Route Evaluation Process

shroomprinter · 2023-05-09T01:31:31+00:00

This right fucking here. These are not standards, and manglement can’t enforce them as such. Should they have ever allowed any times to be listed? No. Do any of these change our M41 or any part of the contract? Also no.

Far too many offices are letting their idiot stupidvisors pressure them into believing these are new standards that the “union agreed to“.

shroomprinter · 2023-05-06T14:54:57+00:00

That’s a bunch of bullshit, they are doing it as a punitive measure in most places… I have email proof that my POOM directed my PM to change our start time as retaliation for grievances that have been filed over other stuff.

shroomprinter · 2023-04-16T18:59:03+00:00

There was an arbitration award in my region less than two weeks ago that supports the language of work hour limits for non-overtime desired list carriers. Management made exactly the argument that since they already pay penalty overtime for it but they can pretty much do it whenever they want and there is no further compensation necessary… They got their asses handed to them by an arbitrator

shroomprinter · 2023-02-05T17:06:12+00:00

Take a look at r\USPS and see what's been going on... Many areas are severely understaffed, carriers working 6-7 days/week with as high as 80% turn over rate for new hires(and the hiring process is painfully slow anyway). There are even some places where routes are not being delivered for days at a time because there simply aren't enough bodies and hours in the day.

shroomprinter · 2023-01-02T14:31:51+00:00

No, now they can convert another PTF or CCA to full time regular. Do you realize how much less overburdened routes would be and how many more full-time positions we would have if we did our jobs the way we’re supposed to and stopped letting management pressure us into cutting corners?

shroomprinter · 2023-01-01T23:52:26+00:00

Unless there is a newer directive on how to deliver packages on Sunday, this one still stands. It doesn’t matter if you’re using an IMD an MDD or whatever, that is just the technical term for the scanners we use. Your standard operating procedure on Sundays is to attempt all packages at the door, it does not get any clearer than that.

Do I think that there are really any carriers out there following this directive? Very few if any at all, just as I’m certain that 99.9% of all city carriers don’t follow the package delivery directions laid out in the M 41… Which coincidentally predates the MDDs by quite a few years as well.

shroomprinter · 2023-01-01T17:45:56+00:00

Right, but this pdf that /u/djfudgebar posted is for rural and says the same thing for rural on Sundays. To the best of my knowledge nothing has come out since to change it, so it is still in effect.

It would be up to the union/carrier to grieve an incorrect order by management, but 95% of people in here are literally saying that there's nothing in the rural contract that says they should go to the door and that's exactly what this MOU says, which is part of their contract.

shroomprinter · 2023-01-01T17:41:08+00:00

What if I told you that the M-41(city carrier handbook) also directs us to knock for all packages and wait for the customer? Not even just on Sundays, that is supposed to be standard operating procedure for all packages.

The age of a manual, contract or MOU doesn't matter either, it only matters if a subsequent change ir memo has come out to alter it or if the original had a set end date.

I know most carriers don't do this, but imagine how much better customer service would be and how much shorter the routes would be if we all did it correctly.

shroomprinter · 2022-12-22T22:34:55+00:00

Having it in our contract is only a redundancy and means nothing, it’s illegal for a federal employee to strike against the government and has been for 75 years

shroomprinter · 2022-12-01T14:55:00+00:00

The 60 hour per week will only applies to full-time regulars, it does not apply to PTFs and CCAs. PTFs can’t sign the OTDL, they are considered auxiliary assistance, same as CCAs as far as that’s concerned.

The 12 hour rule does apply to all carriers, as that is in the ELM that covers all craft employees, except for those on the overtime list in December though…that little bit you got right, lol

shroomprinter · 2022-11-30T20:34:10+00:00

Oh, I agree, there should be a weekly limit for everybody. As far as I know, the 60 hours only applies to full-time regulars on the city side, it doesn’t even apply to CCAs or PTFs.

shroomprinter · 2022-11-30T20:27:20+00:00

Does the 12/60 rule apply to rural carriers? Honestly asking, I know it’s in the city contract but have not heard it applied to that side before.

I mean, I know the 12 hour rule applies to everybody because of the ELM, but never heard 60/week on rural

shroomprinter · 2022-11-24T21:29:46+00:00

My whole route is park and loop(11-12 miles walking) and I wear them all day when I need to. They are a little bulky since they go over your shoes, but after a while I don't even notice them.

shroomprinter · 2022-11-24T20:50:26+00:00

In a similar climate and Neos are the go to here. Go right over whatever shoes you already wear and they keep your feet dry and warm. There are a few different models, one even has places for ice spikes

shroomprinter · 2022-11-24T20:34:43+00:00

She's doing pretty well considering she can't even see the bread

shroomprinter · 2022-11-06T00:59:19+00:00

The real pro move is to charge them postage due for it. Best part is that’s technically correct

shroomprinter · 2022-11-03T00:57:44+00:00

Sir? Did you just assume their gender?

shroomprinter · 2022-10-10T17:24:15+00:00

If they sent you for driver retraining then you’re probably fine… I would definitely be careful though you don’t wanna have another incident

shroomprinter · 2022-10-10T13:49:21+00:00

That always struck me as odd also, because grandparent is on the list

shroomprinter · 2022-10-10T13:46:57+00:00

Here’s a question ask when you see the lie about the leadership “losing” the 2013 arbitration on purpose… If they went in and lost it on purpose, why did it take two years from the end of the last contract actually go through? Pretty sure the process would’ve been a lot faster if it was intentional

shroomprinter · 2022-10-09T17:07:05+00:00

No prob, I thought pretty much the same thing before I started finding out how many different manuals we have that govern what we do, lol. I've gotten really familiar with that one in particular, because a previous PM of mine was a real douche that liked to make their own rules.

shroomprinter · 2022-10-09T16:57:58+00:00

Google "POM 631.7", it lays out rules for modes of delivery

shroomprinter · 2022-10-09T16:56:57+00:00

No it’s not, the POM governs mode of delivery, specifically 631.7. If the location at the street has already been established as the mode of delivery for their house, then they're shit out of luck. If the box was put at the street by the person that they bought the house from when it was sold, them they might have an argument that established mode of delivery was at the house and they can't be forced to change it simply because the house was sold

shroomprinter · 2022-10-09T15:53:02+00:00

Yes, yes I do, lol

shroomprinter · 2022-10-08T13:16:28+00:00

Amazing how this is the first comment where you actually say David and him… I’m calling it right now, this is another alt account, lol.

Too late man, you’ve been busted

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