City Letter Carriers Returning After 5.P.M.-Capital District
In recent years, more city letter carriers have been returning from their delivery routes after 5 p.m. Safety concerns increase after dark and a number of recent incidents of violence against carriers have been reported in the media. Media have also reported that customers are unhappy when their mail arrives after dark. From fiscal year (FY) 2011 to FY 2013, the percentage of city letter carriers returning after 5 p.m. nationwide increased from 25 to 38 percent.
The U.S. Postal Service’s goal is for 95 percent of city letter carriers to return from street operations before 5 p.m. Meeting this target would ensure the Postal Service collects, distributes, and delivers the mail on time. In FY 2013, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) risk indicator results consistently ranked the Capital Metro Area’s Capital District among the five districts nationwide with the most city letter carriers returning after 5 p.m.Our objective was to assess city letter carriers returning after 5 p.m.
The number of city carriers returning after 5 p.m. is a growing problem in the Capital District, increasing by 14 percent from FY 2011, Quarter 1 to FY 2013, Quarter 4. City carriers returned after 5 p.m. because mail coming from processing facilities did not always meet times established in the integrated operating plan and management did not always properly supervise city delivery operations. Adhering to integrated operating plans will improve mail arrival time at delivery units. Further, better supervision of city letter carriers will reduce the number of carriers returning after 5 p.m., increase carrier safety, and reduce late mail delivery.
In other matters, external stakeholders suggested the Postal Service take additional safety measures such as providing brightly colored, reflective clothing to make city carriers more visible and identifiable in the dark. Other suggestions included providing additional safety training and realigning delivery routes so carriers can deliver mail earlier in the day in dangerous areas
you can blame that dumb ass PMG Potter who was present with Pre. Bush when he signed the mandate to pay retiree fund 75 years in the future to be paid in a 10 year window. Then potter walk outside and said the sky is falling we are losing money, cut routes, offer early outs, now they the management cry be back at 5pm, they know dam well the screwed up the route so much, that if you fart you will be late, frack the management, stay safe , show up to work, do the best you can everyday, let management clean up this mess and let them cry me a river.
2 years ago we also had an earlier start time. They thought by starting us later we would rush to get done faster. The truth is the OT is still there. Most offices now have start times ranging between 8am and some up til 9. Even if they start at 8am, a 30 minute pivot puts you at 5. 5 years ago our start times ranged between 6 and 7am. Fix the problem. The earlier you start us, the earlier we get back and the faster the plants can start processing. Its not rocket science. Its simple math.
how about a snarling crazed pit bull 204b who says don’t dare show your face back at this office until your done.even if you have to stay out until 9 pm.
Management paid for performance. Cloned supervisors are puppets whose actions are directed by MPOOs whose actions are governed by district staph. Carriers on street past 5
lack concern by district. Open routes duh?!
at our office its 6pm and sometimes 7pm at Woodlands Metro
When I started as a letter carrier in 1988, we started at 6 am. all mail was delivered and everyone was done at 2:30 or 3 pm at the latest. OT was almost unheard of. Now we start at 8 am, the routes are longer and we carry splits every day. Overtime is rampant. Duh !!
One chart shows it all……As the total number of carrier routes went down and as the economy started perking up any blooming idiot could see plain as day””””Less carriers doing more work means they get back later…….
OIG sure missed the mark in this garbage report.
Instead there will be more management teams playing with charts and figures while carriers stay out late to get the mail delivered…
Just when will OIG actually query the ground pounders and find out what really is happening? Isn’t that what OIG is supposed to do?
I wouldn’t want to deliver those splits the next day after a PM delivered them!
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Postmasters can deliver during emergencies. As most stations are short-staffed, the PM’s could do at least a half hour or two hours a day delivery. I’ ve only seen a PM deliver ONCE in 29 years. Yet, it is in ther job duties. Go figure, OiG
Our office has 4 open routes . One has not been put up for bid in over a year. They also dont work overtime carriers on their day off so we split two or three routes a day. Havent seen 5 oclock in a while.
How about because they make you work an additional 4 hours of overtime
because they are understaffed on a daily basis