Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ...
by 1024core on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @12:07PM
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> Because Safeway has enough manpower to do that.
I can assure you, the cashiers at Safeway make significantly less money than the USPS staff. And accounting for guaranteed pensions, even more so. Most are minimum wage employees with no job security.
And to answer your speculation: there are employees at the Post Office. You can see them through the doors.
And finally: why isn't the office staffed properly, given that these holidays like Christmas aren't exactly new and unforeseen?
Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ...
by pcwalton on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:37PM
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I suspect a lot of this has little to do with government vs. private sector and a lot to do with the APWU [1]. There are unions in the private sector too.
I'm personally just fine with paying the postal workers a living wage, even if it means the lines are a bit longer.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Postal_Workers_Union
> At my local grocery store (Safeway), they'll add a new cashier if the line becomes long. The Post Office? Nope! During busy times, I've seen the line go beyond 15 or 20, and there's this only 1 slow clerk taking his time, chit-chatting, in no hurry at all.
Because Safeway has enough manpower to do that.
> Or the DMV. Visit the SF DMV if you want to see government at "work".
I've actually been reasonably satisfied with the approach the CA DMV takes, which is to do everything possible to make people not have to visit the DMV in person. I was pleasantly surprised by how easy online driver's license renewal was (they even had a mobile version).
I'd take the USPS over, say, the customer service experience on the US legacy airlines any day.