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Midnight Writer

(23,455 posts)
7. No regular carrier is probably key to your problem.
Tue Jul 25, 2023, 01:00 PM
Jul 2023

It means no one is responsible.

A regular carrier knows his route, knows his customers (even if they don't know him), and knows that any foul-ups or complaints on his/her route can be traced directly to them.

Postal management has adopted the policy of using employees as interchangeable parts, putting them on different routes (often bringing in carriers from other offices) every day, and not filling route vacancies, holding up assignments for years.

Under Reagan, it was decided to make the USPS "run more like a business" than like a public service. That means cutting costs, cutting workers, cutting quality, cutting corners, and cutting service.

The way a manager advances in the Postal Service is by having a reputation for cost-cutting, which translates to job-cutting.















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