tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post8406303494273741755..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Postal Service Revs Up Its HiringD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-10458426781329696082017-03-24T05:25:29.445-10:002017-03-24T05:25:29.445-10:00You are totally wrong. You will not get anything u...You are totally wrong. You will not get anything unless you are screwing a supervisor and threaten to blow the whistle claiming sexual harassment. You will be threatened, it is inevitable. Do not waste your time, you will never make the money that I do as you will be under a different pay scale. I am at $28/ hour and you might top out at $20, plus there is not as much opportunity as a mail Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746544121655078319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-16128813357057753532017-03-24T03:24:52.470-10:002017-03-24T03:24:52.470-10:00Wow. Alot of comments here and all negative. I rec...Wow. Alot of comments here and all negative. I recently retired from the Army and looking to continue federal service with USPS. Have completed everything and pending the final call back with a start date. Now I am really anxious to see how the USPS really operates. I will say this, if I am threatened on the job, I will have their position. You get only get treated they way you "let" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-77563165110317595252017-03-23T20:45:37.513-10:002017-03-23T20:45:37.513-10:00Wow. A variety of comments all negative. I have re...Wow. A variety of comments all negative. I have recently completed and was accepted as a MHA, pending my return call for a start date. I just retired from the Army as a SFC. Plan is to continue federal employment with the USPS. I am excited now to see how fubar this establishment is. I can tell you this, threaten me on the job site and i will have your position. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275265464921757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-25954730551347470492017-02-26T22:33:28.972-10:002017-02-26T22:33:28.972-10:00White, college educated, former 11B with clearance...White, college educated, former 11B with clearance (I take pride in what I do, but don't kiss). I guess it's not looking attractive enough to accept the job. I just wanted a career I could do my job, get to move around (not be stuck at a desk), and my time in the military would mean something. A decent wage would have been nice as well. Guess I'm barking up the wrong tree. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-87371955436014865482017-02-26T02:33:00.316-10:002017-02-26T02:33:00.316-10:00Are you black and able to read a little? That is a...Are you black and able to read a little? That is all it takes and also be able to kiss ass correctly. If you are white and can kiss ass that is a maybe. Oh yeah, if you are female you have it made. You can go almost instantly into a supervisory position without having a clue what you are doing. I am a white male with 27 years, I know a little about an awful lot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746544121655078319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-8134776262992680492017-02-25T21:55:59.298-10:002017-02-25T21:55:59.298-10:00I recently left military service (over 10 years ho... I recently left military service (over 10 years honorable). I was looking for a career position since the USPS advertises they have a great reputation with recruiting Veterans. They also advertise it is a great career with a good work environment and benefits. I'm not seeing this after reading. No career positions listed in my state. No benefits with the non-career jobs. Year-long Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-52821220165593448052016-04-06T17:15:55.957-10:002016-04-06T17:15:55.957-10:00What the post office says and what they do is two ...What the post office says and what they do is two entirely different things. I have an ongoing physical threat situation that I have no actions taken by the post office even thought they post those BS posters all over about zero tolerance. It is all smoke and mirrors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746544121655078319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-14937329300808959362016-04-06T11:01:08.922-10:002016-04-06T11:01:08.922-10:00Dear Dead Tree Edition
I have tried to contact d...Dear Dead Tree Edition <br /> I have tried to contact different outlets to share my story with. I've faced my share of struggles with mangers at the Post Office . I believe my story needs to be heard. The harassment is so intensely fierce that you will become to imitated to return to work. During a morning meeting with our manger we were told due we want her to be the bitch. So here's howAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-3027373947107507872016-03-10T09:21:29.193-10:002016-03-10T09:21:29.193-10:00PMG Brennan, an Obama appointee (through the Board...PMG Brennan, an Obama appointee (through the Board of Governors, the majority of whom are Barack's selections), refuses to do the right and honorable thing and implement a just working environment. Progressives talk a good game, but when nobody is looking, they perform like the robber barons of old: low-paid, unprofessional (through no fault of their own), "the devil may care", Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-47216228135555787382016-03-08T19:06:31.564-10:002016-03-08T19:06:31.564-10:00I'm one of the former employees that got let g...I'm one of the former employees that got let go on January. I wish to come back because I sincerely need this job and want to make a career out of this. I was a seasonal and from my experiences pse's and regulars mess up on the job. The one thing I will say is that most of the regulars are the laziest people I have ever seen. They don't even want to do manual. They just talk talk talkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09502186793083068584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-86368564530990837342016-02-19T14:45:40.873-10:002016-02-19T14:45:40.873-10:00They need to get a new contract and get rid of PSE...They need to get a new contract and get rid of PSE's. Hire them as career employees and the quality will be there. There should be one union to cover the plant employees and a union to cover the carriers. That's it, then we'd be stronger and can work together. Too much supervision and too much stress on the employees makes for a bad attitude, thus bad relations between them, which Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-26121993027488635482016-02-19T07:23:25.722-10:002016-02-19T07:23:25.722-10:00BEEN THERE DONE THAT. MY SON STARTED OUT AS PSE AN...BEEN THERE DONE THAT. MY SON STARTED OUT AS PSE AND HAS SINCE BEEN PROMOTED TO FULL TIME CAREER BUT IT TOOK HIM 2 YEARS TO GET IT EVEN AFTER HAVING HAVING AN ARBITRATION SETTLEMENT.IT