Comments on: USPS Seeks Industry Input on 5 Day Delivery http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery Printing Industry News and Opinion Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gary http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-15206 Gary Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:30:09 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-15206 We do not need to go to a 5 day week delivery. We need to put an end to all of the bonuses that management gets for not even touching the mail. We do not need to go to a 5 day week delivery. We need to put an end to all of the bonuses that management gets for not even touching the mail.

]]> By: Audrey http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14992 Audrey Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:50:13 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14992 I have been a letter carrier for 14 yrs. This is the lightest volume of mail I have ever seen. At my office we have just lost a wed. & sat. shopper. OUCH! I know Milwaukee gets the ADVO (a.k.a. marriage mail) every week. We get a weekly shopper on Tuesdays. From Wed. to Sat. volume is light. We took streets off one route to keep the remaing 4 routes at 8 hrs. I believe that if we were to go to a 5 day week, mailers would adjust to the change. So would billers, prescrpition mailers, retirement, ect. "You can please all the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all the people all of the time". Author unknown I have been a letter carrier for 14 yrs. This is the lightest volume of mail I have ever seen. At my office we have just lost a wed. & sat. shopper. OUCH! I know Milwaukee gets the ADVO (a.k.a. marriage mail) every week. We get a weekly shopper on Tuesdays. From Wed. to Sat. volume is light. We took streets off one route to keep the remaing 4 routes at 8 hrs. I believe that if we were to go to a 5 day week, mailers would adjust to the change. So would billers, prescrpition mailers, retirement, ect.
“You can please all the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all the people all of the time”. Author unknown

]]> By: Craig http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14961 Craig Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:59:08 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14961 I have been a letter carrier for over 30 years. The postal service needs to go to a 5 day work week and Sat. needs to be that day. I have never seen the mail this light. When I put the mail in the mail boxes on Mon. the customers mail is still in there from Sat. It's mostly 3rd class. About 30 thousand employes will loose there jobs. That is better then 700,000 employes. I hear it could be next March. I have been a letter carrier for over 30 years. The postal service needs to go to a 5 day work week and Sat. needs to be that day. I have never seen the mail this light. When I put the mail in the mail boxes on Mon. the customers mail is still in there from Sat. It’s mostly 3rd class. About 30 thousand employes will loose there jobs. That is better then 700,000 employes. I hear it could be next March.

]]> By: Julie http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14943 Julie Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:46:14 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14943 It would make sense to go to a five day work week. Most businesses are closed, residents don't care and the amount of sick calls would be greatly reduced if we all had the weekend off. Look it up- most sick calls by carriiers are on Friday or Saturday so they can have the weekend off and have a life. We roll the mail on Monday anyways, so whats one more day off? It would make sense to go to a five day work week. Most businesses are closed, residents don’t care and the amount of sick calls would be greatly reduced if we all had the weekend off. Look it up- most sick calls by carriiers are on Friday or Saturday so they can have the weekend off and have a life. We roll the mail on Monday anyways, so whats one more day off?

]]> By: George http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14920 George Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:54:06 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14920 Saturdays and Monday should be the non-delivery day. The usps would not go for Monday because they already get Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, MLK Day etc etc. Make it Monday, no delivery, no paid holidays like the rest of us. Saturday is usually the delivery day that many government agencies send out "bad new" letter, so that if you get this letter on Saturday, you've got no one to call until the next week. Friend of the Court uses this Saturday Delivery. Then pick one more day off, and layoff half the carriers, and divide the routes. Saturdays and Monday should be the non-delivery day. The usps would not go for Monday because they already get Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, MLK Day etc etc.
Make it Monday, no delivery, no paid holidays like the rest of us.
Saturday is usually the delivery day that many government agencies send out “bad new” letter, so that if you get this letter on Saturday, you’ve got no one to call until the next week.
Friend of the Court uses this Saturday Delivery.
Then pick one more day off, and layoff half the carriers, and divide the routes.

