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USPS Looking to cut 40k jobs

yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
edited November 2008 in A Moving Train
wow thats a HUGE cut...



http://www.ksla.com/global/story.asp?s=9247633



I mean, I rarely use the mail for anything but junk mail.
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  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    That's a socialist business organization! NEWMAN!!!
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Not a shock... besides sending stuff like random cards or invitations, I can't remember the last time that I used the USPS for anything.
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Still the most reliable way to send posters ... USPS.

    But, I don't write checks anymore with e-banking, I can't remember the last time I actually sent a letter.

    Where are the chain letters that state the government will start taxing our e-mails? :D (Anyone remember those?)
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    Yet another government-run organization that I have had numerous difficulties with.

    I mail about 1 item per month on average. I may send e-cards for Christmas this year.
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  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Not a shock... besides sending stuff like random cards or invitations, I can't remember the last time that I used the USPS for anything.


    Not only that but if you guys are anything like the Canadian Postal Service, if you live in a relatively new development, you no longer get mail service to your door. Instead you get a space in a shared box at the end of your street where you go pick up your mail. The more boxes they install the less mail carriers you need, since what would once take a guy an hour on foot, now takes him 10 minutes.
  • pateljampateljam Posts: 340
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    Not only that but if you guys are anything like the Canadian Postal Service, if you live in a relatively new development, you no longer get mail service to your door. Instead you get a space in a shared box at the end of your street where you go pick up your mail. The more boxes they install the less mail carriers you need, since what would once take a guy an hour on foot, now takes him 10 minutes.


    Yeah we have those type of mail boxes here. I hate them because they are small and my magazines get all rolled up, they just jam stuff in there...
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    2003-10-26 Mountain View-Bridge School
    2006-07-09 Los Angeles
    2006-07-10 Los Angeles
    2006-10-22 Mountain View- Bridge School
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    2009-10-1 Los Angeles-2
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  • Red BurritoRed Burrito Posts: 479
    Damn, I friend of mine just got hired by UPS a couple months ago! He just had his 2nd kid and was banking on this job working out. I am sending good vibes his way.
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  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    So... how many of those 40,000 do you think will go "postal"?
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    8k jobs lost to DHL and the beat goes on.

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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    This is really sad. It's tough out there right now.
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