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    Postal Schitzophrenia

    To illustrate how inane postal management is:

    A few years ago they started pushing customers out of the local post offices. They started selling stamps at CVS,wal mart, etc. (who, by the way, is under NO obligation to sell them to you for .44, they can make a profit if they want to)

    Then they reduced the number of window clerks, because they weren't getting as many customers in the offices.

    After doing that, they started the mystery shopper programs, and started penalizing clerks for not asking all the right questions........

    then they started penalizing clerks for the lines not moving quickly enough.....

    Then they expanded the product line to include priority mail......

    and added to the number of questions you're supposed to be asked.....

    and reduced the allowable wait time in line......

    Then they removed vending machines from the post offices, so you have to either go to the window to get stamps, or go to CVS.

    All of which lead to a spiral of ever more irritated clerks, and longer wait times in lines, which, by extension, reduces foot traffic in the offices dramatically.

    Their solution to their revenue issue? Start selling more crap in the offices, which relies on foot traffic, which you've largely elmiinated through your own actions.

    Tell me again why we're losing money?

    Postal management is BRILLIANT!
    The one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind wasn't king, he was stoned for seeing light.

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    Sound to me like you all oughta be giving the decision makers and other management fat cats the sack.


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    Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004 View Post
    Sound to me like you all oughta be giving the decision makers and other management fat cats the sack.
    I'd love to..........but to illustrate how they deal with bad managers....

    The USPS has a zero tolerance policy towards sexual harassment. I've seen several craft employees get fired for it.

    Okay, similar offense, ,similar punishment, right?

    We had a local supervisor nailed for sexual harassment........he's no longer a supervisor, he was booted out of the plant. He's postmaster of a town, which is actually more pay than he was getting before.

    USPS management NEVER gets fired.
    The one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind wasn't king, he was stoned for seeing light.

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    Well that's a shame that the "powers who be" protect their own.
    The Public Service here is similar, even some of our pollies have been done for sexual harrassment, but just end up getting a better paid job out of the country as Embassy officials.
    Yep....the system needs a big overhall.


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