]]> By: kevin http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14914 kevin Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:12:55 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14914 I really hope the post office has the guts to do what needs to be done and cut saturday deliveries just do it. 24yr vetran kevin I really hope the post office has the guts to do what needs to be done and cut saturday deliveries just do it. 24yr vetran kevin

]]> By: D Fowler http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14911 D Fowler Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:53:12 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14911 Going to 5 day delivery makes a lot of sense. One proposal was to start laying off employees and that would not be good for a lot of families. The best day to cut would be Saturday because a lot of businesses are not open, a lot receive checks in the mail. Advertising mail will be delivered during the week. Going to 5 day delivery makes a lot of sense. One proposal was to start laying off employees and that would not be good for a lot of families. The best day to cut would be Saturday because a lot of businesses are not open, a lot receive checks in the mail. Advertising mail will be delivered during the week.

]]> By: Wayne http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14910 Wayne Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:08:40 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14910 What Government agency makes money? The USPS has been Making money most of its existence. From what I see to much fat at the top. The usps needs carriers right now but if I were in charge I would delete carriers and give every body a free PO box For free p/u 24 hrs a day. I am also a ptf letter carrier fo 3 years. It has been brutal working not knowing when u will get a dayoff to have a quality of life with family. At this point 5 day work week sounds good. But if I loose my job its a gamble I am willing to accept. What Government agency makes money? The USPS has been Making money most of its existence. From what I see to much fat at the top. The usps needs carriers right now but if I were in charge I would delete carriers and give every body a free PO box For free p/u 24 hrs a day. I am also a ptf letter carrier fo 3 years. It has been brutal working not knowing when u will get a dayoff to have a quality of life with family. At this point 5 day work week sounds good. But if I loose my job its a gamble I am willing to accept.

]]> By: Mike Creason http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14894 Mike Creason Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:11:25 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14894 Dropping a day of delivery want save the postal service. Making it easier to keep up with changing postal regulations would do more to keep customers and mail volume up. Dropping a day of delivery want save the postal service. Making it easier to keep up with changing postal regulations would do more to keep customers and mail volume up.

]]> By: Larry http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14886 Larry Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:21:44 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14886 I am a postal employee and I realize that reduction to a 5 day delivery would result in the loss of many jobs for swing carriers and rca's. However fiscally I think it would be a good thing. It might just end the down spiral that the Postal Service is in. I am a postal employee and I realize that reduction to a 5 day delivery would result in the loss of many jobs for swing carriers and rca’s. However fiscally I think it would be a good thing. It might just end the down spiral that the Postal Service is in.

]]> By: Tom http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14882 Tom Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:57:35 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14882 Our customers often request their mailings get dropped to avoid Saturday's mail with a concern it will be less noticed on the weekend. The consumer is also flooded with newspaper advertising inserts in weekend newspapers, so would make sense for mail to not compete on the weekend. Our customers often request their mailings get dropped to avoid Saturday’s mail with a concern it will be less noticed on the weekend.

The consumer is also flooded with newspaper advertising inserts in weekend newspapers, so would make sense for mail to not compete on the weekend.

]]> By: brian http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14865 brian Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:02:49 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14865 I read another report that they were talking about Tuesday as the dropped delivery day. I read another report that they were talking about Tuesday as the dropped delivery day.

]]> By: Tom Harris http://printceo.com/2009/09/usps-seeks-input-on-5-day-delivery/comment-page-1#comment-14863 Tom Harris Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:35:39 +0000 http://printceo.com/?p=2450#comment-14863 Disagree with dropping Saturday delivery. Customers get advertising mail on a day that most are off of work and have time to read. If a day has to be dropped to reduce USPS costs, make it mid-week or not at all. Disagree with dropping Saturday delivery. Customers get advertising mail on a day that most are off of work and have time to read. If a day has to be dropped to reduce USPS costs, make it mid-week or not at all.

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