RRECS: "70% of routes will lose 3-5 hours a week or more..."

[DB.Cooper]

When I first started there wasn't even any DPS in my office. No scanners, no tracking, Saturdays were a breeze....just look what this place has become.

Ditto, we didn't get DPS until like 2012 or 13.... those time standards were the berries.... it really has become a $#!+ show.... and looks to continue getting worse, rather than better....

 

[Worve]

I sometimes wonder why more RCAs don't transfer rather than sitting around crying about who will or won't hurry up and retire....

In my case I have worked most every office around me. Just say I have my issues, but it would be far worse in other offices.

 

[Gotrope]

When I first started there wasn't even any DPS in my office. No scanners, no tracking, Saturdays were a breeze....just look what this place has become.

Everyday was easier. We received dps in 1996 but, it never made us faster.

 

[kizhawk721]

All -- "RRECS: "70% of routes will lose 3-5 hours a week or more.."



-- Can someone refresh my memory. Didn't the national leaders say 70% of rural carriers were making their evaluations?



-- On the flip side, does that mean the 30% of routes with Amazon will do well under RRECS?

I think it's already figured out , it's just a matter of time til we find out

 

[kizhawk721]

The only way you’ll go up is if you had a lot of growth. If your route stayed the same, well all the standards we get credit for have decreased.

 

[kizhawk721]

My route has grown with boxes , but not mail . I have more sure and parcels , also have my customers do the parcel pick up . More of those , from last count . I've read that this mini mail count is only 6 % of our evaluations

 

[kizhawk721]

Yes I haven't gotten any flats since before Christmas.

Literally was getting 2 tubs at least 2 times a week. Now today I had a lousy 15 pieces in a tub. Some days in the fall, I was getting 4-5 tubs. Now flats have completely vanished in thin air or in some semi-trailer.

 

[kizhawk721]

Same here , I had in my DPS yesterday a postcard from a local supermarket that said , Deliver March 1st -10
I sent a pic to the steward , she said if it's in Dps to deliver it , if in buckets of Flats or raw mail , set aside ! Here we go , it's starting already !!!! The Post Office no longer honors requested dates ???

 

[kizhawk721]

It sure be nice if our union would be strong like the city carriers union when it comes to our routes. City carriers have half the route sizes we do and yet get 8 hours out of it somewhow.

And they get help too !!!!!

 

[kizhawk721]

“Working off the clock” is partially what has gotten us into

 

[kizhawk721]

Our start time is 7 am , when I walk in , there's already regulars there casing mail . Their flats are in their cases and they are taking a tray of dps off the shelf ......

 

[Bucknadhand]

Our start time is 7 am , when I walk in , there's already regulars there casing mail . Their flats are in their cases and they are taking a tray of dps off the shelf ......

God what I would give for a 7am start time. Ours is around 9 since it's a crap manual office and they seem to forget im not a ox route. (Only have 2 routes) other being the ox

 

[csparks]

When I first started there wasn't even any DPS in my office. No scanners, no tracking, Saturdays were a breeze....just look what this place has become.

Yeah, but never knowing which pony you'd ride next and the flaming arrows got old.

 

[jordanjssr]

Same here , I had in my DPS yesterday a postcard from a local supermarket that said , Deliver March 1st -10
I sent a pic to the steward , she said if it's in Dps to deliver it , if in buckets of Flats or raw mail , set aside ! Here we go , it's starting already !!!! The Post Office no longer honors requested dates ???

It will be in the yearly evaluation whether it comes in during the mail survey or not.

 

[DB.Cooper]

It will be in the yearly evaluation whether it comes in during the mail survey or not.

We're getting big dumps of flats this week.... probably nothing in the survey period.... likely clearing the plant now....

 

[w2e2w2e]

Question: I have 8 cbu stops on my route, should I be selecting Auth dismount at each one or is this baked into the system?

Also is a trip to door scan necessary for accountables?

If you take more than one trip at each cbu..say Mail on 1st go, then chunkier on 2nd and two more trips for medium parcels, your authdismount would be 4...you need to be counting and adding these in every day at every stop.

As to the trip to door, I believe that is built in.

 

[w2e2w2e]

Whenever I see somebody resorting to name-calling or profanity when you're debating them.... that's when you know they have a really weak argument .....

Or they have given up explaining something to someone who just doesn't listen...that is usually my reason.
" I wouldn't have anger issues if others didn't have stupidity issues"
Magnet at my case for stupidvisers.

 

[rural]

Whenever I see somebody resorting to name-calling or profanity when you're debating them.... that's when you know they have a really weak argument .....

Or they have given up explaining something to someone who just doesn't listen...that is usually my reason.
" I wouldn't have anger issues if others didn't have stupidity issues"
Magnet at my case for stupidvisers.

But not when "you" use the term "stupidvisers"

 

[DB.Cooper]

But not when "you" use the term "stupidvisers"

Well, there's name calling, then there's well earning titles....

 

[Joe Reeser]

Yeah, I know ya will. Just pointing out the folks waiting for the territory might be antsy. In my own office the wait s 10 years for anyone in our office to retire. Our junior might run the risk of being sent elsewhere. Not sure. The reality of the situation is crappy. Sorry, I guess I didn't need to point it out what we all know as reality.

I had an RCA I thought we would be better off without (I was right) lol). Anyways, one day he asked me when I was planning on retiring because he had been an RCA 5 1/2 years and was tired of waiting. I pointed out that I had waited 11 years to go regular but he didn't really about that. I told him minimum of 1 1/2 and maybe 2 1/2 years. He quit the next day. If I had known it would be that easy to get rid of him, I'd have told him a lot sooner.

I'm eligible for full SS in October. I was hoping to wait until October of next year but my body is breakin' down and I dunno if I'll make it. On the other hand, if RRECS is that bad, I could retire now or take SS while I work. I'd take a tax penalty on the latter so I would need to check into how much that would be.