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Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

rdm24 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:51:42 -0000

I don't like sharing a post office with Rick Warren.

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

lbFamily — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:03:24 -0000

To each his own, but working in the OC is enough for me. Maybe it is just the OC folks I encounter, but I don't fit in with the screw the homeless, immigrant bashing, not-in-my backyard, mortgaged up the the eyeballs crowd.

As far as I am concerned, the vast expanse of suburbs without a downtown, known as the OC is where I have to work and what I have to drive through to get to San Diego.

I love the LBC.

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Guest — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:35:42 -0000

i agree completely, i was more interested in the actual job loss numbers than the usps propaganda.

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Evan_Gould — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:40:32 -0000

Evolution, folks. Things change. Systems change. Postmarks change. It's not the end of the world. It's the beginning of the next new world. Adapt or perish.

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

Laurence B. Goodhue — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:16:14 -0000

FYI:

Last Thursday when at he Redondo facility two employees shared the following
with me which was relayed to West;Foster;Council and ranking members of the
Senate and House Committees dealing with such.

Two USPO slated for closure were indeed closed;stripped bare of all equipment which was shipped out to other facilities.

A few months later their studies revealed the projected savings did not
materialize.All the equipment was returned from whence it came...and
closed facilities were re opened.

OVER PAST CIRCA FIVE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A MANY BILLION DOLLAR
COVER UP OVER THE FAILED MULTI BILLION DOLLAR FAILED SORTING SYSTEM
THAT WAS FORCED DOWN FROM TOM MANAGEMENT....without any input from
local levels....END RESULT....SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK AS WAS PROJECTED...
ALL MAIL MUST BE RUN THROUGH THE SYSTEM TWICE!!!!!!!!!

There is also the affirmative action and Peter Principle factors....merging units that have poorer performances with the stronger.....
management problems

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

What's_in_a _name? — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:06:01 -0000

I couldn't disagree more. After having spent precious developmental years growing up in the OC, I can tell you the real world really is much more interesting.

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

TheCommish — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:15:05 -0000

Howardx: the global view of money saved all the other USPS blather will certainly cheer my friend who is too young to retire and has been worried about his job, keeping his house, and maintaining a car that now has to make that long commute everyday. We need to be reminded of what these corporate (failures/changes) equate to among the little people who are the cogs in their wheel.

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

Dave Wielenga — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:00:35 -0000

Chris... You live there, I hope?

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

Guest — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:22:21 -0000

from the same link

"The consolidation of operations in Santa Ana is expected to save the postal service $2.7 million annually. Those savings take extra fuel use and vehicle maintenance for traveling back and forth to Santa Ana into account, Maher said.

In addition, the jobs of 63 mail handlers and 95 clerks will be affected, Shepherd said. Of those 158 workers, about 110 will be transferred to Santa Ana, Maher said.

The remaining 48 positions will be eliminated from the Long Beach processing and distribution center, which employs 800; however, the workers themselves might be re-assigned to other postal facilities in southern Los Angeles or Orange County, Maher said.

They also might be assigned new positions, he said.

Early retirement also is an option for those workers. Anyone in the mail handlers or clerks unions who accepts the offer receives a $15,000 incentive, which expires Sept. 25, Maher said."

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

TheCommish — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:35:37 -0000

It's not just the mail that gets shipped to Santa Ana, many of the staff at the Redondo station had to re-apply for their jobs at the Santa Ana facility and now get to drive an extra 2 hours everyday.

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

rdm24 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:31:28 -0000

It takes all kinds, I guess.

I'm very happy living north of the Orange Curtain.

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

Guest — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:47:51 -0000

its not a complete loss

"The only way to receive a Long Beach postmark on first-class, single pieces of mail with stamps is for a clerk at any post office retail counter to stamp them."
http://www.insidebayarea.co...

Re: WE’RE NOW PART OF ORANGE COUNTY?

Chris — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:43:06 -0000

I don't know about you but I'd much rather be a part of The OC than LA County!!