TAKES THE POST OFFICE FOREVER TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU AREVERY RIGHT THEY HIRE AND FIRE AS FAST AS THEY CAN THEY DONT WHO IS THERE TO THEM IT IS JUST A BODY AND WILL WORK THE BONES OFF OF SOMEONE FOR MEGER AMOUNT OFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-44231249286037389272016-02-16T15:05:04.796-10:002016-02-16T15:05:04.796-10:00Someone above said 52,000 quit last year. Did the...Someone above said 52,000 quit last year. Did they all quit? Does this include seasonal employees who were no longer needed in January? If the 52,000 figure doesn't include them, then yes, there's an attrition/morale problem. But if it does include them, how many of these 52K were strictly seasonal? <br /><br />A more accurate analysis would exclude the strictly seasonal employees, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-10058228963699332772016-02-16T10:49:18.487-10:002016-02-16T10:49:18.487-10:00The majority of the custodians are clerks that wer...The majority of the custodians are clerks that were excessed and had nowhere to go. Don't hate on them because the Post Office failed to protect their career employees. Instead of offering them their position back they replaced them with sorry PSE's they picked up off the street. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-33105119358615019912016-02-16T10:39:21.716-10:002016-02-16T10:39:21.716-10:00Why do ppl always bad mouth the new postal employe...Why do ppl always bad mouth the new postal employees for not working, being lazy, causing the postal svc to fall to the waistline, etc? What about some of the OLD lazy ones who are set in their ways that never want to do any work besides the bare minimum or the ones that hide in the locker room and sleep their entire shift or the ones that are always in the union office whining and complaining Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-20066540329114369102016-02-16T09:01:24.900-10:002016-02-16T09:01:24.900-10:00It's truly sad to see first hand what the PO h...It's truly sad to see first hand what the PO has become. Sure, now the need to hire is urgent, because of the worthless people that have been hired in recent years. Wanna see how bad the "service" is now? Order a package and trace it. Your package will be mis-sorted several times before being delivered, if it's not stolen or delivered to the wrong address! Sad state of affairs!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416844659010025424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-78725546064987036302016-02-16T08:39:53.623-10:002016-02-16T08:39:53.623-10:00PSEs are better in terms of working attitude and r...PSEs are better in terms of working attitude and reliability and yet they are getting paid almost half what the regulars are getting paid. No benefits no premium pay no holiday pay. Where's the equality they are talking about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-83935265621230227392016-02-16T04:04:46.384-10:002016-02-16T04:04:46.384-10:00In response to "if we are failing, why did we...In response to "if we are failing, why did we make $1.3 billion profit last year?" Very simple....a 6% price increase for Market Dominant Products in 2014 (including the 4.3% exigent surcharge for the 2008 recession). ANY business that could increase prices by that amount in today's business climate would result in profits. That does not happen anywhere else....and I am separating Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-86635745161501395632016-02-15T21:33:26.501-10:002016-02-15T21:33:26.501-10:00I hope to be gone in a couple of years but right n...I hope to be gone in a couple of years but right now it is only a hope. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746544121655078319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-75060810261309192252016-02-15T16:55:15.486-10:002016-02-15T16:55:15.486-10:00Its already happening in our office. Our superviso...Its already happening in our office. Our supervisor send the 30 year regular carrier back out to help the new CCA, the new CCA get to work in the office to do the supervisor job to sent the other regular to help the new CCA, and the supervisor get to go home early. A win win for the postal service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-53579240673915841432016-02-15T10:53:36.332-10:002016-02-15T10:53:36.332-10:00Great idea to consolidate Postal processing plants...Great idea to consolidate Postal processing plants and excess workers to go to jobs that they can't do or hate doing, and create a hostile work environment. If the employees were allowed to retire without a pension penalty, then the UsPs could hire many new employees. Instead, they will continue to make incompetent decisions based on "the numbers" to diminish service standards. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-32161237551450646062016-02-15T05:03:01.419-10:002016-02-15T05:03:01.419-10:00I wonder if we are failing why we made a 1.3 billi...I wonder if we are failing why we made a 1.3 billion dollar profit last quarter? I agree that new hires are being treated poorly, but those who stay know they will be hired permanently if they stick it out. Upper management would be better served if they vetted out new employees better and gave them benefits from the start. Having pension, health benefits from the get go usually makes a new Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817872454319613961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-16588605586778010282016-02-15T04:59:46.123-10:002016-02-15T04:59:46.123-10:00The USPS employees are more consumed with how they...The USPS employees are more consumed with how they're being wronged then how to ensure an excellent customer experience. The USPS management is attempting to pull a rabbit from a hat by transforming into a relevant player in their market space while being legally restricted in how they can do it. There is a real culture problem with a workforce that feels entitled - it hasn't ever Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-12193043562232025052016-02-15T04:36:23.686-10:002016-02-15T04:36:23.686-10:00If the USPS and postal labor would consolidate to ...If the USPS and postal labor would consolidate to 1 union instead of 4, they'd be able to shift employees from positions that are no longer needed to those that need to be filled. Then they would have experienced people in place. There are reasons to hire non-career/part-time flex employees....it's done in all companies. But given that overall mail volumes continue to decrease, there is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-42791578991723813742016-02-14T22:48:44.339-10:002016-02-14T22:48:44.339-10:00Get the custodians out the cafeteria and hiding of...Get the custodians out the cafeteria and hiding offices maybe mail processing and mail carrier employees can get a helping hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com