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Originally Posted by Tom2172
Unfortunately 95% of what the post office handles is junk mail!
Junk mail that goes straight to the landfill.
If PO charged more for junk mail it would cut down on all the junk mail
And 1/3 of postal staff could be cut
We have electronic mail we don’t need the post office it’s a relic
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Just so you know- "junk mail" or bulk business mail is the biggest money producer USPS has and has been for some time...first class mail has dropped significantly over the past 25 years with the internet and computerized bill pay.
Revenue sources have also shrunk because of their vision....USPS had FedEx, UPS, DHL, and others on the ropes in package delivery but allowed them to take over to the point that most all of them now have surpassed USPS and use them for local delivery (the biggest cost of delivery and least profitable) while garnering the big profits of shipping point to point.
The system has been broken for many years with the management of the post office and the hiring practices they have. So many of the employees feel entitled and put in little to no effort in their work and it shows. I was once told by one of my supervisors that "pride had no place at the post office." This affected me greatly and if hadn't already been so far along in my career there, I would have changed careers. I sought out people that had the same work ethic and vision to survive my time there.
USPS has become through their hiring and promotion of incompetent people from supervisors to management "the worlds largest welfare organization."