jlr4224 -- "Auxiliary Route awarded.. pay rate went way down! [ after 90 days of being awarded an AUX ]" " Pay rate went down from 21.81 to 17.78 ! "
-- $21.81 = RCA on Table THREE - Sch 1 ( hired from 24 AUG 1991 thru 10 AUG 2012 ) -- that would be you with a JUN 2012 hire date.
-- $17.78 = RCA on Table FOUR ( hired on or after 11 AUG 2012 )
-- Apparently PM and or Eagan ( USPS pay center ) has made an error.
-- How long after completing your 90 days on the AUX did you receive the new Form 50? What is the effective date on the Form 50?
-- Politely ask for a copy of the email the PM sent. When was the PM's email sent?
-- When pay issues happen, for faster results, contact your Assistant District Representative. Show the ADR your new Form 50 and the copy of the PM's email.
-- When pay issues arise, keep reminding manglement as they will be saying something like "Don't worry, the correction will be in your next pay check." Many times it is not!
-- "Morty" has the right idea -- though getting manglement to actually sign anything is akin to pulling teeth. Just make a note on your copy, that manglement refused to sign - or even in initial. ( make a copy of anything you hand to manglement ) However - comma - unless manglement is willing to issue you an Emergency Salary ( an advance - in the form of a postal money order ( something to avoid if possible as you will have to pay back the advance which further complicates pay issues )) - you may have to wait until the next pay check to see if the correction has been made. Corrections take time as Eagan deals with about a half a million postal workers.
-- "gotstamps" is correct. Especially if you are in a sub-short office, working just about every day. When you go regular, more often than not, your total pay will decrease as there will be more deductions and your new route's evaluation may be lower than the routes you had been running. On the plus side of being a regular, you know where you will be working every day.
