Recent comments in /f/vermont

Sparrows_Shadow t1_j5fh3nn wrote

I know people keep saying "this is happening everywhere", but VT has the unique problem of not only having high COL, but we also don't have any type of housing. We can't get people staffed for probably 1/3rd of the job force here because they literally can't survive here between lack and cost of housing.

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trashbucket2020 t1_j5fea6q wrote

Reply to comment by jarvisk2 in Is USPS okay? by WingsOfFireAndCake

I just started a couple months ago as an RCA. I don’t work 13/1. I get one or two days off a week. Depends on what I want. We are a smaller office with 3 rural routes. Also, I trained in White River Junction.

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raz0rsnak3 t1_j5fd0ym wrote

They honestly don't need to give a reason, and in today's political climate, it's in their best interest not to.

And you're hoping that they get in legal trouble for NOT signing a document, because if they do not, they are being discriminatory????

Sounds like you've made up your mind: if you don't buy into this declaration and champion it then you're racist and discriminatory. Accurate?

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jarvisk2 t1_j5fc72z wrote

Reply to comment by Leeebs_OG in Is USPS okay? by WingsOfFireAndCake

Can confirm they no longer drug test, but it takes about 3 months to get in the door, you get two days off a month (13 days on and then 1 day off), and you need to spend a week in NH or Maine to complete the training. Essentially the best USPS employee is one with no life.

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SteveVT t1_j5f51c1 wrote

We've had spotty service in South Burlington for better than a year. Regular deliveries, then a period of two or three days where there's nothing. Some of you act like the USPS is doing this capriciously. They're not. With reduced staffing AND larger volumes to deliver they're doing the best they can,

And a one-to-one comparison to UPS or FedEx isn't fair. You want to get your important mail -- bills, payments, letters -- through those companies? OK, but be prepared to pay a lot more than you do now.

Something's going on with delivery all across the board. Amazon, for example, dropped most two-day delivery where I live. I get notification from UPS or FedEx that a package will be delivered on a certain day, and it can show up days later.

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