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Dysfunction City

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14. Problems because of covid plus Xmas plus lack of planning
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 10:44 PM
Dec 2020

The problem with the post office is the lack of staff due to covid and the seismic change in shopping habits due to covid. Management failing to hire properly when things became obvious last spring. Suddenly, their lack of planing for this eventuality has become an emergency. The wheels are starting to come off. There are long time carriers that are just giving up and walking off the job after weeks of working 12+ hour days without any days off due to lack of substitute carriers. You have to really feel bad for the rural craft carriers that still have Amazon in their offices because they do not normally get overtime for all the extra hours they work beyond the evaluations of their routes. They only get OT for the 3 weeks right before Xmas even though it has been gangbusters since covid began.
New employees come in the door only to quit after a few days after they see what they are up against. It has never been this bad, ever.

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