In todays society, as more people use online communication instead of pen and paper, the posting service in US suffers by having more capacity than needed to process mail. And according to the mail service, they have lost of more than 9 billion USD per year. At a press conference, the solution from the chief operation officer of the Postal Service, Megan Brennan, was just “we simply need fewer facilities to process less mail.” And what will that result in?
The postal service, the largest employer after the military and Wal-Mart Stores decides to cut down 35,000 jobs out of a total of 150,000 such positions. Not only that, they intend to close down 252 mail processing facilities, and end one-day delivery service for first-class mail. These will also result in fewer mail trucks and half as much mail-processing equipment. In combination they will be able to save a bid about 3 billion per year, and they don’t need congressional approval. But they only thought about their own profitability, not the 35,000 unemployed people, and the change in peoples’ habits. The postal service ultimately declines their mail volumes, stimulating people to use other communication processes such as phone, email, instant messaging,etc.but by forcing people to mail less, it is inconsiderate and unethical.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110915-711749.html