Ebay and Paypal

Originally Posted by Bear

aha, they're taking all the small stuff and going door to door. The others are getting the big packages eh?
Maybe they should try and redefine themselves

As a mail man I can tell you why they are loosing billions every year. MANAGEMENT. Quick example. They have overtime lists none, own, 10 hour, and 12 hour. I am on the none list. In order for them to work me overtime they need to work the 12 hour people 12 hour first then the 10 hour people 12 hours then they can make me work overtime. But instead of doing it that way per the contract they just give me overtime on another route and dont work the people who want the overtime the full 12 hours. So then the union files a grievence and get me paid another 50 percent for the time they made me work and the person on the list gets paid 150% for not even doing the work. All because management couldnt follow the contract. I think my office paid out like $80,000 or more last year for this contract violation alone. Now take that nationwide (32724 post offices) and I bet its close to billions of dollars.

Sorry for the hijack GEO

Originally Posted by shendog

you capped the word MANAGEMENT, but in reality as soon as the words "union" and "contract" popped up i knew we had a winner!

All unions are not bad. Being in business yourself I garuntee you contracts are not bad. You cant run a business without a contract. Every sale by definition is a contract. When management wont follow a contract they signed that is breaking the contract. Anyone who knows me knows im far from a left wing tote the union line person. But I would have to say your wrong on this one shendog.

Originally Posted by shendog

yes, i probably am. just a kneejerk reaction when i hear those terms in any form when dealing with the government. funny how jaded we have become, but honestly we need to figure something out when we have a gov run entity that loses billions of dollars a year. nothing against postal workers either, i think they do a great job. on a side note, what is your opinion on "equal opportunity" laws and how they affect the usps and its management?

im going to make an off topic thread about the Post Office.