tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post286190055621668992..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: New Poll: How Many Postal Workers Will Take the USPS/APWU Buyout Incentive?D. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-40794119187836391472012-11-20T16:40:35.801-10:002012-11-20T16:40:35.801-10:00Dang there is a lot of craft on craft crime going ...Dang there is a lot of craft on craft crime going on here! Well im a letter carrier and you clerks think you could do our job? Is that why you are all 100 lbs overweight? You think you are smarter than us? I tell you what until we no longer have to give parcels and letters to other carriers because you cant sort them correctly i would say shut your mouth. Try walking 10 miles a day with 20 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-56175262719371792262012-11-20T13:15:34.937-10:002012-11-20T13:15:34.937-10:00Well, I live in a rural area, small town, and my c...Well, I live in a rural area, small town, and my carrier gives me the neighbors' mail and gives my mail to the neighbors. When I leave her a note, I get a reply "sorry, mistakes DO happen!" Really? How difficult is it to glance through each bundle BEFORE putting it in a mailbox? And no, this carrier isn't rushed; she sits in her running vehicle for 10 minutes sometimes and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-72810596077761829522012-11-17T21:49:54.332-10:002012-11-17T21:49:54.332-10:00so if you go you get 10 grand the first year and 5...so if you go you get 10 grand the first year and 5 the second but if you stay and give your supervisor grief (which is priceless) you can make 20 grand in one year and if you make your supervisor more aggrevated and stay the second year that is 40 grand in 2 years why go. still not old enough but i have 35 years. why take an early out and a penalty when i have alread suffered this long. the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-45946229409095853402012-11-15T17:00:19.843-10:002012-11-15T17:00:19.843-10:00Its funny that you letter carriers think they are ...Its funny that you letter carriers think they are the only ones that can do that job. In my opinion carriers are the lazy, not too smart, full of themselves, and the biggest whinners in the post office. If only you carriers would have gotten a higher score on the memory part of the test you could have landed a clerk job. Thats why you were hired as a carrier, you look at address and put it in a CLERK ( AND PROUD OF IT )noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-22428583764003526722012-11-15T14:09:34.487-10:002012-11-15T14:09:34.487-10:00A retirement incentive for letter carriers and any...A retirement incentive for letter carriers and any plan to backfill these carrier positions with employees excessed from other crafts, just wouldn't work in my opinion.<br /><br />During my postal carer of som e37 years, I've had several occassions where I've worked with employees who "voluntarily" transferred over as letter carriers. In every case, they just couldn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-65495052480851857192012-11-15T13:09:30.102-10:002012-11-15T13:09:30.102-10:00This is for "why should they offer carriers a...This is for "why should they offer carriers any incentive.They are short now." DUH. If you offer buyouts to the CSRS carriers you get rid of the most expensive workers AND it gets rid of the most expensive retirement system for the USPS!Then you give the jobs to the junior mailhandlers and clerks. It is that simple.....But that is why it hasn't been done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-67930697445070764452012-11-15T12:48:51.809-10:002012-11-15T12:48:51.809-10:00truthfully....they need to start with the BIG DOGS...truthfully....they need to start with the BIG DOGS!! higher up that make 6 digits start with them 1st. THEN SUPERVISORS...we have way tooo many. put 204b back walking. get rid of TEs. they milk routes and make more $$ than us regulars. give us carriers $15,000. we are the 1s who work our butts off& work in the weather why TOP DOGS sit on their butts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-35597214791948760492012-11-15T10:37:44.039-10:002012-11-15T10:37:44.039-10:00Greedy? Give me the option of retirement RIGHT NO...Greedy? Give me the option of retirement RIGHT NOW... AND I'M GONE! They have offered to EAS, Postmasters, Mail Handlers, and now APWU...<br /><br />Give NALC Employees the chance next! (and you can KEEP your 15,000 bux too!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-54417008785209546942012-11-15T10:08:02.833-10:002012-11-15T10:08:02.833-10:00If they really want folks to leave, then they need...If they really want folks to leave, then they need to get SERIOUS with the money! $15,000 - $20,000 just won't get it done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-42017837411984333782012-11-15T06:00:04.535-10:002012-11-15T06:00:04.535-10:00I retired August 31st and my paperwork still has&#...I retired August 31st and my paperwork still has'nt been assigned to anyone yet.I took the mailhandler incentive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-38610571625440265162012-11-15T03:01:04.776-10:002012-11-15T03:01:04.776-10:00Carriers will not get any incentive, sorry. Why wo...Carriers will not get any incentive, sorry. Why would they - they are short of carriers now. Stop being greedy usps workers - just retire when you want and can.$ 15,000 isn't going to change anything. If you haven't saved for your retirement its your own fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-2715704089912498322012-11-15T02:30:59.864-10:002012-11-15T02:30:59.864-10:00What can you do with 15,000 dollars these days...I...What can you do with 15,000 dollars these days...I hope no one takes the tiny offer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-8703161244876549992012-11-15T01:53:34.153-10:002012-11-15T01:53:34.153-10:00Give it to carriers and 50000 will go in a heart b...Give it to carriers and 50000 will go in a heart beat,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com