that's not why it costs us billions. firing him for making 70K a year (which A: I bet is inflated and B: probably not what he actually said but it makes for a better anecdotal story) is stupid.
So now you're embarrassed he made 70 K? I know right, it is a ridiculous figure. Ah really, it isn't? You clearly don't understand the purpose of public unions then. And the role of the taxpayer. Also what is it with this double-standard about legality? His 30 years of service was completely greedy. Now his ilk will get fired.
It's not the letter carriers fault that he makes good money doing his job, it's the governments fault for paying so much and giving such good benefits.
70k AND a Navy Reserve pension? That greedy mutherfucka's RICH! Take away all of his pension and benefits. Then tax him higher. Baby Man can't work and needs government checks.
Now I'm convinced this disability also hampers your ability to understand what people say. Because I said, nor implied, such a thing. huh? how is working being greedy?
letter carriers are the sex servants of the wealthy bourgeois housewife, faithfully inserting oversized packages into ornate receptacles with a smile
Well, I guess that's one way to conduct business... fire the guy who makes the most money and bring in a young college kid who makes 12 bucks an hour.
but unions suck! free market! maybe they would save money if they flew the mail to mexico, had it sorted there for $10 a day, and flown back here?, or maybe prison labor! hooray! capitalism rocks
And, amazingly enough, the $70K figure is bogus. Letter carrier wages top out at around $58K. Link. barfo
Letter carriers pay tops out at $23.15/hr, or $56804.80/year without overtime. Tack on 7 hours a week of overtime at time and a half and they can make $70K+. Only rural mail carriers are paid salary. The rest are hourly. I don't know how an hourly worker gets paid vacation, let alone 2 months of it.
True. He was also some sort of supervisor. But he told me he still "slung a bag" and called himself a letter carrier. He was an E-8 with the unit he was in. I do not know if his USPS retirement was one where he contributed to or not. Nice guy, too. Really knew his stuff in the Reserves. The reserve unit I trained when I was in the Navy was a challenge as very few kept up on their job when not training.
I didn't the pay was anything unusual, but I was surprised about the time off. They get the holidays + personal days (I get 2 of those per year myself) + regular vacation time. Now some companies give non vacation time off for Reserve duty and some also give separate sick time. So ending up with 60 days per year is not unusual. I have 5 years in with my company and I have 30 days per year. At 10 years it's up to about 40.
I see nothing wrong with the above pay rate. Average vet mail carrier (guessing that is a grind of a career) makes 57K/yr. Work 45-50 hours a week and your are making 70K+ . . . basically 10 hour daily grind nets you 70K plus benefits. Sounds about right to me. I tell you what, many of the unemployed andso called part time employed could not handle the bureaucracy, politics and daily grind it takes to be a mial carrier. Personally If I had to spend 50 hours a week in that atmosphere for 70K/yr I'd blow my brains out before I even topped out. (They probably start you out at 13-15/hr with 2 weeks of vacation a year)
No, that's the top rate, reached after 20 years of service. Most mail carriers make less than that. There is a reason why they call it 'going postal'. Although I think that's more the mail sorters than the mail carriers. Sorting would be an even uglier job, I'd guess. barfo
I totally get the "postal." I think not only is it the monotonos job duties but the whole supervisors, overtime slips, things being approved, not getting vacation time you want, notes from the doctor to prove you sick, strange promotions, favoritism, wastefulness . . . Ahhh I go postal just thinking about it. Living that for 20 years to get to work overtime for 70K+ a month, fair in my book.
1 day air and huge accounts like Nike, Nautilus, William Sonoma etc.... Also need to take into account that UPS ships up to 150lb packages.
