New RCA (possibly)
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MiddleOfNowhere
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i kind of figured this was coming, and thought my route was short by a mile or more. in august, we did a remeasurement with a verified odometer, and gained enough to bump me up an hour in eval. try to cut my route with a scanner measurement, and my grievance will point to recent measurement by an odometer.
Sprocket
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Never heard this one either.
Sprocket
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Yep
Our routes were being measured with a "route measuring tool" other than the scanner; takes two managers to run and record the route supposedly; we had to sign off on choosing to or not to ride along while using a leave day to do so...
HardearnedTan et al -- "Our routes were being measured with a "route measuring tool" other than the scanner; takes two managers to run and record the route supposedly; we had to sign off on choosing to or not to ride along while using a leave day to do so... other than the scanner; takes two managers to run and record the route supposedly; we had to sign off on choosing to or not to ride along while using a leave day to do so... "
-- Has manglement happened to mention or show just what the "route measuring tool" is that requires 2 managers to run and record the route.
-- Almost sounds like a measuring wheel. Ask to see "certification" documentation.
-- Probably worth riding with the 2 managers to watch and listen as well as being the proverbial "back-seat" driver.
-- Opting to ride along during measurement / remeasurement has been in an off-duty status. ( Article 30.1.E. )
-- Study up on the M-38's Chapter 6 - Measurement of Rural Routes to ensure the managers are doing it correctly.
-- Also Chapter 4, Section 443.4 - Completing Form 4003. d. Enter the exact mileage for each line of travel. State the distance in miles AND TWO DECIMALS: e.g. 5.20, 0.10, 1.50. ( Grieve is not getting your TWO DECIMALS, especially if the second decimal is always a zero. ) Measurements are made DOWN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD WITHOUT DEVIATING TO SERVE BOXES ( you don't have to mention that! ) using an automobile odometer which has been tested for accuracy or a distance measuring device if available. Measurement MUST be made by the postmaster or a supervisor. ( grieve if one of the individuals is not the postmaster or a supervisor )
-- Has manglement happened to mention or show just what the "route measuring tool" is that requires 2 managers to run and record the route.
-- Almost sounds like a measuring wheel. Ask to see "certification" documentation.
-- Probably worth riding with the 2 managers to watch and listen as well as being the proverbial "back-seat" driver.
-- Opting to ride along during measurement / remeasurement has been in an off-duty status. ( Article 30.1.E. )
-- Study up on the M-38's Chapter 6 - Measurement of Rural Routes to ensure the managers are doing it correctly.
-- Also Chapter 4, Section 443.4 - Completing Form 4003. d. Enter the exact mileage for each line of travel. State the distance in miles AND TWO DECIMALS: e.g. 5.20, 0.10, 1.50. ( Grieve is not getting your TWO DECIMALS, especially if the second decimal is always a zero. ) Measurements are made DOWN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD WITHOUT DEVIATING TO SERVE BOXES ( you don't have to mention that! ) using an automobile odometer which has been tested for accuracy or a distance measuring device if available. Measurement MUST be made by the postmaster or a supervisor. ( grieve if one of the individuals is not the postmaster or a supervisor )
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No one's counting our flats now.
Just flats?
FSS flats? (In yellow tubs/trays.)
Machine sorted flats in white tubs?
Bundled flats?
Loose flats worked by clerks?
Rework flats?
Letters turned into flats by address orientation?
Parcels that during count measure out as flats?
Sandygirl
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Bundled flats, and loose flats worked by clerks
Hhhhmmm, why would they do that? FFS has already been exposed as a money wasting boondoggle.
So why are they counting the flats? (Those two flat categories are what we use for our DUVRS. We get withdrawal time, and the amounts we pull are put on the 4240.)
Do you get withdrawal time?
Do you already get the cursed FFS flats?
Sandygirl
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We don't know why they just started counting......….that's why curious about others. Possibly to see if our small post office is even viable?
Sprocket
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Life as an RCA.
Senior RCA, full complement 7 routes for first time since I joined 4 yrs 9 months ago.
Down to 1 day a week, 9.2 hr 113 mile route.
Get call this morning to work 8.4 85 mile route.....sub 1 injured at his other job...sub2 on another route....my regular gets called in...i take a cut in pay doing a route not as familiar with....anyway, this is what you are looking at as an RCA.
Worse, regular is working DACA5, not taking an x day upcoming monday thru friday....1 day this week on a smaller route and smaller ema.
We'll see what happens the next 2.5 months...be interesting.
Butterfly100
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Check to see if you can sign up for unemployment for"lack of work". You would get paperwork showing how much you can earn in a week and compliment it with full or a partial amount of unemployment. If you make too much in a week it just kicks you out and then the next time you dont earn enough ...sign back up . You can keep doing this until the expiration date on the paperwork. Lifesaver for life of a sub.
If I had to go back and know what I know now and decided for the p.o, I would have NEVER started out as a rural. The only way to grow is supervisor or postmaster and it’s difficult. Who you know and all that. I wish I’d started as a clerk. I JUST made regular as a RCA after 10+ years and none of that counts towards my retirement.
I noticed some of my flats today were two magazines for the same address, wrapped in plastic so they only count as one flat.
I think that may be why they're counting you, to see if your zipcode should be included in this requirement for the mailer.
DB.Cooper
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And, at 1% per year... it ain't much... do the math.... 20% of $60K.... $1K per month in pension... for 30 years.... just sayin'.... pitiful... pity full... ?
I've been having that for a while...at least a year. I canceled my subscriptions to those magazines and sent the publisher a letter outlining why. I have picked up 2 other subscriptions to make it up to my excellent reg and equally excellent sub.
Ooops! I see we've gotten off track....and I contributed.
@Boricuanessa - did you decide to join the rural ranks?
@Boricuanessa - did you decide to join the rural ranks?
Boricuanessa
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Actually I had a situation at my current employer that has forced my hand to leave. So yes I will be taking the RCA position.
