Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
I can understand the problem USPS is having. As for myself, I purchased a book of the "foreve"r stamps last October (?) and haven't used a ONE yet. I do all my correspondence via e-mail or telephone and pay all my bills via my bank e-bills, e-pay. Prior to getting "smart" i was paying over $50 per month on postage . BUT, I know it's coming, a tax on e-correspondence. AND, how can you fix an instutution that allows sick days to accumulate for years. A postal worker can retire earlier using his/her accumulated sick days to discount their retirement date. GREAT deal if you can get it. Whatever happened to common sense ?

Mark
PS: And that being said, in addition to my "signature" I best get my a$$ to work. Short day today, like yesterday, 16 hours.Gotta finish the job before the per diem non completion penalty kicks in.
The Other Side of the Coin

How about rolling over vacation days? If I don't use my vacation this year, is it wrong to expect that benefit in the future? I have PTO. All time off comes from one pool regardless of whether it is called vacation or sick time. If I get close to retirement, am I not allowed to take time off. If I have enough accrued days to take off and still to get paid until my retirement date, should I not be allowed that benefit. If I work without the rewards at the time, am I to be denied the reward in the future? The harder you work, the less you get. There's an incentive for you.

One last thought about that. If I don't take sick days and they don't have to bring in a replacement worker to cover for me, then they have fewer days with a (in theory) less efficient worker. That means that the general day-to-day productivity should be higher.

How can we fix organizations like that?