Public service employment has grown by 31 per cent

[captloadie]

One of the other things I read online is CRA have a lot of indeterminate employees in acting positions, and hire terms in behind them. There is an expectation that many of those indeterminates will need to return to their substantive positions in order to get the actual work done.

 

[Remius]

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One of the other things I read online is CRA have a lot of indeterminate employees in acting positions, and hire terms in behind them. There is an expectation that many of those indeterminates will need to return to their substantive positions in order to get the actual work done.

The PS Reddit was saying they were ending actings etc as well so very likely

 

[Colin Parkinson]

When we were moved from DFO to TC, they said no unfunded positions, either justify them or get rid of them. TC was a bit of a annoying place to work at times, but they had their admin shit together.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

This is how trudeau gets his employment numbers

 

[Good2Golf]

This is how trudeau gets his employment numbers

…and more voters…

 

[dimsum]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857499655497540045

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before. Another company comes in. Company realizes how expensive it is to service all of Canada. Prices go up. People even more unhappy.

looks at AC, WJ, Porter, etc

Even the US, which is the epitome of capitalism for stuff like this, doesn’t mess with the USPS.

 

[daftandbarmy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857499655497540045

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before. Another company comes in. Company realizes how expensive it is to service all of Canada. Prices go up. People even more unhappy.

looks at AC, WJ, Porter, etc

Even the US, which is the epitome of capitalism for stuff like this, doesn’t mess with the USPS.

The writing is on the wall... but don't rely on Canada Post to deliver it

Delivery issue: Why Canada Post ‘must change’ to avoid collapse​

Canada Post on track for another big loss this year, faces uncertain future



Canada Post is continuing to bleed money amid fundamental shifts in mail delivery, pushing the Crown corporation to signal that something will have to change if it wants to right the ship.

Canada Post reported a $748-million annual loss before taxes for 2023 on Friday, the postal service’s sixth consecutive year in the red.

In a statement accompanying the result, the organization was blunt about the challenges facing a modern-day mail carrier.

Canada Post noted that back in 2006, the average Canadian household was receiving some seven letters a week; that’s down to just two in 2023, following the rapid rise of email and other forms of internet communication.

Alongside a decline in this transactional mail segment, Canada Post also posted revenue declines in its parcel and direct marketing services in 2023.

Delivery issue: Why Canada Post ‘must change’ to avoid collapse - National | Globalnews.ca

Canada Post reported a sixth consecutive annual loss in 2023, prompting the Crown corporation to acknowledge its current business model is not working.

globalnews.ca

 

[dapaterson]

Canada post is a Crown Corporation without the arms length decision making ability necessary to pivot.

They were refused the ability to move legacy routes to super mailboxes, if they suggested moving to alternate day delivery for letter mail they would be shot down, and if they said "we will charge different rates for delivery depending on location and distance within Canada" they'd be tarred and feathered.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

They are stuck, thanks to stupid decision making by (lately) this particular government, which was content to kick the can down the road by tying Canada Posts hands on door delivery. Well, the road has run out.

But, really, the pivot should have happened pre-2015 under the Conservatives.

If CUPW thinks they are coming out of this with: a) more pay and b) all their membership, they are sadly mistaken. Even academics on the left are saying the business model is badly broken.

There is a model for a National Postal Service. Just not with this many employees, delivering letters every day to every household in Canada.

 

[daftandbarmy]

They are stuck, thanks to stupid decision making by (lately) this particular government, which was content to kick the can down the road by tying Canada Posts hands on door delivery. Well, the road has run out.

But, really, the pivot should have happened pre-2015 under the Conservatives.

If CUPW thinks they are coming out of this with: a) more pay and b) all their membership, they are sadly mistaken. Even academics on the left are saying the business model is badly broken.

There is a model for a National Postal Service. Just not with this many employees, delivering letters every day to every household in Canada.

 

[Remius]

Return-to-office rules broken by almost a third of Treasury Board staff: document

Government data indicated that only 70.82 per cent of Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat workers followed the new rules in September.

ottawacitizen.com

Nice.

