Ain't No Fizz in this COLA
- Thread starter Bukowski
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Whoops! Sorry, I wasn't thinking about the whole month. Tried to delete this, but couldn't find an option. Anyway, $56 it is . . . Until those new evaluations come out Saturday. And then next month's review and the month after that and the month after that ad infinitum.
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tonsillitis
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thats like 6 subway footlong with coupon. pays off lunch and dinner for 1weekMy paycheck is $28 more after a $1,050 raise.How bout y'ins?
gotstamps
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Contract raise in November could take the “sting” out.
Boondocksaint
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Mine is $35 more every paycheck. So I guess 1/3 of a gas tank, maybe one nice meal for myself. Inflation happening everywhere but my wallet.
My paycheck is $28 more after a $1,050 raise.
Sure but think if you got FULL COLA. You don't realize how much you are missing out on in a few years
Unclewolverine
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I'm only on step 4, so pretty sure whatever pittance I received was completely obliterated by gas going up 50 cents a gallon this week. But hey, ema is going down next month 
I'm only on step 4, so pretty sure whatever pittance I received was completely obliterated by gas going up 50 cents a gallon this week. But hey, ema is going down next month
Then may get obliterated more by the results of mail count.
Just amazing.
We get 1k cola. EMA drops. Gas just 30-50 cents in a week. New mail count most will probably lose.
Unclewolverine
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Goes down any more I'm done. I already put in a couple applications after the ema going down was announced.
No chance of getting a government vehicle? I drove a pov for about 6 years. It just amazes me how many people still use their own vehicles! Crazy!
I’m out in less than a year, son will graduate this year. USPS really needs to match ema to what they bill themself per mile on gov vehicles. No concrete proof just what I have heard from VMF it’s little over 2.50 a mile to cover repairs gas etc.
Unclewolverine
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Don't get me wrong, I much prefer a pov. More comfortable and WAY safer. It just burns me how bad they screw us on ema.
Exactly screwed on EMA and screwed on subs like in my area (15 radius from my route)
15 POV routes
6 subs (1 sub on HOLD DOWN TIL REGULAR)
NO WHERE CLOSE TO ENOUGH SUBS and no one will !@##@ING HELP
tonsillitis
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who would be in their right mind to work 1-2days per week and have to invest another vehicle to do mail route. and theres no guarantee you will become regular in the next year or two. down side of smaller office.
We never had this issue in my area until they gave a bunch of GOV vehicles out in our area then said SORRY NO MORE VEHICLES FOR YOU GUYS IN THESE FEW OFFICES. So people like myself who have been sub less for months (33 straight months) and 40 of my 48 months I have been regular have been forced to continuous work regular to point I literally can't get day offs and I am basically MAXXED OUT ON AL ALREADY!
It's 100% USPS fault for just saying sorry to you few people you get no vehicle. Either give me vehicle or force RCA to get vehicle.
These RCA in my area moan and groan there is no hours for them. Plenty of hours if they bought cheaper vehicle and worked few days on POV routes along with mileage money, they would pay that vehicle off fast.
tonsillitis
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thats what i tell subs in my office and when i was a sub as well. if you have pov. you can get hours by checking the surrounding offices for work if you are not scheduled a lot. well apparently they dont want to work.
gotstamps
Well-known member
It was $1414 or more for some on Table 1 & a bit less for Table 2. Highest COLA we’ve had in many years.
