I just feel that 66% of our craft losing pay during 40-year record high inflation is just wrong.... also, I believe we deliver more mail, for less $$$$ money than city-side already.... and for that we get pay cuts... you can love that all you want.... I sorta think it sucks....
There are many variations of route types across the country. Some take 4 hours to drive with 18 miles and no mail. Others take 4 hours to drive with no mail and 118 miles. The standards tried to split the baby and it doesn't quite work for most routes. I have seen the national data. Some routes did ok because they had good gps reception, others missed data and coverage factor due to system failures... not carrier issues.
The time standards are indeed changed but in devious ways. For instance, changing the definition of what counts as an unscanned parcel (or even what a parcel is) changes an evaluation. What is allowed during load time or EOS changes the standard. RRECS has been poorly conceived, haphazardly implemented and extremely subjective. Even if you try to put lipstick on a pig it’s still a pig.
There is also under time for carriers who cut corners, work off the clock, report bogus breaks, perform duties haphazardly, provide poor customer service and make false scans.
I see that you have been corrected. RRECS is certainly ingenious, the USPS built the perfect beast and by their very nature intends to leverage irrefutable data to affect time standards during Arbitration or even in-stride if the feckless union doesn't resist. Won't happen overnight, but it will.
Never. I am 62 standard hours. "48"k I keep asking. Now no route cuts until April.
Our District Representative said September 30th at our Fall Union meeting recentlyOne carrier in my office said he was told we were supposed to know evaluations this Saturday, Sept 16. BUT now he said they changed it and it won’t be until Sept 30.Anyone get any info today? Or projections from management?
I probably haven't done more than 2 mapping updates since previous (1st) MMS.... RRECS sucks @$$....
if they said a few days, i would believe them.... per day? bet a donut to a pizza they exagerated or lied or aren't even a rural carrier
one of the problems with evaluation is that we get nagged by the PMs about being over our hours on heavy weeks. They don’t care when we are under on light periods and don’t seem to understand what the system is supposed to beDo you not understand how the system is supposed to work? Theoretically, one should be under evaluation on light days. One should be at evaluation on average days. One should be over evaluation on heavy days. At the end of the year, that's all supposed to average out at equal to the evaluation for the year.
In addition, this is an incentive pay system. One really should, once knowledgeable about the route, be under evaluation for the year at least a little bit. That's the incentive for learning the route well and being efficient.
Of course, we all know the system doesn't really work this way for a lot of routes and nobody really cares as long as they're getting what they believe to be fair compensation for the work they do.
Along those lines, there's a lot of routes, mine included, who are under evaluation almost every single day. Do I believe that's fair? No, it isn't. Am I giving the extra money back? Once again, no.It's not MY fault the system is paying me for more hours than I work. On the other hand, I didn't complain about getting cut two hours last mini-count, either. I'll probably take another cut this mini-count, especially since I've been off work with COVID the last week. Will that be fair?
I do know the system doesn't really work, neither the old one nor this one, and why should just go hourly and be done with it. But that creates it's own pile of problems.
We are forgotten about. It's all about the city carriers in our office . There are 8 rurals and 30 city . We have a supervisor assigned to us but she has to take care of the city carriers . Ridiculous!!! They are like a bunch of children over there !!! Everyday they get safety/ service talks .Sometimes for a half an hour !!! Then they need help
on their routes !!!You best get to it.I probably haven't done more than 2 mapping updates since previous (1st) MMS.... RRECS sucks @$$....
How is it light years better? Are you aware of some route being adjusted under RRECS? I can’t even seem to get new boxes on my route added since RRECS . So I think your proclamations on RRECS are a bit premature.
They should have made a separate terminal for carriers to do RRECS stuff.... in small offices, we map when the PM says they have some sorta update we need to do.... once again , they're throwing the onus on carriers and not giving us the tools needed..... js.... RRECS sucks @$$.....
once a month at minimum, db.They should have made a separate terminal for carriers to do RRECS stuff.... in small offices, we map when the PM says they have some sorta update we need to do.... once again , they're throwing the onus on carriers and not giving us the tools needed..... js.... RRECS sucks @$$.....
Unfortunately, the onus is on the carrier to verify their data as best they can. If they throw road blocks in your way - file and ask for remedy. USPS knows most carriers are too lazy to put up a fight and USPS will gain from that fault. More carriers need to start getting militant on them like nalc is. At least inform your DR of your difficulty if you are not inclined to file on them not accommodating computer time.They should have made a separate terminal for carriers to do RRECS stuff.... in small offices, we map when the PM says they have some sorta update we need to do.... once again , they're throwing the onus on carriers and not giving us the tools needed..... js.... RRECS sucks @$$.....
