Postal Service to cut 7,500 positions this month, 30,000 by end of year Mailing Systems Technology

Federal Times--The U.S. Postal Service will announce later this month a downsizing of approximately 7,500 supervisory, managerial and postmaster positions. Most of those positions are filled, but many are not, especially in the postmaster positions, because of past attrition, said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe in a March 9 interview with Federal Times editors and reporters. The agency will use reductions-in-force (RIFs) and RIF avoidance measures in carrying out the downsizing, he said. The positions targeted, which will hit as many as 10 district offices and headquarters, include 3,500 administrative positions, 2,000 front-line supervisor and manager positions, and 2,000 postmasters. Donahoe said the announcement will be part of a broader effort to trim postal ranks by 30,000 positions this year. Read more!