Labor Day

[Buster]

Looks like business as usual...Work is work and the USPS workers pays taxes too...

 

[crws]

Looks like business as usual...Work is work and the USPS workers pays taxes too...

Average starting pay is $20/hr?
What???
so my 10 years of service got me 60 cents/hr per year raise. :notrust:

Back when I started... we got $13.

Now granted these are prob all casuals, but they will try to flood the offices and eliminate OT for the ranks.
That will be a morale booster, knowing your OT is going to someone who doesn't know squat, and earns 77% of your pay.
Yep, business as usual for sure.

 

[Birchtree]

Buy stocks and collect dividends to make progress.

 

[crws]

Looks like business as usual...Work is work and the USPS workers pays taxes too...

Yep Birch- would have been a good day to be in the market.
Let's hope it's a trend.

PS-
After quickly assuming the jobs site was postal, upon closer inspection it's a scam.
No logos, and the real deception is no disclaimer they are not associated with the Government.
Buster-ed!

 

[Buster]

Average starting pay is $20/hr?
What???
so my 10 years of service got me 60 cents/hr per year raise. :notrust:

Back when I started... we got $13.

Now granted these are prob all casuals, but they will try to flood the offices and eliminate OT for the ranks.
That will be a morale booster, knowing your OT is going to someone who doesn't know squat, and earns 77% of your pay.
Yep, business as usual for sure.

Maybe if you had a Green Card, you'd be making more by now...just saying

Link found right here on TSPTALK ..http://postalexamoffice.com/

Furthermore:
No, the USPS is a Business!
the Postal Service takes on some several very non-governmental attributes via the powers granted to it under Title 39, Section 401, which include:

• power to sue (and be sued) under its own name;

• power to adopt, amend and repeal its own regulations;

• power to "enter into and perform contracts, execute instruments, and determine the character of, and necessity for, its expenditures";

• power to buy, sell and lease private property; and,

• power to build, operate, lease and maintain buildings and facilities.

All of which are typical functions and powers of a private business. However, unlike other private businesses, the Postal Service is exempt from paying federal taxes. USPS can borrow money at discounted rates, and can condemn and acquire private property under governmental rights of eminent domain.
The USPS does get some taxpayer support. Around $96 million is budgeted annually by Congress for the "Postal Service Fund." These funds are used to compensate USPS for postage-free mailing for all legally blind persons and for mail-in election ballots sent from US citizens living overseas. A portion of the funds also pays USPS for providing address information to state and local child support enforcement agencies, and for keeping some rural posts offices in operation.
Under federal law, only the Postal Service can handle or charge postage for handling letters. Despite this virtual monopoly worth some $45 billion a year, the law does not require that the Postal Service make a profit -- only break even. Still, the US Postal Service has averaged a profit of over $1 billion per year in each of the last five years. Yet, Postal Service officials argue that they must continue to raise postage at regular intervals in order make up for the increased use of email

 

[crws]

Maybe if you had a Green Card, you'd be making more by now...just saying

Link found right here on TSPTALK ..http://postalexamoffice.com/

Furthermore:
No, the USPS is a Business!
the Postal Service takes on some several very non-governmental attributes via the powers granted to it under Title 39, Section 401, which include:

• power to sue (and be sued) under its own name;

• power to adopt, amend and repeal its own regulations;

• power to "enter into and perform contracts, execute instruments, and determine the character of, and necessity for, its expenditures";

• power to buy, sell and lease private property; and,

• power to build, operate, lease and maintain buildings and facilities.

All of which are typical functions and powers of a private business. However, unlike other private businesses, the Postal Service is exempt from paying federal taxes. USPS can borrow money at discounted rates, and can condemn and acquire private property under governmental rights of eminent domain.
The USPS does get some taxpayer support. Around $96 million is budgeted annually by Congress for the "Postal Service Fund." These funds are used to compensate USPS for postage-free mailing for all legally blind persons and for mail-in election ballots sent from US citizens living overseas. A portion of the funds also pays USPS for providing address information to state and local child support enforcement agencies, and for keeping some rural posts offices in operation.
Under federal law, only the Postal Service can handle or charge postage for handling letters. Despite this virtual monopoly worth some $45 billion a year, the law does not require that the Postal Service make a profit -- only break even. Still, the US Postal Service has averaged a profit of over $1 billion per year in each of the last five years. Yet, Postal Service officials argue that they must continue to raise postage at regular intervals in order make up for the increased use of email

Interesting stuff.
The link, though, leads to a non-postal site that charges you for sending you free postal application forms.
It is a typical scam site that appears to be official.
If you will notice there are NO identifying logos or the tm Eagle, and nowhere is the "Postal Service" referred to as the "US Postal Service" ®
tricky...

 

[Buster]

Interesting stuff.
The link, though, leads to a non-postal site that charges you for sending you free postal application forms.
It is a typical scam site that appears to be official.
If you will notice there are NO identifying logos or the tm Eagle, and nowhere is the "Postal Service" referred to as the "US Postal Service" ®
tricky...

Good eye..

 

[crws]

Good eye..

well, I bought it at first, but I knew we were DOA on new hires, and Temps start at 13/hr with no bennies or such.
Unfortunately, I suspect a site like that one, which has NO privacy policy link and a prominent email gathering box, will sell your info in a heartbeat if they can reel you in.
They will also rank you on problem solving, and then they (or who they sell your info to) will send you increasingly complex schemes in hopes of duping you out of more and more personal information.
This is the "phishing" scam system you may have heard or read about.
I've been noticing, even on this board, that full birthdays mm/dd/yyyy are sometimes used, and caution that personal information which can be used in identification only be shared with "friends" via privacy settings, or use only the month and day when sharing on a public site.

If you haven't looked at pictures of credit card skimmers, it is good to familiarize yourself with them.
All self-service credit or debit card locations are at risk, so be aware. Google "credit card" or "atm" "skimmers" for more articles and pictures...

 

[crws]

couple more pics. These were from an Australian PC Magazine.
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/145706,credit-card-fraud-costs-australia-120m-but-there-are-ways-to-protect-yourself.aspx
Note Seattle. See the camera pinhole in the first pic?