Fort Lauderdale
This is my 2nd week back to work and my route has been adjusted to include an additional couple of hours delivery on the street . Due to lack of mail volume lost to the poor economy and the Internet, the Post Office is downsizing the number of employees. I was getting done early on my route and then shuffled around to help other carriers for my 8 hours. Now , it will be overtime to finished the day without getting help, on all but the very lightest of days. The Post Office made adjustments Nationwide in a record amount of time and with streamlined agreed upon rules between Labor and Management. When I started 19 years ago a route was considered balanced with 4 hours of sorting inside and 4 hours of street delivery. Now with automation the equation is more like 1.5 in the Office and 6.5 on the street. Let me say , it will be extremely demanding come Summertime and the Rainy Season.
