2,000 Postal Managers Take Buyouts

More than 2,000 Postal Service officials have taken the organization up on its offer of $20,000 buyouts aimed at trimming managerial ranks.

The managers will depart at the end of next month, Federal Times reports. The buyouts are part of an overall USPS effort to eliminate 7,500 administrative and managerial positions. That includes 20 percent of the administrative workforce and 10 percent of postmaster jobs.

In an interview with Government Executive in March, USPS Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President Anthony Vegliante said that even with the buyouts, the agency would need to rely on reductions-in-force to reach its staffing targets.