tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post2660773714277213517..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Potter Quitting the Worst CEO Job in AmericaD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-73551772999169863672010-10-31T03:10:22.603-10:002010-10-31T03:10:22.603-10:00I know this is 2010, but in the past...did you kno...I know this is 2010, but in the past...did you know???<br />Postmaster General John Potter's base salary climbed to $265,000 in 2008 from $186,000 in 2007. He also received a performance bonus of $135,000. In all his total compensation -- salary, bonuses, retirement benefits and other perks -- topped $850,000, a spokesman with the U.S. Postal Service told FOXNews.com.<br />A PERFORMANCE BONUSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-71513455534137482492010-10-30T06:55:23.623-10:002010-10-30T06:55:23.623-10:00The PO is replacing Potter with Donahoe?? To me, t...The PO is replacing Potter with Donahoe?? To me, that means business as usual. He will follow in the exact footsteps as Potter. Probably hire Potter back as a consultant, raise his pay and pay his health care. I can't beleive that congress lets this go on at the PO. They are trying to replace all career employess with temps, including lower level supervisors. The greed of these selfish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-82244132741752693732010-10-29T13:41:06.603-10:002010-10-29T13:41:06.603-10:00What are you smoking? Monopoly exists. As long as ...What are you smoking? Monopoly exists. As long as Universal Service is mandated, the USPS will keep that privilege. They will also operate the nations largest fleet without paying liability insurance on 1 vehicle. Pay zero dollars for auto registrations. Exempt them selfs from emissions compliance & inspections (although they now self-certify emissions).ANY MORON of a postal worker can step Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-60878340084471606902010-10-27T09:47:46.249-10:002010-10-27T09:47:46.249-10:00Monopoly? There is not postal monopoly anymore. ...Monopoly? There is not postal monopoly anymore. Everthing has competiton in other channels. Helped turn around GM? Gm is not turned around. Come on, the Postal Service isn't even close to being in as bad a shape as GM. If it weren't for the prefunding mandate, . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-69984302886513086192010-10-27T07:53:53.888-10:002010-10-27T07:53:53.888-10:00I think this bares repeating...
'But the Post...I think this bares repeating...<br /><br />'But the Postal Service's board of governors is made up mostly of political hacks with little relevant knowledge or experience.'dryMAILmanhttp://m.youtube.com/#/profile?user=dryMAILmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-40854877457264618992010-10-27T04:30:51.620-10:002010-10-27T04:30:51.620-10:00Seems like an opportunity to hire someone from pri...Seems like an opportunity to hire someone from private industry. How about Steven Rattner who helped turn around GM. How did Donahoe slide in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-34100248854430566482010-10-27T02:04:50.666-10:002010-10-27T02:04:50.666-10:00'The gig is up'. He was about to be expose...'The gig is up'. He was about to be exposed and was forced into retirement. 'Retire or get fired'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-61031764924882684742010-10-26T23:23:32.554-10:002010-10-26T23:23:32.554-10:00CEO? This federal agency operates under a monopoly...CEO? This federal agency operates under a monopoly. It also operates tax-free (property,fuel etc). It is exempt from workman comp insurance requirements (injuries handled by DOL). It's managers are protected from personal liability by their federal employee status. To call the head bureaucrat of this federal agency shows a severe lack of business basics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-85342521287934868952010-10-26T20:34:06.294-10:002010-10-26T20:34:06.294-10:00CEO w/ just a BA and a yr of leadership training??...CEO w/ just a BA and a yr of leadership training?? No wonder why USPS in the hole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-3324589099734242062010-10-26T15:38:10.749-10:002010-10-26T15:38:10.749-10:00Someone also needs to comment on the Postal strate...Someone also needs to comment on the Postal strategy of intimidation in order to get employees to quit instead of offering a reasonable monetary incentive to retire. So clerk, carrier, mailhandler, thanks for all your years of service, but since we want you out we are going to discipline you on everything scratch, sneeze, or cough you do until you are fed up and quit. If things don't changeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-51518268939440060062010-10-26T15:14:03.967-10:002010-10-26T15:14:03.967-10:00No CEO will worth millions of dollar while employe...No CEO will worth millions of dollar while employees go through hardship. Look at Mark Hurd of HP, he cut employees left and right, he cut employees salary while he gets biggest bonus of all time while he was CEO. Most employees at HP would quit if the economy get better and they would jump ship. What go around comes around, the worst character will get its due. They treat employees like dirt. SoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-55746135308124640912010-10-26T07:10:38.569-10:002010-10-26T07:10:38.569-10:00YHVH solution for those entrusted with enforcement...YHVH solution for those entrusted with enforcement of moral law to include the laws of the US Constitution who refuse to do so for personal gain is the Peoples Righteous Kill Defense [PRKD]. In the American Holocaust those responsible for "war crimes" against the people will have punishment exacted by the people.<br /><br />CN by YA(YHVH)<br />National WhistleblowerNational Whistleblower Allen Carltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-79052303084024229012010-10-26T06:32:43.792-10:002010-10-26T06:32:43.792-10:00when carrier and clerk crafts are
reduced by 15% o...when carrier and clerk crafts are<br />reduced by 15% or more; yet senior<br />management staffing INCREASES by<br />12% it is time for YOU to go! Cut<br />senior management staffing in half<br />and the Post Office can deliver<br />7 days a week and make moneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-44239642741166566772010-10-26T05:51:07.845-10:002010-10-26T05:51:07.845-10:00worst ceo job in america? i doubt it. i would love...worst ceo job in america? i doubt it. i would love this job. apparently, you are accountable to no one! i mean, how else could you get away with paying out bonus money to your "buddies" each year for the last three years when the postal service lost over $11 BILLION dollars in this period? the fact is, potter wasn't capable of successfully running a lemonade<br />stand. good ridance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-37633399752127330262010-10-26T05:19:59.377-10:002010-10-26T05:19:59.377-10:00You feel sorry for this self-serving excuse of a p...You feel sorry for this self-serving excuse of a postmaster? Oh, the things he's done to his employees and to our postal service. This man needs to be investigated NOW! Read the posts in the postalmag.com or postal employeenetwork. Read all you can about Potter's dispicable ways of treating managers and how he hires his buddies. Check into his finances. Ask a few thousand of the100,000 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-30273258381243205452010-10-26T03:07:23.952-10:002010-10-26T03:07:23.952-10:00He was bullied into the position. It was his "...He was bullied into the position. It was his "up through the ranks" stature that gave him the connection to the "working class" portion of the postal service. Although the "USPS working class" is a whole different animal than the "real world working class."<br /><br />I am surprised that he lasted as long as he did.<br /><br />We wish him well in his futureJose Cancheronoreply@blogger.com