Can the Postal Service Further Consolidate the Area and District Administrative Office Structure?
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In the past 18 years, the Postal Service has reorganized its field structure at least three times. In 1992, the Postal Service reorganized its field structure from five regions and 73 field divisions into 10 areas and 85 districts. From 2002-2006 the Postal Service changed its field structure to nine areas and 80 districts, and adjusted again in 2009 to eight areas and 74 districts. Under the current structure, area offices ensure headquarters directives are implemented, and district offices are responsible for managing major functions within a specified region of an area, including day-to-day management of subordinate post offices and customer service activities other than processing and distribution. The Postal Service believes the most recent consolidation will provide an annual cost savings of approximately $100 million.
Loading ... Loading ...Other organizations have streamlined their management structure, whether looking to utilize new technologies or just save money during difficult economic times. For example, United Parcel Service recently announced it was reducing its U.S. regions from five to three and its districts from 46 to 20, and Walmart announced it was reducing its regions from five to three.
What do you think of the Postal Service’s field structure?
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June 12th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
The USPS is the most management heavy organization in the United States. While management slashes and moves around clerk and mailhandler jobs, almost no cutting is being done in management numbers. HOW MANY FEWER MANAGERS ARE THERE NOW THAN THERE WERE TWO YEArS AGO, COUNTING ALL THE “VICING” MANAGERS AT ALL LEVELS. Until there is a major restructuring of USPS management, recommended by an outside firm, the USPS is headed for imminent bankruptcy. The USPS is in a death spiral and unless there is serious cost cutting among management hours, it will die off.
June 8th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
A year ago we were told that HQ was going to reduce the number of District Offices from 80 to 50. OK, so they elimated six districts — when are they going to remove the other 24? HQ should have done all 30 at the same time. And why on earth do we need 8 areas? The Western Area already covers half of the US so why not just add CA & HA to them, draw a horizontal line across the middle of the eastern part and call one the Northeast Area and the other the Southwest Area?
June 1st, 2010 at 10:44 pm
I think OIG is in bed with Postal HQ, Area, and DM’s. That is why nothing is changing
May 30th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
We seem to all be of a like mind. Get rid of the “good ol’ boy” system of promotion. And fire abusive management who have many grievances against them. Stop the lateral movement of those people to another office! How much money could the PO save with that? That’s a no brainer; millions!
What we want to know is why Obama still keeps Potter as PMG? He as President, has the right to appoint someone else. Someone who will get rid of all this unnecessary upper-management.
May 29th, 2010 at 11:42 am
There needs to be a check as to why a special mail truck has to deliver mail 6 days a week to only a half block on Dwight Street here in Colonial Beach, VA, when all the other streets (residents) here in Riverside Meadows receive the mail by rueal carrier. The delivery is made even if its only one house on the half block has mail that day. This is truly a waste of money, when the rural carrier past right by at both ends of the street. The rural carrier delivering to this street would sve gas, time, wear on the mail trucks. This multiplied 6 times a week by 52, woow what a savings. Have the rural carrier deliver to Dwight, money saved for the Post Office.
May 28th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Here Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PM-Bill Miller-Obvious Observer-Dionysus-Mike B-
Ex Area Employee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congressman Stephen Lynch, son of an union Ironworker in a generation when you earned you eight hours are you seeing this???
Senator Durbin & Senator Collins, can you hear this
sanity????
Does the new Business Model Apply?
May 28th, 2010 at 8:14 am
All that the area and POOM level management is used for is to roll the information downhill from the area and HQ, and with all offices being online now, that is no longer necessary-their work is redundant…………