Yogi Yogi:
Can't find the exact article now... but sit back and have a 'good read'!
http://www.cpcstrategicreview-examenstr ... 2-eng.htmlI've 'had a good read' of that before. It doesn't matter because they get their statistics from the corporation and then do their studies. The corporation doesn't allow people to come in and study their business.
Here's an example of how they take statistics:
-determine when mail will be counted.
-hire temporary personnel to count mail.
-hold mail in the larger facilities until counting is completed.
-have deflated numbers to use as 'facts'.
I wouldn't say it if I hadn't seen it. When I heard of the volume counts before seeing it with my own eyes I thought that the carriers were just whining and moaning/being paranoid or making up excuses. The fact is that there are so many huge salaries riding the backs of the people who actually come into contact with the mail it is unreal.
The stats involving 'volume' are all conditional. They have conditions set to them so that they look like they are declining.
examples:
-as previously mentioned, the highly publicized 17% first class mail decline. That is only the mail decline involving 'to the door' delivery. No other delivery is counted in that statistic. Seems silly doesn't it? There is a bunch of first class mail that is in the system but because it doesn't fit a certain criteria, it is not counted.
-transaction mail drops can be attributed to the same sort of criteria. It wouldn't surprise me that they are counting transaction mail only from the customers they had at that time and that even though there is a 46% reduction, because they had tripled their number of clients it now means an actual 38% increase. This is hypothetical but I've seen the way that Canada Post takes its data and it is always FOR A PURPOSE. Their purpose is always determined prior to taking the data and it is never as simple as 'what are out actual volumes?'. Never. I only found out about the skewed way that they came up with the 17% drop since 2006 statistic last week.
The more I learn about the corporation the more disappointed I am.
andyt andyt:
So you're saying those days are banked and never paid for?
Yes. They are there for long term illness for example, cancer patients getting chemo treatments.