How Are Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Changes Affecting Workers?

Re:How Are Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Changes Affectin... by jimkleiber on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:23PM (#24137164)

But out of all things you could do before leaving office, in the middle of a pandemic, why would privatizing the post office be in the top 5? A small and maybe easy win amongst your crowd?

Maybe this is so hard for me to see because I have very very fond memories of the post office. I had the same mail carrier deliver mail for almost all of my childhood. He became a pseudo-uncle to me. He was always there.

And it's hard for me to imagine that people have anything but love and tenderness for the USPS.

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Re:How Are Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Changes Affectin... by nickff on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:32PM (#24137847)

Sounds like you had a great person as your point of contact with the USPS, and that it favorably shaped your view of the service at large.

I have had mixed experiences with many different carriers, and have no particular fondness for any of the organizations, though some of the people (at each) have been very good, kind, and helpful.

I don't know why this was a priority for people in the current administration, though I view privatization of the USPS as a generally laudable goal.

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Re:How Are Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Changes Affectin... by jimkleiber on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:24PM (#24139666)

Funny how sometimes I can be so embedded in my emotional experience of something that I can forget that others may have very different emotional experiences on the same thing.

After all these comments, I'm probably still leaning towards wanting it to stay public, but more open to privatization, and still quite vehemently unconvinced that now is the time to make that change. Again, thank you for all the conversation.

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