/m2599 Anne, you are right. 2002 was a big change year for all of us in the USPS. Wonder why?

Any Postmasters out there received their core requirements ratings yet?

Our POOM sent us an email this afternoon saying if we wanted to know ours, to send an email. We will be getting them at the end of the week anyway, but I thought it was a good gesture to offer them now. Not that it is going to make any difference anyway, but I myself would like to know as soon as possible, just out of curiosity. Kind of doubt it will be very high.

I have a new theory: If our District of several hundred offices has only maybe a dozen offices that make plan, then the person who comes up with the plan needs to be fired, because they are doing a terrible job.

I received a 2.5 percent via for 50 yesterday. I was expecting nothing so it is good enough for now for me. I received a 6 for my rating by the MPOO. MY office was a 3.41

At least you got something. Most of us didn't, thanks to them lumping all of us together as a Group.

3% here, kept me at top step plus about $500 lump sum.

/m2608 there it is again proof that the pay for performance (PFP) is a bonus program...."$500 lump sum"

What is an MCAT report?

postalvet: Once an EAS has maxed out on the grade/step pay scale; they do not receive a Pay for Performance salary increase even if their performance is in the highest contributor for the goals that were set for them by their next higher manager. If they meet the expectations of the goals, they receive a lump sum pay-out in lieu of a percent bump on the annual salary for that grade/step. Period. At top step in the grade, you NEVER make any more money. The best you can do is work your ass off and hope for 500 bucks.
  But even a lousy carrier will get a percent bump on the annual wage, year after year after year. That's why carriers get 50 grand a year, some get over 70K if they game the OT system. What a company.

why does a EAS person who retired get $3400.00 and it states PFP?

They retired within the past year, and that is what they earned in the time that they still worked there.

postalvet & smittigirl. PFP, or Pay for Performance. When management sets it's own goals....is it a wonder why they attain them? I've seen some of them...like "match or beat SPLY"...oooooooo, that's a hard one.

I think that every EAS-20 and above, should loose 5% of their total PFP for every grievance won by the Union at the DRT, on contract violations.

smittigirl /m2611 Some letter carriers make more than $70k in FORCED OT. That is the failure of management.

Not just on LOST grievances, include those that management fails to meet timelines on! FAILURE TO MEET is the biggest violation, union misses a deadline, grievance is forfieted, mangement misses, no big deal.

Is there a shortage of 204bs out there?

Why, run out of sacrifices??/