Is 5 Day delivery really so bad?

[w2e2w2e]

So, have been talking to family, friends and neighbors.
Most do not care if they get mail on Saturday, just like not getting mail on Sunday, they don't care about mail on weekends.
However...they do want their parcels delivered every day.

Just curious why it is such a huge deal, I know having a weekend off every week would be awesome.

5 regular days and two package only delivery days for us would be fine is my opinion.

 

[gotstamps]

So, have been talking to family, friends and neighbors.
Most do not care if they get mail on Saturday, just like not getting mail on Sunday, they don't care about mail on weekends.
However...they do want their parcels delivered every day.

Just curious why it is such a huge deal, I know having a weekend off every week would be awesome.

5 regular days and two package only delivery days for us would be fine is my opinion.

Job loss in the thousands & our Evals likely would go down due to loss of that 6th-Day automatic credits. I have people that look forward to their mail everyday so… No thanks!

 

[YOUAREthecurrentresident]

Delivering mail 5 days/wk? oomph...that would mean every Monday would be like the day after a holiday...every...single...week

 

[gotstamps]

Delivering mail 5 days/wk? oomph...that would mean every Monday would be like the day after a holiday...every...single...week

Imagine the Tuesday after the Holidays… we have 8 this year.

 

[w2e2w2e]

Sorry, meant to add if they could even out mail on Mondays...did not even think of those 8 Tuesdays!!!
But, I still like the idea.
just my opinion.

 

[EthelAnne]

So, have been talking to family, friends and neighbors.
Most do not care if they get mail on Saturday, just like not getting mail on Sunday, they don't care about mail on weekends.
However...they do want their parcels delivered every day.

Just curious why it is such a huge deal, I know having a weekend off every week would be awesome.

5 regular days and two package only delivery days for us would be fine is my opinion.

The OT paid on city side is the big deal. There are 80k rural routes and nearly three times as many city routes in this country.

 

[DohnJalton]

To answer the main question, yes 5 day delivery is horrible. Getting 21 trays of DPS on a day after the holiday is bad enough. Doing that potentially every week would destroy carriers bodies at an accelerated rate, which I am sure the USPS would love.

The OT paid on city side is the big deal. There are 80k rural routes and nearly three times as many city routes in this country.

The OT city carriers will be getting for having to help all the newly understaffed H and J rural routes is probably going to cost the USPS more. Should be fun.

 

[Augsburg]

So, have been talking to family, friends and neighbors.
Most do not care if they get mail on Saturday, just like not getting mail on Sunday, they don't care about mail on weekends.
However...they do want their parcels delivered every day.

Just curious why it is such a huge deal, I know having a weekend off every week would be awesome.

5 regular days and two package only delivery days for us would be fine is my opinion.

Monday would be terrible. Pass.

 

[sinister minister]

If the USPS considered this, it's likely they would not consider 2 consecutive days off. No Sat/Sun because of Monday holidays. Whatever the most inconvenient configuration would be their preference. Say, Tues/Thur.

 

[Offspeed]

I like it. Remember the mail is 90% junk mail , it can be manipulated as we know. Deliver the parcels on Saturday and Sunday and even the flow of junk mail the rest of the week.

 

[Cappy]

If the USPS considered this, it's likely they would not consider 2 consecutive days off. No Sat/Sun because of Monday holidays. Whatever the most inconvenient configuration would be their preference. Say, Tues/Thur.

Though we couldn't do a weekday, because businesses, legal depts, etc rely on us during normal business hours through the week. I use to daydream all about this when I was sub.

 

[Fast_Enuf]

I believe guaranteed 6-day delivery in the Postal Reform Act was considered a 'win' for carriers (and the unions) as part of the exchange for PSHB in 2025.
At face value I'd agree with OP, but the weekly 'day after' would be rough on high volume routes, packages or no.

 

[12345]

What would five day delivery do to a H route? Most would be an aux route.

 

[TuckersDad]

So many people have small SPRs that I'd just about end up driving the whole route anyways. Might as well take the junkmail along for the ride too.

 

[btdtret]

All -- Other countries around the world have implemented or are looking at a 4-Day work week -- without loss of wages. ( probably that could mean a 10-hour work day, but rural carriers are used to that! )

 

[Worve]

5 day work week sounds great on paper. Given we are in a service industry i Don’t ever see it happening. Would still require carriers to work sat sunday for parcels. Huge issue with retaining and hiring is sat/sun work as is.

 

[MadDog]

Sorry, meant to add if they could even out mail on Mondays...did not even think of those 8 Tuesdays!!!
But, I still like the idea.
just my opinion.

If you're a K route you already work 5 days a week.

 

[w2e2w2e]

Correct, but I mean for the post office to only have mail delivery Monday thru Friday with parcel delivery ONLY on Saturday and Sunday.
The only issue in my mind would be evening out the flow of mail.
As some people that have horrible routes said, they already get "22 trays of mail after a holiday"
I cannot even imagine that much mail.. I think the worst I EVER had was like 14 trays.
This are all just imaginary what-if opinion questions is all.

 

[Herma]

I’m less bothered by weekday letter timing than by parcels sitting until Monday. I’ve had international packages reach a local hub on Friday and then sit all weekend, which is annoying when the contents are time-sensitive. A separate weekend parcel run makes sense, but only if staffing and route volumes are planned properly, otherwise Monday just becomes a brutal catch-up day.

For cross-border stuff, I’ve used PMPaket to arrange shipments online and track them. Choosing delivery to a pickup point instead of waiting at home was convenient.

 

[shoe72]

How do you hire, schedule and keep people when the regular 5 day workers need a vacation or, God forbid, a sick day?
I'm in a small 1 K route office with a good sub now. Why would she stay?
And yes, Mondays and Tuesdays after holidays would be insane. They'd have to adjust routes/add aux routes I would think.
No thanks, you want 5 day a week work, go regular on a bigger route or go corporate.