The U.S. Postal Service has far less mail to carry, but they're still not quite ready to cut their massive workforce.
Never before has the U.S. Postal Service laid off workers. Now, it's a real possibility. "For the first time in history, that is being considered," said Gerald McKiernan, a USPS spokesman. Already, the Postal Service is not hiring because it simply doesn't move as much mail as it once did. E-mail has taken an increasing amount of its business. McKiernan says mail volume dropped 11 percent in fiscal 2008, which ended Tuesday. That resulted in the service spending $2.3 billion more than it took in.
The workload is down 11 percent, but they're not yet ready to lay anybody off? That's government at work. Or non-work.