WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE AT IT’S BEST! IF YOU HAD A BRAIN YOU’D CLEAN HOUSE, WE DON’T WANT OR NEED THEM! SAVE USPS NOW BEFORE THE SHIP SINKS!!!!!

  12. How can the postal service say no one did anything wrong? The decisions to spend money hand over fist, to run up an 8 billion dollar deficit, to do stupid things no matter what the consequence? They have done plenty wrong!! They continue to do things wrong. When all is said and done these managers will land in a high level position making more money and mismanaging the postal service into oblivion.

  13. If I’m doing the math correctly, with all of the shifting around, when the dust settle about 1,700 admiistrative employees are destined to leave the service. Sounds like a drop in the bucket to me. In my facility I have watched the installation drop from 2,500 in 1985 to 1,100 presently. This decrease consisted mainly of clerk and mailhandler positions.We currently staff automation designed to be worked by 40 people with a crew of 20. Safety, production bah! Do the math.

  14. YEA LAY OFFS FOR LOWER MANAGEMENT.BUT NOT FOR TONY V.POTTER TOOK CARE OF HIS BUD BEFORE HE LEFT LAST YEAR.YOU SEE TONY V GETS 1/4 OF HIS PAY EXTRA EVERY YEAR UNTIL HE GOES,BECASE HE GETS THE JOB DONE.HIS EXTRA IS MORE THAN AN ET MAKES A YEAR.NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.

  15. Joe Supervisor stop, your bringing me to tears! For years supervisors have looked down on craft. Msfaye is correct in her observations that you as members of management walked thousands of limited and light duty people out the door without a second thought about their lost livelihoods. Whenever a decision in the workplace had to be made managers could not be found! All one had to do was look in the foreman’s office to find the lot ,stuffing themselves on food or outside taking your numerous smoking breaks! But take solace in that though your position may be eliminated you will probably be allowed to remain employed in a lesser position.Now when I have to find a supervisor all I need do is look in the rest rooms which he’ll be cleaning as a custodian!

  16. Hey Joe , Nice grammar. I can see you are the cream of the crop! Good luck in your new endevours (sic).

    PS APWU don’t drink the kool-aid VOTE NO!!!

  17. Excellent to see new PMG take necessary action to reduce excess cost in management. Many counties have 6-7 postmasters with populations less than 100,000 based on just released census data. Offices in 5-6 miles distance; demographics have changed in past 25 years. These once farm community areas are now conected into suburban areas near larger city or county seat. There are even offices built to serve textile mills 60 years ago and mills been closed past 30 years yet office has PM & PTF clerk. to serve a box section with no mills or industry in the area. Mill village served by rural route from main office in county. Box section could be moved to larger office 3 miles away and zip maintained. Eliminate rent, PM & PTF,and HCR cost AM & PM runs. LEVEL 11, also another LV 11 offices with a PM and PM relief 2.5 miles from a LV 22 retail branch. LV 11 built in early 1900s serves no useful purpose as 3 rural routes from LV 22 office serve surrounding area. 2 EMPLOYEES, RENT, 2 HCR runs;a wasted cost.. 4 additional LV 15 ofices could be consolidated into 2 locations.
    Example of wasted non essential cost that has been going on for years without any due dilligence being done to justify need to provide service.
    Congressional politicans would have not have paid heed as the issue could have maybe cost a vote. Congressman is now a Republican who is known as a conservative and is rampant on Pres. Obama spending. Should support PMG in
    eliminating wasteful cost that would not impede service.
    Time has changed everything. Politics and pressure groups need to be ignored in restructing Postal Service to meet service needs cost effective.

  18. what goes around comes around.many of your ilk were busting carriers chops for years about losing their jobs.how does it feel now ,sporty.

  19. to joe the supervisor: you didn’t have any problem when the p.o. was getting rid of lite limited duty people and alot of management came from that particular group. management laughed at the people when they were told they may be excessed to some far flung place. the thinking was the p.o. needs me so i am not worried about my job. once we had many tons of mail and i asked a supervisor how he was gonna get all that mail out he says that it was job security. i told him when the p.o. is ready to kick your behind (in another word) out of here they don’t care how much mail is stacked up. job security okay. this whole thing is a mess people walking around on pins and needles but that is the management way. they want you to work like a dog so you can prove you should stay and someone else should go. and then they get rid of both of you.

  20. WOW,

    The new clerk contract has no law offs and those of us who thought we could do better than those who supervised us may be out of work.. I only hope that a lot of good people don’t lose there jobs. Some of us have been with the post office for a long time and this is our life. We have gave up our craft employee status to try to do more and this may be the thanks that we get.. NICE..

  21. i think they could triple that number there are to many doing the same thing now and a year from now they will have a big hiring for management maybe double or triple what happened in 92`

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