Megan Brennan takes the oath as the 74th Postmaster General. Click on the image for a larger version.
In addition to discussing the Postal Service’s future during her March 6 installation, PMG Megan Brennan thanked employees for their dedication.
“Our employees do great work every day,” Brennan said. “They serve every community in America, visiting every business and residence, and they do so with deep pride in our mission.”
The PMG also thanked her family, noting the Brennans have about 125 years of combined postal experience — beginning with her father Jeremiah, who devoted 43 years to USPS.
“My dad worked the night shift while his six kids were young. He always impressed upon us the importance of hard work, showing up and showing up on time,” she said.
Additionally, Brennan praised her late brother Kevin, who had 36 years of postal experience, and younger brother Brian, who has almost 17 years.
The PMG — who joined USPS in 1986 as a letter carrier in Lancaster, PA — also pointed out her sister Erin’s service as a “casual” in college, as well as their mother’s career in the mailroom of the Schuylkill County, PA, Courthouse.
“We talk a lot about mail in my family,” the PMG said
buy stock in UPS and FDX……..best way to flip these mismanaging bureaucrats the bird!
The focus will be making customer service worse and further degrading the networks.
All I hear is words!!!! I want action and to see the P.O. Alive!!!!
With the new scanners that supposedly will record every damn second we’re out on the route, whether we overlook a package, go one minute past our lunch break times, or any other infraction real or imagined, it’ll be micromanaging to a psychotic level. My question, and I know it’s a stupid one, so don’t point that out to me, is this: can craft expect the same level of efficiency and accuracy management demands from them from management themselves?
The fact is, not just because it’ll put more pressure on carriers who allow it to with these new spy scanners, also was designed to make the job simpler for supervisors and managers and hopefully reduce their own screw ups. I could write a long book on all the times I’ve asked for help or reported a problem that was ignored, handled terribly or be blamed for whatever the issue was by management who was too incompetent or lazy to have to deal with it.
The fact that the new scanners are going to be so thorough shows us that management does not trust any of us to do anything right. They know what kind of people they are, what they did to get into management and what they do to get promotions, and assume all craft people are equally untrustworthy, inept and stupid. Yes, there are exceptions, but the overall structure is one of two tiers: the incredibly brilliant management without whom the USPS would just not survive without their inspired leadership, and dirtbag moron craft employees, far too stupid to possibly understand and perform the complex and vital tasks of managing.
I’m a moron myself, pond scum, lucky if I can find my way to work without getting lost and cannot be trusted. That means of course I’m a 30+ year city letter veteran who carries the mail so managers can freeload off my efforts. I’d rather be pond scum than associated with far too many in management I could mention. The problem is, that although my local supervisor is a good guy, and the postmaster is a hard worker and a good person too, they are told what to do by jerks who are not good people. I could never allow myself to be abused like they are.
Congrats. Lets focus on customer service since thats what we are here for .