Labor represents 80 percent of the agency’s expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service and 32 percent at FedEx
How much do you make an hour?
Postal workers also receive more generous health benefits than most other federal employees.
>>So...why does it cost me so much money if it’s free?<<
Must be a really-really-really fat benefits package in addition to your highly inflated wage.
Not really. I still have to pay serious co-pays when I do something. My "really-really-really fat benefits package" paid about two thirds of a small medical procedure I had done. My life insurance package is about half what is recommended for a guy like me, without children. Some carriers have to sign a piece of paper requiring them to spend as many vacation days as necessary to keep them from exceeding 2080 hours per year.
Yeah, I love that "really-really-really fat benefits package" that is SO FREE, I have to pay for it.
Now, if you want to know how much I make per hour, do I go average, or do you only want the per hour on really light days, when I can do my entire route in about 7 hours? Some days it's over 10 hours, and I finish in the dark. The blizzard on 2/1/11 caused me to bury my car in excess of 20 times, requiring multiple tows from helpful homeowners, and lots and lots of shoveling by me, out on a deserted road miles from the next house. Would you like an hourly wage based on that day?
It’s not a fat benefit package, we got one of the less expensive ones. Regardless of what he is making, it will likely be cut this month.