Congressman Jason Chaffetz has introduced H.R. 5919, which would grant the Postmaster General the authority to implement up to twelve “postal holidays” per year to reduce USPS operating costs. Mail wouldn't be delivered on those days.
These would be floating holidays that the PMG would select when mail volume is historically lower than normal.
If there would be a way to work around the current schedules, would this save us any money?
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I'm not in operations or delivery but this sounds like a marketing nightmare. How would you keep the public informed of "fluctuating" non-delivery days? We are all about service which requires us to keep the public informed so they know when to mail if they want delivery by a certain day. Even just cutting out the first Monday of every month would be confusing to the public (at least for several years until they got used to it). Right now, I'm not a big fan of this idea.
I agree, how could you ever sell and express and guarantee it! I would rather them make Saturday a non delivery day then do something like that.
I agree with the above comments. Our mail volumn after a holiday causes all my clerks to get overtime. Not a good idea
Where do these people get these ideas. This is idiotic to say the least. The Postal Service HAS to do something and something quick. We are slowing killing ourselves by not making any decisions AND implementing them.
Will this save us any money? Not 3.5 billion a year. when is D.C. going to wake up and smell the demise of the USPS? We are on the brink of insovency and some idiot wants to declare up to 12 holidays to save money? Yes it is true, no mail would get delivered but the wages of those full time career employees would still get paid. Just cut Saturday delivery and be done with it. and for those of you who are going to whine about service give it a rest. There is NOBODY else who is going to do it. So the argument that our customers will just find another service provider or will go to our competition is BS! This holiday pipedream is just another bad idea on a LONG list of bad ideas form someone who knows nothing about the USPS and would do better to serve his constituency by improving their livelihood in their (his) own state and leave the Postal Service to those who know what they are doing.
We need to be open for anything that is thrown at us even if it is one day.When approved, we can plan a year ahead when those days be and probably making it around some public holidays that is not a long weekend will help those planning for a good vacation. It would be easier to suggest 52 day floating so that even if congress fails to approve five day week, we would still get the leverage of these holidays. Who would say no to holidays? My vote is Yes.
I agree that it would be a headache trying to keep the customers informed of the non-delivery days. I also agree that it wouldn't save us enough money to warrant the change. Plus, the rural carriers aren't going to just roll over and accept one unpaid day a month.
Rather than looking for more and more ways to cut service, we should be looking at new services and products to offer. We should be trying to grow our business, not cutting it to the bone and waiting for it to die a slow death!
I disagree with this idea. It would not save us much -- if any -- money and would be a logistical nightmare to administer. Congress needs to "bite the bullet" and give us some meaningful relief from the results of their prior legislation.
Customers already have trouble remembering that we are closed on Columbus Day and Martin Luther King Day. They come to the Post Office to mail packages. They call to ask why there was no delivery on those days. Please do not add to this problem by adding randon nondelivery days.
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