Postal Service overhauls leadership as Democrats press for investigation of mail delays
Source: Washington Post
Lawmakers want the inspector general to examine Postmaster General Louis DeJoys cost-cutting measures and investments
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the nations mail service, displacing the two top executives overseeing day-to-day operations, according to a reorganization memo released Friday. The shake-up came as congressional Democrats called for an investigation of DeJoy and the cost-cutting measures that have slowed mail delivery and ensnared ballots in recent primary elections
Twenty-three postal executives were reassigned or displaced, the new organizational chart shows. Analysts say the structure centralizes power around DeJoy, a former logistics executive and major ally of President Trump, and de-emphasizes decades worth of institutional postal knowledge. All told, 33 staffers included in the old postal hierarchy either kept their jobs or were reassigned in the restructuring, with five more staffers joining the leadership from other roles.
The reshuffling threatens to heighten tensions between postal officials and lawmakers, who are troubled by delivery delays the Postal Service banned employees from working overtime and making extra trips to deliver mail and wary of the Trump administrations influence on the Postal Service as the coronavirus pandemic rages and Novembers election draws near.
It also adds another layer to DeJoys disputes with Democratic leaders, who have pushed him to rescind the cost-cutting directives that have caused days-long backlogs and steady the Postal Service in the run-up to the election. DeJoy clashed with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), in a meeting on the issue earlier this week.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/
Wonder if this is a big FU move by DeJoy.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)riversedge
(69,727 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)riversedge
(69,727 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)but you can't run an organization charged with serving everywhere and everyone in that manner. Private business will carve out space and clientele based on what's profitable, leaving unprofitable areas unserved or for other companies to pick up. This guy seems to think he's Chainsaw Al? Many an MBA/accountant/efficiency expert ruined working companies. Ron Johnson, JC Penney.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,781 posts)PSPS
(13,516 posts)Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,649 posts)having to make health benefit payments for future retirees?
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)not fooled
(5,791 posts)for a few months...I can't believe Biden won't put a stop to this looting and pillage.
judesedit
(4,437 posts)and take them directly to campaign offices to make sure they get to the right place on time
bringthePaine
(1,726 posts)DIVINEprividence
(443 posts)Unrelenting, merciless public pressure.
Nexus2
(1,261 posts)Trump's Post Master general just fired 200 post officials to centralize power under himself.
Captain Zero
(6,715 posts)I drove by to mail a letter. The drop boxes are gone!. Had to find parking. Walk inside the station and mail it inside. WTF? Station serves a big section of NE Indianapolis.
Dan
(3,524 posts)thesquanderer
(11,955 posts)A bonus for Trump with all these post office shenanigans is that they impact Bezos, too.
oasis
(49,152 posts)SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)He's trying to enrich himself by destroying the post office.