Part of the problem is many potential employees no longer want to pay their dues, earn their creds. Many people want the new house, two new cars, the boat, the lake home, overseas vacations, season tickets to what ever the big sporting draw is in your area, or what ever else you want to add to the list before they are 30 years old.
I think we have a decent manager but others think the PM is terrible. As the former "in crowd" they did things their way. Now after mail counts where they did not practice due diligence to protect their routes or they have had desired leave days denied the manager is "terrible". When our PM has applied common sense to certain situations the PM has been rebuffed from higher levels. Management proficiency usually is judged by what is good for "me".
We need to be glad new hires are not told the truth. If you were told you would probably miss family functions, holidays, work most days with double mail after holidays, it will probably be years for you to attain career status and by the way since you were hired after a certain date your pay will always be lower than the carrier you hope will soon retire; would you hire on?
In the past the RCA position was the ticket to a good paying career or Mom could supplement the family income and still be around most of the time. In fly over country that may still be possible but in any larger office with a personnel shortage "good luck".
End of rant for today.
