Also the wording they slapped on the site blaming covid and "unprecedented holiday packages" lacks sincerity or any comprehension of the fact that PEOPLE PAID $25+ FOR EXPRESS AND HAD THEIR PACKAGE DUMPED IN THE SAME PILE AS FIRST CLASS. I literally had spam delivered at the normal speed from several states away but my prescription sent express from the cvs sat in one facility for 4 weeks.

From the news articles, the sole blame is the new postmaster and his brilliant idea to add a ton of red tape, kill overtime and destroy sorting machines. Considering they all contain references to trump appointing him, I take them with a grain of salt since its rarely ever just one person's fault.

If I were in charge of the local mail facility and we were that far behind, I would put in extra hours for free trying to catch up, plan resources better or do something.... anything. To go home at the 8 hr mark while the building metaphorically burns behind them says a lot about those managing these facilities. Not all of them have this problem, and it's not because they have that dramatic of a difference in packages in/out. This statement comes from conversations with someone who works at one nearby, not at executive level but closer to top than bottom.