The Postal Service is a total independent agency that can arbitrarily raise rates and operate as say, UPS or FEDEX, or Amazon, therein lies the problem. That's not to say it could not be run more efficiently. Sadly, the Postal Service at one time had all the parcel post delivery and let it slip away, bad business decision...... But it was very difficult to for the USPS to raise the $ dollars to modernize to handle the volume, as opposed to UPS, they developed a business plan to deliver to densely populated areas, and then, then got themselves listed on the stock exchange and of they went. As a 35 year veteran of the USPS I saw much of this evolve, and that's sort of a short story to a very long story, the trail of tears is all about the money which if often the case. I don't dismiss management which has often been at the mercy of the politicians and unions, but it is what it is. The USPS is huge by any standard serving the mail needs of every person in this country six days a week, an almost impossible task, but it gets done.
I was hoping not to have to post yet again off-topic on this thread. But, I can't let this blatantly false information and attitude go unchallenged.
After 35 years with the USPS, apparently never in an executive position, you think you are qualified to address the organizational challenges of the Post Office? You don't even know that it's an agency of the Federal Government, fully controlled by Congress (for funding) and by the White House (for leadership and management)? Does your pension check come from a trust fund or the federal government?
The Post Office, by design and purpose, provides critical mail service even to those places and at a rate that 'loses' money. Unlike the UPS and Fedex, which can pick and choose which routes to service and set its rates accordingly without any oversight whatsoever from government. The UPS and Fedex are for-profit corporations, able to raise whatever funds it needs from the private equity and bond markets, completely independently of any act of Congress. Similarly, the USPS employees are paid wages and benefits per federal law and regulations; the UPS and Fedex pay what the market can bear.
Thank you for validating my earlier claim, that
being in an organization does not in any way qualify you to make judgments about the leadership or management of that organization.
So, to all those on this forum who are inclined to prognosticate negatively with conspiracy theories about the incompetence or evil intent of people and issues you know nothing of; please don't. Unless you have professional, academic or other expertise in the leadership and management of large, complex organizations and can intelligently address the many challenges they face in a global marketplace, your uninformed opinion adds nothing of value to the conversation.
BRP's design engineers and executive management have produced a breakthrough product that we all are able to enjoy and appreciate, in spite of whatever decisions those professionals had to make to bring it to market and have it generate a loyal following. It's fine to say you wish it had that feature or this level of quality, but it's
not okay to defame the company and all its hard-working employees just because you don't like something about the product or its support network. There is entirely too much of that going on in this country, and it solves nothing.
