GO POSTAL: THE END OF AN ERA:

by Michael K. Murphy

250 pages, Paperback

Published November 2, 2024

Reviews

[Michael K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is partly truth, partly satire, part bloviating, part blathering, and part opinion. You will be surprised, if you are able to read this book without thinking to yourself, “What the Hell is this crap!” Sadly, much of which you think such a thing is probably the truth. Working at the Post Office for over 28 years has truly made my head turn, more than once or twice! In some cases it is rather disgusting. It is quite crazy, when I started at the USPS back in 1993, my seniority was 776 as a Part Time Flex (PTF) clerk, by the beginning of this writing I was about 70 as a Full Time Regular (FTR) Clerk. Back when I began there were about 1000-1100 Clerks and approximately 600 Mail Handlers; now, as of this writing there are about 600 Clerks and 200-300 Mail Handlers. Automation has a number of affects on manning, just look at your local grocery store where they are fitting in some of those kiosks to self serve and self bag your goods...and they don't even give you a discount for doing their job for them AND they want you to produce a receipt, as well!
While I am partial to this manuscript, as it was my own work, I did read and re-read several times throughout the last year and once or twice for version revising since it was submitted for publication.