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A reminder that Louis DeJoy is somehow still the postmaster general.

beanjuiceII 5y ago
I've been working at usps for 18 years...DeJoy is the best PMG over that entire span.. i really don't get what the hate is about
- lelandfe 5y ago
  I'm not sure what your criteria for "best" is. But others' concerns stem from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_Postal_Service_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_Postal_Serv...
- throwaway111023 5y ago
- aldebran 5y ago
  Have you been sleeping while he’s been dismantling the USPS and blatantly been sabotaging ability to reliably send absentee ballots in time?
  - beanjuiceII 5y ago
    he has not been dismantling anything that wasn't already in the works
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  As an employee, what do you like about what he's done? I am actually curious.
  - beanjuiceII 5y ago
    he's doing long term work for many fixes that need to be done in terms of logistics and processing that many PMG's put off to instead make stuff like teen apparel and other ridiculous forms of revenue. Some fights he can win, some he can't unfortunately.. many many politics at play.
- cripblip 5y ago
  Could you advise how best to submit feedback ? The font on usps labels is comically small and leads to numerous package misdeliveries in my area, have tried submitting feedback, cases go dark in the middle of conversations etc
  - beanjuiceII 5y ago
    i never felt like it was small, but i can ask the team responsible for generating labels about the size
- hackernewds 5y ago
  Genuinely curious what you find "best" among his maleficent sabotage, and the undeniable benefits he's been reaping from his conflict of interest with XPO logistics
  - beanjuiceII 5y ago
    there is no sabotage everyone keeps saying that, but I've seen nothing but false information about it...and conflicts of interest people act like that something new at USPS. Here check this guy out https://washingtontechnology.com/2007/10/otto-joins-agilex-technologies/335741/ https://washingtontechnology.com/2007/10/otto-joins-agilex-t... one of many, guess who agilex had large contracts with after otto joined agilex? who got usps paid and agilex paid?? Guess who cashed out big time when accenture scooped up all those agilex usps contracts? this type of stuff is rampant. And while perhaps dejoy is reaping benefits, he's also improving things not been improved in a very long time. In the political hellscape that is usps i'll take what i can get
ars 5y ago
He's doing what he was hired to do: Keep the USPS solvent. Every single decision I've seen him make had just one goal: Save money. It somehow because a political thing, because that's what we do these days, but it never actually was.
- dillondoyle 5y ago
  I, and many others, disagree with that premise which is part of the reason he is not popular. That USPS needs to be profitable (it's a us govt service for the people). And that there were (bill just fixed it) onerous requirements that made 'profit' basically impossible. For me it's also political. It's hard for me to separate his political agenda from things that materially impact elections.
  - clarionbell 5y ago
    Unfortunately the law doesn't align with that view. USPS is not being funded by government, but by postage. Unfortunately, the volume of mail has dropped by about 50% in the last two decades. And since USPS can't cut unprofitable routes and can't raise postage prices above inflation, again because of legislation, there are only few options left. Unless the Congress decides to directly fund USPS, or let them raise more money, the cost cutting is the only way forward.
    - hackernewds 5y ago
      Find it hard to believe mail has declined. We're shipping packages at record rates through online shopping, which at the unit level can be charged more than pennies like letters were. First, the USPS as a US service need not be profitable. They were also fiscally sound _until_ the Bush administration abruptly changed the rules of establishing pension liabilities as current https://theweek.com/articles/767184/how-george-bush-broke-post-office https://theweek.com/articles/767184/how-george-bush-broke-po...
    - op00to 5y ago
      "The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. *This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation*." [1] [1] https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it/ https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis...

I've been working at usps for 18 years...DeJoy is the best PMG over that entire span.. i really don't get what the hate is about

lelandfe 5y ago
I'm not sure what your criteria for "best" is. But others' concerns stem from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_Postal_Service_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_Postal_Serv...
throwaway111023 5y ago
aldebran 5y ago
Have you been sleeping while he’s been dismantling the USPS and blatantly been sabotaging ability to reliably send absentee ballots in time?
- beanjuiceII 5y ago
  he has not been dismantling anything that wasn't already in the works
jrochkind1 5y ago
As an employee, what do you like about what he's done? I am actually curious.
- beanjuiceII 5y ago
  he's doing long term work for many fixes that need to be done in terms of logistics and processing that many PMG's put off to instead make stuff like teen apparel and other ridiculous forms of revenue. Some fights he can win, some he can't unfortunately.. many many politics at play.
cripblip 5y ago
Could you advise how best to submit feedback ? The font on usps labels is comically small and leads to numerous package misdeliveries in my area, have tried submitting feedback, cases go dark in the middle of conversations etc
- beanjuiceII 5y ago
  i never felt like it was small, but i can ask the team responsible for generating labels about the size
hackernewds 5y ago
Genuinely curious what you find "best" among his maleficent sabotage, and the undeniable benefits he's been reaping from his conflict of interest with XPO logistics
- beanjuiceII 5y ago
  there is no sabotage everyone keeps saying that, but I've seen nothing but false information about it...and conflicts of interest people act like that something new at USPS. Here check this guy out https://washingtontechnology.com/2007/10/otto-joins-agilex-technologies/335741/ https://washingtontechnology.com/2007/10/otto-joins-agilex-t... one of many, guess who agilex had large contracts with after otto joined agilex? who got usps paid and agilex paid?? Guess who cashed out big time when accenture scooped up all those agilex usps contracts? this type of stuff is rampant. And while perhaps dejoy is reaping benefits, he's also improving things not been improved in a very long time. In the political hellscape that is usps i'll take what i can get

ars 5y ago

He's doing what he was hired to do: Keep the USPS solvent. Every single decision I've seen him make had just one goal: Save money. It somehow because a political thing, because that's what we do these days, but it never actually was.

dillondoyle 5y ago
I, and many others, disagree with that premise which is part of the reason he is not popular. That USPS needs to be profitable (it's a us govt service for the people). And that there were (bill just fixed it) onerous requirements that made 'profit' basically impossible. For me it's also political. It's hard for me to separate his political agenda from things that materially impact elections.
- clarionbell 5y ago
  Unfortunately the law doesn't align with that view. USPS is not being funded by government, but by postage. Unfortunately, the volume of mail has dropped by about 50% in the last two decades. And since USPS can't cut unprofitable routes and can't raise postage prices above inflation, again because of legislation, there are only few options left. Unless the Congress decides to directly fund USPS, or let them raise more money, the cost cutting is the only way forward.
  - hackernewds 5y ago
    Find it hard to believe mail has declined. We're shipping packages at record rates through online shopping, which at the unit level can be charged more than pennies like letters were. First, the USPS as a US service need not be profitable. They were also fiscally sound _until_ the Bush administration abruptly changed the rules of establishing pension liabilities as current https://theweek.com/articles/767184/how-george-bush-broke-post-office https://theweek.com/articles/767184/how-george-bush-broke-po...
  - op00to 5y ago
    "The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the future. *This burden applies to no other federal agency or private corporation*." [1] [1] https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis-and-how-to-fix-it/ https://ips-dc.org/how-congress-manufactured-a-postal-crisis...