Markup credit
- Thread starter Abbasmom
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They won't.
Markups are calculated at 25.4 seconds per bundle. Each bundle is 680 mail pieces, rounded up.
So if your route received 2000 mailpieces, regardless of the number of markups:
2000 / 680 = 2.94 --> round up to 3
3 * 25.4 = 76.2 seconds for the day
See here for a calculator
The unsavvy carrier will handle all markups at their case, in the morning, for free, while they case DPS, for free.
The savvy carrier will handle markups as paid actual time, during End of Shift Duties: dispose of undeliverable ordinary mail.
Markups are calculated at 25.4 seconds per bundle. Each bundle is 680 mail pieces, rounded up.
So if your route received 2000 mailpieces, regardless of the number of markups:
2000 / 680 = 2.94 --> round up to 3
3 * 25.4 = 76.2 seconds for the day
See here for a calculator
The unsavvy carrier will handle all markups at their case, in the morning, for free, while they case DPS, for free.
The savvy carrier will handle markups as paid actual time, during End of Shift Duties: dispose of undeliverable ordinary mail.
Disappointing
But my understanding was that previously the bundles referred to different categories not quantities. Like - UTF, ANK, VAC, you mark the top piece throw a rubber band around it and deposit said "bundle" into appropriate slot. Currently I am required to mark up each individual piece of political bologna for transparency and it all gets dumped into one bin. Sounds like bologna to me.
But my understanding was that previously the bundles referred to different categories not quantities. Like - UTF, ANK, VAC, you mark the top piece throw a rubber band around it and deposit said "bundle" into appropriate slot. Currently I am required to mark up each individual piece of political bologna for transparency and it all gets dumped into one bin. Sounds like bologna to me.
Deer Smearer
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Bologna during end of shift is the new filet mignon.
.I asked this question of national and was given two different answers.
1) markups will automatically be credited as C$$ says.
2) during raw count, additional random mail will receive a separate markup count.
Can't wait for count to find out what's what.
Dumbassclerksyndrome
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Defiant
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Like @Dumbassclerksyndrome said
. All it takes is some very minor adjustments to all our routines and we'll actually be on the clock for a lot more things.
me: everything that i see in DPS riffling which doesn't belong gets tossed to side, rubberbanded and added to the last slot in case. same for any markups. take care of all at EOS. any damaged items get scanned as such and taped up during load time, because clerk is lazy.
everyone else in office: duh, i'm going to do it the way i always have. what do you mean RRECs?
sigh.
everyone else in office: duh, i'm going to do it the way i always have. what do you mean RRECs?
sigh.
gotstamps
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we all walk by that area so it’s easy to just pop over & do it. I don’t take anything “for a ride”. I’ve got enough to remember than to add “Then clear and take everything for a ride for the day
why is this here again?”Are there any rules in place that say that they aren't allowed to change the rules just for the mail,count? I dont do bundled endorsements, I always mark up individual mail pieces BECAUSE I will get all of that mail back over and over and over again.....sometimes 4 times. This goes on all theough the week and the RCA mindlessly stuffs my boxes full of undeliverable mail which I end up fishing it out of vacant boxes. It isnt really clear to me me how I am going to get paid for doing this. If, however, I mark up every individual piece, then I will only get 15-20 % of the pieces back. If I cannot meet the new evaluation, then this is one of the holes I am going to plug up and I'll do it through the grievance process. Not that I think the RCA does a bad job, because I dont....I think ours work their butts off, However, from my point of view, I don't think the USPS can hold me at an evaluation time where they pay me to perform "X" amount of finite tasks while not paying for all of them.
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one acronym:
EOS
EthelAnne
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Just to reiterate what @Oi veh. said above, you have to retrain yourself to move these activities (mark ups, setting up and pulling down holds, sorting any mail you pulled from the DPS, etc.) to end of shift (EOS) where you will be paid actual time for doing them.
Any activity that you think you are not being paid for, start doing it after you RETURN2DU.
gotstamps
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In previous counts we were only paid by Bundle on most “Markups“. If you need to mark each one, do it during End Of Shift Duties to get credit. We will be getting VERY little credit for Markups in RRECS (3 Markups per 2000 pcs of volume).
There is no Grievance, BTW. I wish Carriers would deliver properly but discipline is on mgmt & we cannot grieve poor delivery with discipline as a remedy. Mgmt only instructs delivery by address & that’s what most subs do. I let them know when I find too many mistakes. Block off Vacancies in CBUs so as to make it obvious. If it’s Curbside, tape the box shut or use a tiewrap if possible.
We have not been required to mark each one in many years so doing so is on us. I do this myself & for the same reason you do but I use 1 letter instead of the Abbreviation when on the street to save time.
The PO has never been able hold you to a evaluation time. It fluctuates from day to day, week to week, month to month, etc. That’s where 2080/2240 issues come into play. We are also paid during Christmas OT Period for all hours over the Eval. JS
As a sub, I find it very comforting to see a green VACANT card staring back at me from a vacant box. A few seconds of "thinking like a sub" can mean a lot to your sub(s). Now if my Reg. would just remove all the bins at the end the day and leave some gas in it....
this as an rca I love the regs who do it. a little bit of your Time saves you a lot of time down the road Imo. Now if the sub is just tossing in regardless. Well you cant fix stupid
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gotstamps
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At least removing the bins can be put in your Loading Time.
Have you complained let mgmt know? Removing ALL equipment & mail from the vehicle is part of our duties. If you’re having to do it, you’re doing yesterday’s work. What if mail is accidentally left in a bin? Who gets the blame since you removed the bins? JS
Thats what I think too....well see how that flies.
I could put mousetraps in my vacant CBUs and the boxes would still be stuffed full of mail.this as an rca I love the regs who do it. a little bit of your Time saves you a lot of time down the road Imo. Now if the sub is just tossing in regardless. Well you cant fix stupid
