Re: From A USPS Employee

ladyann45 · ‎05-01-2011

Thank you for posting because my son is also a mail carrier and told me how long he has been working. We really don't realize how crazy this year has been for essential workers, and the Post Office had to deal with a lot with Dejoy trying to change the way the mail was being delivered these last few months. Mail now leave your small town and go into a large hub where it may take a day or two to be sent out depending on the carrier and how it is suppose to be ship. I appreciate the fact that he is out doing his job and I appreciate all of you who use this service.

ladyann45 · ‎05-01-2011

Yes they hire temporary staff because in some places they have a hiring freeze. Some Post Offices where I live, carriers have to cover two or more routes because of under staffing and many are retiring.

ladyann45 · ‎05-01-2011

I don't know who told you mail carriers are not fired. I know several who has lost their jobs because of customers complaint. I don't know where you live but I can say this there are ways for them to track the carrier. My house has a number by my mailbox for them to scan so they will know what time he was in the area. A temp delivered the mail and the regular mail carrier had all the packages.

granddi · ‎03-16-2010

@granddi wrote:
My apologies: I did not know that USPS had holiday hiring.

From Vox.com

It’s not just a matter of underfunding or understaffing. While the Postal Service hires local seasonal workers on an as-needed basis, this holiday season has been especially brutal. Debra Isser, a 66-year-old carrier who has been with the USPS for 10 years, says that at her location in Reisterstown, Maryland, there is some seasonal help, but it isn’t always enough.

“We do have a number of other clerks that have come in to help out. But on the carrier side, I haven’t seen anything. On the city side, no extra help, and no extra help on the rural side either,” she said. “I would say the big problem with the postal office is, quite honestly, they don’t pay their workers enough money to retain them. They have a big problem with turnover.” As of 2019, the Postal Service has a 38.5 percent turnover rate. Isser says she feels the issue stems from low wages. According to Glassdoor, the average USPS mail carrier makes around $27,113 a year.