I'm typing this from my new apartment
in Las Vegas. I drove the U-Haul down from Reno on Monday. This post
would have been up sooner, but I've had big issues with my internet
company's wonderful customer service, and I'm posting it from a McDonald's.
I know you're wondering if I
transferred down here like I did from Ohio to Reno. Well, the answer
is "No." I quit my job, although I prefer the term “Retired Early”.
So the next logical question for you to
ask is, “Why would you walk away from a job that pays $65k a year
with good benefits?” Well, that answer is a rather complicated, and
will require a few paragraphs.
First, I've been with the USPS for 10
years, and I've known for most of that time that I was not gonna be
there for the full 25 – 35 years like most of them. The plan for me
was to save as much money as possible, and move on to other things
when the time was right.
The post office has big problems, and
has been deteriorating every year I've been there. First, it's one of
the worst run organizations in the county. Although, in their
defense, I think it's just too humongous of a company to be run with
any efficiency. Second, they need to downsize drastically, but can't
because of postal regulations and numerous union contracts. Any major
changes, like elimination of Saturday delivery, can only happen with
an Act Of Congress. But as everyone knows, Congress
is not capable of doing any action these days.
