Case DPS or take it to the street?

oi veh. · Feb 12, 2017

<blockquote class="spPostEmbedQuote">Lee Ruby said 
Of course it's their job and certainly within their capability. You're going to waste a lot of time waiting for the next count. All for a few raw letters. </blockquote>
If carriers take DPS mail directly to the street, all the DPS mail they bring back, because it is out of sequence or otherwise not deliverable (hold mail, forwardable mail, missorted mail, etc.), is recorded in Column 1, Letter Size. The fact that the carrier may elect to case that mail during the mail count does not change the re-cording procedure. DPS mail, which would have been brought back by the carrier, is rec-orded in Column 1, Letter Size.

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http://knowledgebase.ruralinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/March-2016-Mail-Count-Guide-revised-1-14-16.pdf

Not wasting time waiting for anything...just hauling mail and toting packages ever day.

I don't leave money on the table. Seconds add up to minutes add up to hours add up to next eval.

LouSainus · Feb 13, 2017

Few raw letters could be a $3,000 a year pay difference. Everything needs to be counted during the count. DPS pullouts actually add up to a lot of time. Management should not be touching your mail unless a customer requested something or picking up a hold that you or a clerk kept bundled.

Also we do get paid to case the DPS in a way. You get time for DPS if you choose to case it in office or deliver on the street you are still getting paid. Now its not considered "office" time but its still part of the evaluation time. I think its 1 min a week per 43 letters

Lee Ruby · Feb 13, 2017

Holds and forwards are raw regardless of how they are pulled out of DPS. Those who complain about management hassling them might welcome management actually doing something productive.

Lee Ruby · Feb 13, 2017

<blockquote class="spPostEmbedQuote">LouSainus said 
Few raw letters could be a $3,000 a year pay difference. Everything needs to be counted during the count. DPS pullouts actually add up to a lot of time. Management should not be touching your mail unless a customer requested something or picking up a hold that you or a clerk kept bundled.

Also we do get paid to case the DPS in a way. You get time for DPS if you choose to case it in office or deliver on the street you are still getting paid. Now its not considered "office" time but its still part of the evaluation time. I think its 1 min a week per 43 letters </blockquote>
Management doesn't physically touch the mail. It's called station input.

gotstamps · Feb 14, 2017

<blockquote class="spPostEmbedQuote">Lee Ruby said 

Management doesn't physically touch the mail. It's called station input. </blockquote>
If you're talking about it being a computer program, not happening in an office where the PM/mgrs actually do some work. You'd have to set aside a few hours EVERY morning to add/subtract addresses in a large office. What about had written 'Holds'? Turn it into mgmt? Too many possible mistakes if it gets forgotten or mis-keyed. Our mgmt actually helps the clerks when they are running behind. With approx 50 routes in-house, that's a lot of holds to keep up with. They have a hard enough time keeping up with all the city/rural routes.

No thanks! I'd rather take the 'double credit' (DPS & pull) than a single raw letter credit.