there are a lot of assumptions and inaccuracies in this thread.
mail is not charged according to "how stiff" it is, thats ****ing stupid. its first class mail if its under 13oz. if its over, then different rates and delivery options are available. no birthday card is ever going to cost more than a single stamp.
the avg mail carrier doesnt make anywhere near $65k/yr. the top wage is $62,454. the average for all carriers is somewhere around $46-$48k/yr. if you feel its that easy, i encourage you to give it a shot.
delivery points and destination points dont make that much difference in delivery times, it still has to process through the same channels, especially in sorting centers. it shouldnt have taken eight days, but who knows.
there is a LARGE disconnect between management and carriers in a post office. most supervisors and post masters havent ever run a route and simply dont know what its like to deliver a route. adding to that, upper management encourages basically any cost cutting idea, to the point of firing the custodians so the post master can clean bathrooms to save money to earn themselves a larger bonus at the end of the year.
and FYI, the post office doesnt take tax payer money, it hasnt for a VERY long time. also, any contract it enters (such as delivering for amazon) is required to turn a profit by law. additionally, the post office made $2.9B profit between 2013-2015.
heres what screwing over the post office: In 2006, a lame-duck Congress mandated that the Postal Service pre-fund retiree health benefits. No other agency or company in the country has to pre-fund for even one year; the Postal Service must pre-fund 75 years' worth of these benefits in advance. That $5.6 billion annual charge is the “red ink.”
mail is not charged according to "how stiff" it is, thats ****ing stupid. its first class mail if its under 13oz. if its over, then different rates and delivery options are available. no birthday card is ever going to cost more than a single stamp.
the avg mail carrier doesnt make anywhere near $65k/yr. the top wage is $62,454. the average for all carriers is somewhere around $46-$48k/yr. if you feel its that easy, i encourage you to give it a shot.
delivery points and destination points dont make that much difference in delivery times, it still has to process through the same channels, especially in sorting centers. it shouldnt have taken eight days, but who knows.
there is a LARGE disconnect between management and carriers in a post office. most supervisors and post masters havent ever run a route and simply dont know what its like to deliver a route. adding to that, upper management encourages basically any cost cutting idea, to the point of firing the custodians so the post master can clean bathrooms to save money to earn themselves a larger bonus at the end of the year.
and FYI, the post office doesnt take tax payer money, it hasnt for a VERY long time. also, any contract it enters (such as delivering for amazon) is required to turn a profit by law. additionally, the post office made $2.9B profit between 2013-2015.
heres what screwing over the post office: In 2006, a lame-duck Congress mandated that the Postal Service pre-fund retiree health benefits. No other agency or company in the country has to pre-fund for even one year; the Postal Service must pre-fund 75 years' worth of these benefits in advance. That $5.6 billion annual charge is the “red ink.”
