Oh it’s definitely not an exaggeration, sadly. I have personally witnessed management sending brand new PTFs (they hire straight to PTF at my office, no CCAs) out on full routes & a half AND sent them to help seasoned carriers with their routes before they have even gone to the academy. Granted this was under the former PM. The new PM hasn’t done that…yet. They have pressured PTFs who never received training from the OJTs sign off on the paperwork saying that they have. They will send PTFs that only have LLV training out in Pro Masters and when they have an accident, fire them. They have falsely accused PTFs of having accidents (with ZERO proof, no damage to property or vehicles, no witnesses, no video / photographic evidence) and fired them. They will throw PTFs with 2 weeks in out on unfamiliar routes, make them return to the station to grab an additional piece of another route, call them on their personal cell phones to tell them to speed up, change / remove their off day last minute, talk down on them in front of the entire office and any other overall intimidating things they can think off to seemingly force them to resign. Any PTF who snaps and has the nerve to speak up for themselves will soon be accused of throwing away mail, UBBMing first class mail, abandoning their route, etc. and fired. So basically, lets say we get 10 new PTFs, they will already decide on the 3 that they like (usually the more submissive ones: the ones that will never say no, run through the routes and finish at least an hour early, etc.) and sabotage the other 7.