[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by moemaddie

I hope I can clear a few things up since I am one of the contractors being affected by this change. Contracts are good for about 5 years and then they get counted for renewal. This renewal included about 24 routes. 15 of the routes were denied renewal and they did an appeal which still got denied and they were informed it would be going up for bid as a large contract. Everyone was waiting to see who would be awarded this bid, in the meantime 5 routes negotiated their contracts and thought everything was fine and 2 weeks ago they were told they are now being converted to rural routes (postal jobs) the other 15 who have been waiting found out on Friday that March 31st will be their last day. Total routes affected are 21 which span across 32159, 32162, and a majority of 32163. We do not understand why this is happening but they are making them postal positions and any of the current contractors may now apply for a position at the Lady Lake Post Office and go through the hiring process. 15 were given a week notice and 5 were given about three weeks notice. This is devastating to all of us. I know some customers were happy with their carrier and I'm sure some were not. If you were in the 32163 I know those carriers loved their customers and their customers loved them.

I am very sorry to hear about this situation, I know myself and several neighbors really like our postal contractor, she has always been very helpful and pleasant, Now I have no idea if this is useful, but I have been keeping an eye out for jobs for my stepson, and I keep getting postings for postal positions in the Wildwood Post office. Please pass this on to your fellow contractors, and I hope this works out for all of you.