USPS Closing Six Districts, Eliminating 1,400 EAS Positions And Offering Early Retirement

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 Organizational Changes – March 20, 2009

• The Postal Service is closing 6 of the 80 district offices, eliminating 521 positions across the country and offering early retirement to nearly 150,000 employees nationwide (excluding Electronic Technicians, MPE Maintenance Mechanics, Part-time Postmasters)

• For the remaining 74 districts across the country, there will be a 15% reduction in administrative staffing.

• More than 1400 mail processing management positions are also being eliminated in nearly 400 facilities around the country.

District Closings

• Massachusetts District – 116 impacted employees (105 are eligible to retire)
            Boston District and the Connecticut District (Hartford CT) will assume the   
            operations.

• New Hampshire/Vermont District – 75 impacted employees (68 eligible to retire)
           Northern New England District (Portland ME) will assume operations.

• Erie District – 63 impacted employees (44 eligible to retire)
            Western Pennsylvania District (Pittsburgh PA) will assume operations.

• Central Florida District – 104 impacted employees (79 eligible to retire)
            South Florida District (Miami FL) and Suncoast District (Tampa FL) will  
            assume operations.

• Spokane District – 71 impacted employees (52 eligible to retire)
            Seattle District and the Salt Lake City District will assume operations.

• Central New Jersey District – 92 impacted employees (63 eligible to retire)
            Northern New Jersey District (Newark NJ) and the South Jersey District
            (Bellmawr NJ) will assume operations.  

It will take approximately 5 months to close down the functions performed at the impacted districts. We expect this to be finalized by the end of August 2009.

Impacted employees will be given 5 months notice to look for a placement within the Postal Service. If unable to do so, the employee will be given a RIF notice on June 24, 2009.  Once the RIF notice is received, the employee then has 60 days before their employment status with the Postal Service will end on August 28, 2009.

Function 1 – EAS positions

In excess of 1400 EAS positions in more than 400 facilities will be eliminated in mail processing operations.

These positions are being eliminated based on a mathematical computation designed to readjust our management-to-craft employee ratio to factor in the thousands of craft employees who have left the Postal Service in the last several years.   

An employee who is impacted by this decision will be given 4 month’s notice to look for placement within the Postal Service. If they are unable to do so, the employee will be given a Specific RIF notice on May 27, 2009. Once the RIF notice is received, the employee has 60 days before their employment status with the Postal Service will end on July 31, 2009.

Additional information on the elimination of these positions will be provided.

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135 thoughts on “USPS Closing Six Districts, Eliminating 1,400 EAS Positions And Offering Early Retirement”

  2. I Guess we now will be able to increase our teams of dead wood that tell us where we are loseing time.If they dont touch the mail DUMP them .We already have all the moo s and Poo s And Goopity Goo s to tell each other what the computer print out says.Maybe the Useless PEE S should Contract Out Some Useless Management and DUMP everbody Else .You Know Those Careing Supervisors And Managers That are so in Tune With Improveing The DO DO DOIS NUMBERS.Except Potter And His Family Of Coarse.We have computers and automation WHAT IN THE WORLD DO THESE PEOPLE PRODUCE BESIDES EXPENSE TO THE USPS>>SOONER THEY GO THE SOONER WE SAVE>BUT WAIT I THINK THEY COULD TRIPLE THAT 1400 EAS NUMBER JUST ASK ” DOIS ” The DO DO BIRD…..

  3. I wouldn’t expect any early out cash incentive. The Service just isn’t going to fork out anything when our losses are this huge.

  4. Just remember Postmaster Daddy ain’t going
    to lay off his supv son or daughter… The P.O.
    was run by morons 25 years ago & now it is
    run by the families next generation of morons..
    Plus anyone thinking about the P.O. giving
    you a money incentive to retire dream on Bobo..

  7. too good to be true…i recall pmg runyans cuts in 91 or 92…they were larger…but yould never have noticed it on the work room floor…yet again over the last decade managements stupidity has only grown…my workload and duties have increased…im even begged to solicit buisness as i make my daily rounds and yet not use any extra time…well im not paid to smooze…every district has a sales team id love to help but i have mail to deliver despite managements attempts to drive the service into the ground..every supervisor ive worked under thinks they are hot shit or readily admit the couldnt handle carrying mail at least the latter are honest..my current pm is a former clerk used to be an ot hog back then…kissed the bosses asses and walla up to hog heaven she goes…realy,,this woman has a 6 inch stride..you can hear her shuffling across the floor…she orders huge lunches and eats them in her office..then falls asleep this being told to me by more than one clerk…what @#^^*#@@@!@!!!!!

  8. its just a matter of time before the economy turns
    and the po will be making money hand over fist and management finds a way to waste it as usual

  9. Hey, Carriers and clerks, I took a supv position to help my retirement. Guess what, the experiences I saw as a craft employee became even clearer on the other side. You all are right. Seems the better job you try to do, the worse you get treated with little regard that each is an individual with personal lives and problems. I have problems with requirements which I believe unwarranted and not necessary. I will bail this year. For those who must stay, I wish you luck.

  11. I am with pablo we have a new woman postmaster here in texas that treats you worse than dirt. Lets remember why unions were started in the first place. As always to many chiefs not enought indians. Managers made a great job a terrible job. Throw away the computer and use some common sense.

  13. OK! So! How many of the “privatetized” CONTRACT EMPLOYEES get cut??? Seriously! There is an enormous amount of waste there!!

