Re: OT: us postal service

<bjacoby@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> No doubt USPS is going to hell in a handbasket....

> Benj
> (Who was once told by people at USPS that the "going postal" problem
> was the direct result of hiring policies that gave strong preferences
> to Viet Nam vets no matter if they were living in the trees in the park
> and having daily flashbacks or not. )

A friend of mine, a military retiree (air force), managed to get a job with
them, but only as a janitor! And he had to use legal tactics for that.
They didn't want to hire him for some reason :).

IMO they are generally over paid and under productive. If I were able I'd
reduce their pay scale and hire more people to do the job. Other than they
have to work fast, it's not difficult work. They are too protected from the
real world.

brent


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