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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52J51W20090320

(Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it is closing six of its 80 district offices. In addition, administrative staff positions at district level nationwide are being reduced by 15 percent and nearly 150,000 employees nationwide being given opportunity to take an early retirement.

More than 1,400 mail processing supervisor and management positions are also being eliminated.

 

[Barrett2]

Uh oh.... 150,000 people going postal

 

[2DMention]

And I wanted to work for the post office if things went south.

 

[saelz8]

That's a lot of jobs.

 

[goodcow]

USPS needs to morph into a package handling company like UPS/FedEx and offer more competitive rates.

Every UPS/FedEx package comes with $100 insurance built in and tracking/signature confirmation, yet for the postal service that's an extra $3.90 in addition to the postage - $1.70 for the first $100 of insurance and $2.20 for signature confirmation.

That these things aren't included automatically make the USPS uncompetitive unless the package weighs 12 ounces or less. They should at least include free delivery confirmation on all Priority Mail.

 

[samus4ever]

Email killed the postal star.