Just wondering how you know this... but, yes, that's sounds a bit more logical... and I would hope we would get instructions at that time about what info is being collected, and how to carry the scanner and so on and so forth... rather than it all being just one big mystery and secret...
So, what is the point of all of this carrying the scanner around now??? Just wondering....
DB, As you know I was in the study and was directed to carry the scanner with me and scan at the direct delivery point so an imprint was made where we left the package. This was for not only having proof for the customer about where a package was left but also for figuring the distance I traveled to deliver that package. There has been postings on this forum ever since we were mandated to do this, over 4 years ago and I know that you are probably the most active poster here. Did you not ask your super or PM about this? At union meetings this has been talked about for years also. Maybe you were absent for managements instructions at your particular post office but surely the other carriers would have mentioned it. Hard to believe that after all this time some post offices have not passed this information to their carriers. I would suggest that you talk with your PM and find out what you are supposed to be doing.Just wondering how you know this... but, yes, that's sounds a bit more logical... and I would hope we would get instructions at that time about what info is being collected, and how to carry the scanner and so on and so forth... rather than it all being just one big mystery and secret...
So, what is the point of all of this carrying the scanner around now??? Just wondering....
I get the mapping on the route... especially the roads and mailboxes part, as those don't change much...I think it is to identify where you are parking the vehicle and where you are placing the parcel. This is to aid in the mapping process. Don't think it has anything to do with collecting data for compensation yet.
My point is, they should be telling us... and I'm saying that hasn't been happening... a very small percentage of carriers in our craft come to these online forums... maybe a few thousand of the over 125,000... pretty small #'s...DB, As you know I was in the study and was directed to carry the scanner with me and scan at the direct delivery point so an imprint was made where we left the package. This was for not only having proof for the customer about where a package was left but also for figuring the distance I traveled to deliver that package. There has been postings on this forum ever since we were mandated to do this, over 4 years ago and I know that you are probably the most active poster here. Did you not ask your super or PM about this? At union meetings this has been talked about for years also. Maybe you were absent for managements instructions at your particular post office but surely the other carriers would have mentioned it. Hard to believe that after all this time some post offices have not passed this information to their carriers. I would suggest that you talk with your PM and find out what you are supposed to be doing.
Can you provide the link so we can all read it???There was a directive from USPS headquarters last pp to carry scanner everywhere. It was issued to every district to be given as instruction to carriers.
Blaming carriers is NOT the solution..DB......I would agree that management should be communicating better and enforcing the rules but I believe that most carriers know the rules and choose to disregard them because it is easier for them. That includes working off the clock and not carrying the scanner with them and scanning at the point of delivery. Like I said, it's hard to believe anyone on this forum hasn't read about either starting before their starting time and also carrying the scanner with them! At the very least they should have questioned their management about it or brought it up at a union meeting or discussed this with other carriers they work with. Of course those carriers probably don't want to find out that they are required to do extra work so they don't ask or just do things the way they want until they are forced to do things the correct way.....JMHO.
DB, If you are suggesting that I'm blaming carriers for working off the clock and not carrying scanners with them when they have been told to do so....yes I'm blaming them. Not completely though! Some carriers work off the clock to make the job doable, to be able to stay under 2080 because the evaluated system is so out of whack, and get the mail out on time when if they started on time they wouldn't have enough time to do just that. As far as the scanner thing goes, maybe some have never been told but many have been and refuse to do it until they are made to do it. Is that managements fault for not enforcing, the NRLCA's fault for not communicating better or the carriers fault for not giving a darn and doing what's easiest for them. You pick whose fault things are but carriers are always one of them, to some percentage. Personally, I had no say in the time standards other than to submit resolutions and voice my opinions at union meetings so I don't get your comparison. Carriers do have a say in reporting their times correctly and following instructions on carrying the scanner. I never falsified time records and always carried the scanner with me not only for myself but for the betterment of the all carriers. The only way things could get better for us as a whole is by not cheating on our times and following directions correctly for the time study. Unfortunately some worry only about themselves and maybe that's part of the reason we are as an assoc., where we are at. You should also know that I have major issues with the NRLCA! They don't communicate well enough and have done miserably in contracts for as long as I can remember. That's why I was looking so forward to working under this new system. It could be the best thing that ever happened to the rural craft!Blaming carriers is NOT the solution..
I mean, if I were to say, hey look it, H.N.G. worked for 41 years, and during that time he let time standards get so bad that he had to retire in frustration because he couldn't get some better standards... that'd be nuts... of course it's not your fault... let's lay the blame where it belongs and quit blaming each other... that's the game the NRLCA wants us to play so we don't hold those responsible, accountable...
Where's the criticisms for the NRLCA... or is it easier to just blame the carriers, as the NRLCA wants you to do???
if there is outgoing i would assume credit.. but otherwise no credit.. frozen toes can you prove me wrong?? please??Need some help here. Can't seem to find the reference now, but I believe someone recently posted that a carrier would lose 20 seconds per mail box / slot if there was no mail for that address.
-- So if no mail, no credit, even though there might be out going mail? If true, that creates a vacuum!!
Data for a route evaluation through RRECS cannot possibly be collected prior to implementation in order to have a new evaluation on day 1. There are several carrier responsibilities that have to take place, so official data collection can't happen without you knowing about it. I refer to the NRLCA magazine article about the RRECS system, which is the only info we've ever received.Just wondering how you know this... but, yes, that's sounds a bit more logical... and I would hope we would get instructions at that time about what info is being collected, and how to carry the scanner and so on and so forth... rather than it all being just one big mystery and secret...