  15. So how much money is closing these districts gonna cost ol Blue, We gotta pay all those moving expenses and buy these managers houses at abouve market value,

  16. Management RIF will lead to lawsuits. Carvin’ Marvin’ tried it and the deadwood come floating back. As a former advocate I would be willing to help management EXTRACT those managers that don’t swallow. Eliminating 1,400 positions is similar to Bayonne NJ losing 1,400 mosquitos in August….you can’t tell the difference.

  17. i know postal employees with 30 – 40 years of service that wasting postal hours. hear is a suggestion GO HOME now. and give other people opportunity to advance.

  19. Evidently, a few of you folks (ohio,mississip) don’t know what the hell the rest of us are going through & why we’re so happy at the thought of managers being shown the door. We do our job (carrier, clerk, etc.) & yet it’s still not good enough for management. They will screw with you just because they can & they get off on it. I like the pay & benefits of the USPS but the office politics is insane. It is only a matter of time before I move on. And yes, it IS terrifying to think you could be laid off during this depression. I’m just hangin’ on by the skin of my teeth too.

  23. Roast us while you can, they’ll be coming for your jobs next. When you’re wanting sympathy for that keep in mind the kindness you showed us when we’re losing our positions.

  24. You’re all idiots….this is the beginning of cleaning house on all of you. Not just incompetent managers but all you lazy workers

  25. When are they going to hit those hundreds of so called Associate Supervisors they just hired???

    The USPS is crying poverty and they continued to hire place hundreds into Supervisory positions.

    Im not losing any sleep over it now they see what it is like to leave the craft and not be protected by a good strong contract..

    SCREW THEM ALL. Management tempted them with the apple they bit it and it had a razor blade in it lol

  26. Thats what happens when you leave the Craft and get stuck without being protected by a good contract. Im not losing any sleep over it…. TOO BAD!

  27. There is approximately 400,000 postal employees, instead of paying your bills online, MAIL THEM. Everyone person has at least 10 bills a month to pay. At .42 cents a letter, $4.20 a month, twelve times a year is approx. $50 plus dollars a year times our 400,000 postal employees would bring in $20,000,000 plus more annual revenue for the postal service. I think you would pay $50 a year instead of losing your yearly income by having your job eliminated. Why pay to keep the internet service going when postal workers are losing their jobs because of declining volume. If you can’t be an advocate for yourself, who can you be an advocate for? Mail your bills, SAVE POSTAL JOBS.

  28. You can still be great employees and speak out on the matter and management. Great employees are at work, doing the work. Pay and opinions have nothing to do with it.

  29. Ditto Mississippi!! Some people do NOT appreciate that they have a job!
    And to you Pablo: Who do you suggest is going to process your mail? Transport it to you?

  30. Living here is hard enough, on finances, on family, on time in general. Think of your co-workers as nieghbors, an they are struggling. Multiple renter homes, for sale signs, childrens home lifes being disrupted. Worried, I am.

  31. I love these posts. They prove the only group more childish than the clerk union is the carrier’s union.

  32. I am amazed at the comments of these supposedly great employees. The Postal Service is a great place to work. Sounds to me like it has been too long since you made minimum wage. Whatever changes are made you must remember these are peoples lives beubg effected. Have some compassion and be thankful you have a job. You could be out on the street as some 1 million have been over the last few months.

  33. Could this be the end of the notorious Gary D the once hitman for the Tommy Clan! We can only hope so BYE BYE GARY!!!!

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  35. AHHHHHH…YES! THE SWEET, SWEET, SWEET SMELL OF KARMA……..ELEGANT,AND AROMATIC FROM A DISTANCE, A SKUNK WHEN IT HITS HOME….ALL YOU YOUNG DUMB ASSES WHO ENTERED MANAGAGEMENT THINKING YOU WOULD BE THERE FOR A LIFETIME, WELL GUESS WHAT? YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE FLUSHED!!! AND YOU MAY NOT ENTER BACK IN TO CRAFT…HAHAHA!!!! I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!

  39. WHERE’S THE WASHINGTON CUTS TAKE THE WORKING SLOB TELL THEM WE DON’T NEED YOU BUT THE PECES GUYS HERE IS YOUR 150,000 JOB YOU ARE SAFE FREE MEDICAL WHEN YOU RETIRE PIAD SICK LEAVE AL TO WHAT A JOK!!! DISRUPT PEOPLE’S LIVES AND THEY STAY WHERE THEY ARE!!

  41. Y’know at this rate, management will still be announcing lay-offs while the equipment is being auctioned off. Unbelievable. Can I volunteer some local a-holes in management for the severence carrot?

  42. Aw man! porkroast is right! 4 levels of management! That’s too much fat! Here’s a solution: 1 carrier supervisor per 40 carriers, 1 station manager, 1 local postmaster, 1 district head, 1 region head, & then the DC bureaucracy. That’s all we need. Uff Da the place runs itself fercryin’outloud!

  43. This is bogus. This isn’t an EAS reduction. 1400 when they needed to cut 30,000. Dont think anyones gonna notice the “reduction” when all is said and done. This is more subterfuge to coerce people into early retirement.

  45. Yay! Less deadwood! Please can some of the GOON squad in Seattle! Things are really shaping up for a house cleaning. I can’t wait til this time next year!

  46. This is still unbelievable, to only eliminate 6 of the 80 disticts.all the orders come from the area level. so why do we still need 74 disticts. i wish one of you super intelligent managers in dc or at the area level would tell this stupid letter carrier, why we need all these super intelligent managers to tell us what to do. WHAT THE HELL DO WE NEED FOUR LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START ACTING LIKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND START DOWNSIZING? OR ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE ALL OUT OF A JOB

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