 

[OldSolduer]

They are stuck, thanks to stupid decision making by (lately) this particular government, which was content to kick the can down the road by tying Canada Posts hands on door delivery. Well, the road has run out.

But, really, the pivot should have happened pre-2015 under the Conservatives.

If CUPW thinks they are coming out of this with: a) more pay and b) all their membership, they are sadly mistaken. Even academics on the left are saying the business model is badly broken.

There is a model for a National Postal Service. Just not with this many employees, delivering letters every day to every household in Canada.

Can the corporation and contract Amazon.

Stir that pot.....

 

[daftandbarmy]

Can the corporation and contract Amazon.

Stir that pot.....

Luckily the competition is stepping up....

Canada Post quarterly loss tops $300M as strike hits second week -- and rivals step in

Canada Post saw hundreds of millions of dollars drain out of its coffers last quarter, due largely to its dwindling share of the parcels market, while an ongoing strike continues to batter its bottom line.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Eaglelord17]

Luckily the competition is stepping up....

Canada Post quarterly loss tops $300M as strike hits second week -- and rivals step in

Canada Post saw hundreds of millions of dollars drain out of its coffers last quarter, due largely to its dwindling share of the parcels market, while an ongoing strike continues to batter its bottom line.

www.ctvnews.ca

Bad time for those workers to strike. When the company is making money you make gains. When it’s losing you try to keep what you have.

 

[Good2Golf]

Bad time for those workers to strike. When the company is making money you make gains. When it’s losing you try to keep what you have.

Public support for Canada Post…

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

They are stuck, thanks to stupid decision making by (lately) this particular government, which was content to kick the can down the road by tying Canada Posts hands on door delivery. Well, the road has run out.

But, really, the pivot should have happened pre-2015 under the Conservatives.

If CUPW thinks they are coming out of this with: a) more pay and b) all their membership, they are sadly mistaken. Even academics on the left are saying the business model is badly broken.

There is a model for a National Postal Service. Just not with this many employees, delivering letters every day to every household in Canada.

They are going to make themselves redundant.

Return-to-office rules broken by almost a third of Treasury Board staff: document

Government data indicated that only 70.82 per cent of Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat workers followed the new rules in September.

ottawacitizen.com

Nice.

 

[McG]

It would be interesting to see this chart if it started from 1984 (start of Mulroney tenure) for a 40 year projection.

 

[Good2Golf]

Public support for Canada Post…
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And how Canada Posties may see themselves as a critical and of late, quite under appreciated service (that nobody gives a sh*t about)

'I thought more people would notice we were striking': Inside the thoughts of a Canada Post worker​

'The wheels of commerce didn’t seem affected at all by the absence of the Canada Post mail carrier'

'I thought more people would notice we were striking': Inside the thoughts of a Canada Post worker

The strike has impacted rural communities and some businesses, but for millions the only effect has been a lack of flyers in the mail slot.

nationalpost.com

 

[Remius]

And how Canada Posties may see themselves as a critical and of late, quite under appreciated service (that nobody gives a sh*t about)

'I thought more people would notice we were striking': Inside the thoughts of a Canada Post worker​

'The wheels of commerce didn’t seem affected at all by the absence of the Canada Post mail carrier'

'I thought more people would notice we were striking': Inside the thoughts of a Canada Post worker

The strike has impacted rural communities and some businesses, but for millions the only effect has been a lack of flyers in the mail slot.

nationalpost.com

So far I ordered some stuff and no issues getting it. I think businesses are just pivoting.

 

[Good2Golf]

So far I ordered some stuff and no issues getting it. I think businesses are just pivoting.

I will give Canada Post management some credit in that their trial to support a reasonable online bill payment system was a decent idea, but still wasn’t enough of a pivot to fill the needs of Canadians in changing times.

I’m still amazed that Canada Post has essentially the same amount of workers as the CAF’s regular force effective trained strength (55k).