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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 07:16 PM Aug 2020

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 DeJoy’s cost-cutting measures and investments

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s 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 administration’s influence on the Postal Service as the coronavirus pandemic rages and November’s election draws near.

It also adds another layer to DeJoy’s 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.
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Postal Service overhauls leadership as Democrats press for investigation of mail delays (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2020 OP
K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
I feel like screaming. riversedge Aug 2020 #2
I quit ordering online until Biden is President and this mess is cleaned up. sarcasmo Aug 2020 #13
I feel like screaming. riversedge Aug 2020 #3
once the logistics guys take over, every moment and every movement must be profitable bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #4
+1 Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #5
The guy's motivation isn't being "profitable." It's to keep trump in office. PSPS Aug 2020 #6
THIS. "Profitability" is just the cover. Grokenstein Aug 2020 #10
Not just that. It's to prepare the USPS for privatization. scarletwoman Aug 2020 #21
Anyone know the status of the postal service lordsummerisle Aug 2020 #7
Trumps bean counters bankrupt everything they touch.............or try to bankrupt everything turbinetree Aug 2020 #8
Hold on, USPS not fooled Aug 2020 #9
Biden should contact all fired postal employees and hire them to pick up and deliver ballots judesedit Aug 2020 #14
title should be "Postal Service keelhauled by Trump appointee" bringthePaine Aug 2020 #11
time to pour it on DIVINEprividence Aug 2020 #12
Just came up on Maddow Nexus2 Aug 2020 #15
My branch today. The Outside Colletion Boxes. GONE! Captain Zero Aug 2020 #16
He needs to go to jail Dan Aug 2020 #17
I predict that Amazon will be using less USPS and more UPS for their small packages. thesquanderer Aug 2020 #18
There's gonna be one helluva Christmas "rush" come December. oasis Aug 2020 #19
Trumpers only know to double down. DeJoy should be in jail. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #20

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
4. once the logistics guys take over, every moment and every movement must be profitable
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 07:27 PM
Aug 2020

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.

judesedit

(4,437 posts)
14. Biden should contact all fired postal employees and hire them to pick up and deliver ballots
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:23 PM
Aug 2020

and take them directly to campaign offices to make sure they get to the right place on time

Nexus2

(1,261 posts)
15. Just came up on Maddow
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:43 PM
Aug 2020

Trump's Post Master general just fired 200 post officials to centralize power under himself.

Captain Zero

(6,715 posts)
16. My branch today. The Outside Colletion Boxes. GONE!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:54 PM
Aug 2020

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.

thesquanderer

(11,955 posts)
18. I predict that Amazon will be using less USPS and more UPS for their small packages.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:56 PM
Aug 2020

A bonus for Trump with all these post office shenanigans is that they impact Bezos, too.

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
20. Trumpers only know to double down. DeJoy should be in jail.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:16 PM
Aug 2020

He's trying to enrich himself by destroying the post office.

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