Opinion: Is it management's mission to lose money now?

[jaymacgthree]

Do you think management is intentionally trying to lose more money than ever during a time when we are being warned that the Postal Service could run out of money? What are folks seeing out there?

Examples we are seeing here locally:

-Changing routing for Amazon Sunday to waste additional hours and gasoline while actually getting less packages delivered
-Additional use of custodians as clerks just to give them more hours
-Scheduling regulars and ptfs in place of available RCAs knowing that RCAs are the more economical choice
-Flurries of bogus route adjustments that are nonsensical and will vastly increase spending to support additional routes

 

[really]

I think its how you look at it. So in my office they have been splitting routes trying to save money.
When you look at it, the 2-3 people casing and 4 delivering. The total hours far exceed the evaluation. Should just call a RCA in.

 

[jaymacgthree]

I think its how you look at it. So in my office they have been splitting routes trying to save money.
When you look at it, the 2-3 people casing and 4 delivering. The total hours far exceed the evaluation. Should just call a RCA in.

Agreed! I can't imagine doing that if there was a RCA available.

 

[neciat]

I think its how you look at it. So in my office they have been splitting routes trying to save money.
When you look at it, the 2-3 people casing and 4 delivering. The total hours far exceed the evaluation. Should just call a RCA in.

Yeah, and then management has to justify those excess hours on the given route(s). It's not a good look. Then, as @jaymacgthree mentioned, paying RCAs for sitting home after they file on the issue. Heck, maybe even some regular carriers as well should they be on the RDWL. At the end of it all, it would be more economical to pay a Table 1 Step 12 carrier to work.

 

[Old Fart]

We aren't doing any of that crazy crap in our offices.......

 

[AtomWaffles]

For the last few days I’ve been back (gone about 2 months) they have split between 7-9 routes every day and they’re using regulars to assist on routes which have regulars who are on the OTDL. Apparently it’s been like this for weeks. I don’t know what this place and these peoples mission is anymore, but there is no way someone in a suit way high up isn’t noticing this, and taking note.

 

[hockey94]

This is nothing new. Mgt has to get the mail delivered & deal with the consequences later.

 

[EthelAnne]

AFAIK, there is no incentive for field management to reduce labor/OT costs, so that’s one reason why you don’t see a lot of attention to this issue. Add to that the complication of the various contracts, which decide when/where/who works, that management don’t understand. Meanwhile, you have lots of craft who know their contracts like the back of their hands and are ready to file grievances.

Not trying to generate sympathy at all for management, just pointing out there’s not a lot they want to do and very often there’s not much they can do.

 

[Shannonboy]

Most of po mgmt is too STUPID, and LAZY to care about wasting money, time or anything else...they are one of the main reasons we are on the decline...