powerboatr
Hellcat
the recent storm we had zero mail from that weds when it was dry until the following weds when it was hmmmm dry and clear on the roads
Whatever happened to....
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shanneba
Professional
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported a net loss of $9.5 billion for the fiscal year 2024.
They may have mailed the 2025 report rather than emailing it
Old_Me
Emissary
yeah...all my nap schedules......Ahh, sending all you info back to China with their spying software in the wifi card
Elfego Baca
Operator
I have had excellent service with the usps.
We had zero delivery for 8 days -despite the fact that the day after the storm the road in front of our place had been plowed and was clear. I understand not coming down my 1/4 mile driveway- but when the road the mailbox is on is clear? Who kidding who? Good friend lives in a very rural area down near Monticello Ky on a dead end road. As of today His road still has not been plowed, BUT he and his neighbors got mail every single day….says a lot about the quality or lack thereof of the individual carrier.
OldGrunt
Professional
My son works for the USPS. He has only been there maybe 6 months. He loves it. But he is lucky his assigned Post Office is in a good part of the city. He has to pay his dues and start out at the bottom. My son is more than likely using this job as a steppingstone to move on up the chain. He has two bachelor's degrees and one master's degree. The guy that was hired on along with him (a veteran) was let go several months ago for being too slow. Now my son is looking for openings in North Carolina, as that is a place he has never lived and thinks he would like it there.My mail stopped for more than a week during the recent winter storm. When it finally started up again just a couple of days ago, I expected my mail box to be full. Nope, just a couple of ads. I suspect, that they stopped the trucks running between cites during the ice and are still playing catch up.
My younger son took a job as a mail carrier. He liked the work, but the bureaucracy was a PITA. They only hire part time mail carriers now. If you're lucky you might work one or two days a week to start. Some weeks you may not work at all. Nobody can live on that. You can have another job like normal folks, but USPS has to be the priority. If they call you to work, you HAVE to show up. No excuses. The other job has to do without you that day. That makes it hard to keep a regular full time job. And about the only way you can get on full time with USPS is for someone to either retire or die. My son liked the work, benefits were good, it had a good future if he could have gotten on full time, but in the end, he had to quit just in order to survive.
Yeah, USPS is a mess.
HayesGreener
Ronin
Well the good news is USPS is not funded by tax dollars
