USPS to cut Saturday mail delivery

[Wickabee]

You guys realize that they are still going to deliver packages on Saturday. Mail carriers get paid by the mile, so I fail to see how this will save the PO any money at all. The only way this makes sense is if they pay the carriers by hour on Saturdays, but it still wont save the PO very much.

If they're paid by the mile, that's still a full days mileage.
I agree this won't do much. They should have done it years ago. Like Canada.

[shrewsbury]

boba, are you sure? is it the same in every state? I now nearly everyone in the local post office, they all get paid hourly.

[boba]

boba, are you sure? is it the same in every state? I now nearly everyone in the local post office, they all get paid hourly.

Here in Co they are paid by mile, at least at the PO my parents work for. But even if it is hourly it won't cut the hours by too much, still will sort, still will deliver packages. I do assume that they will make it hourly on Saturday either way.

[boba]

What I'm told is that it is hourly unless you run a route everywhere. Not sure if that's true everywhere though.

[Star_Cards]

I email them and ask for a non po box address. So far they all have given me one.

[Star_Cards]

I don't follow. Why would they say they won't deliver on Saturday but still deliver. Also it's not just about employee pay the cost of running trucks to residential areas is probably where a lot of the savings will come from. and yes the savings isn't much compared to what they are losing a year but you have to start somewhere.

[Wickabee]

I don't follow. Why would they say they won't deliver on Saturday but still deliver. Also it's not just about employee pay the cost of running trucks to residential areas is probably where a lot of the savings will come from. and yes the savings isn't much compared to what they are losing a year but you have to start somewhere.

No for to door on Saturday. Basically, just the carriers are cut for one day a week and the rest of the operation continues is was.

[centrehice]

I don't remember Canada ever having any Saturday mail delivery. I could look it up, but I can't be arsed to do it.

[Wickabee]

Probably not.

[boba]

http://smallbiztrends.com/2013/02/sa...-usps-cut.html


To me the right step for them to take is cutting Saturday delivery completely, but I guess it is a step, just stinks for the mail deliverers who have no clue how they will be paid on Saturdays.