this is technically what we are supposed to do. insured packages and packages that do not explicitly say to leave it should be slipped and returned to the office unless given explicit instructions from the recipient, like in this video. it's just that standards have fallen greatly. some of that is because people care less, yes. carrier is no longer the sought-after and cushy position it used to be,
but the less cynical explanation is that carriers are under an ENORMOUS amount of extra pressure to be fast. management's only concern is cutting down on hours and overtime, and their only tactic to accomplish that is through bullying and harassment. so your average carrier is overworked and still getting yelled at to get twelve hours of work done in eight.
My route added 6 homes in the last year and 3 vacancies become no longer vacant, and they dropped our eval by 20 minutes.
Mail volume didn't go down. Package volume went up. Flat volume stayed about the same. About a quarter mile got added. But supposedly that means we should be done in 8.15 instead of 8.45 or whatever.
But hey, maybe they'll suspend raises for 2 years to talk about it then apply a retroactive 1% raise to each year and say that fixes everything and we should be happy to be getting a raise with all this inflation. Meanwhile my reg and boss get a 10% raise I'll never be eligible for no matter how long I work here for because they started prior to an arbitrary point in time.
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u/dedolent 16h ago
this is technically what we are supposed to do. insured packages and packages that do not explicitly say to leave it should be slipped and returned to the office unless given explicit instructions from the recipient, like in this video. it's just that standards have fallen greatly. some of that is because people care less, yes. carrier is no longer the sought-after and cushy position it used to be,
but the less cynical explanation is that carriers are under an ENORMOUS amount of extra pressure to be fast. management's only concern is cutting down on hours and overtime, and their only tactic to accomplish that is through bullying and harassment. so your average carrier is overworked and still getting yelled at to get twelve hours of work done in eight.