The Post Office

Originally Posted by Mick

There are a lot of problems most people are unaware. Just some:

7. Labor/Unions and management are the most distrustful of each other I've ever seen. The Post Office should be one of the best places to work. Instead, it's one of the worst atmospheres there is. Most people spend their dreams thinking how to get out. Few do - fortunately, I did.



These are just a few. A thorough discussion of the USPS problems would take a book.

I first meet several postal employees when I was in high school, we all worked at a small business, they needed the additional income, I was a kid. These guys told me horror stories of management abuse that I have never seen in any industry I have worked in. Later I got to know a postal employee in the 90's and the abuse of fellow employees had continued. Apparently this is something that is nurtured in the post office and has not been properly delt with by any management since the mid sixties at the very least.

Experience has lead me to the conclusion that with every bad orgaization the problems are the responsibility of the person at the top. They caused the problems or allowed the problems to exsist. Since congress is the "one at the top" and no one is really in charge in congress I hold little hope the situation getting better.

In the mean time employees and their families suffer with the uncertainy of their future. I met an employer the other day on base at the store and he is one pi**ed off employee. How can service be held to a good standard when your work force is under such stress. Mike.