Endless Emails, Plus a ‘Madden' Workload!

Endless Emails, Plus a ‘Madden’ Workload!
By Dee Perez
NAPS Northeast Region Vice President

Is it the amount of work we need to accomplish in a day or keeping current with our daily emails that’s driving people insane? The challenging aspect of this job as an EAS employee is being able to handle everything related to compliance and manage your team while dealing with numerous emails and various programs daily.

When a postmaster walks into their office and turns on the computer at 8 a.m., 50 emails usually are waiting; on a Monday, it could be double that number. If the postmaster was off for a week, as our Secretary/Treasurer Jimmy Warden would say, “Fuhgeddaboutdit!” You are talking 100s of emails.

It’s even worse if you are an MPOO or anyone above that level in leadership; the email traffic is out of control. Santa’s little helpers who happen to be your peers who are sending additional emails thinking they are helping their MPOOs—you are not! The duplicated number of emails daily is enough to drive a sane person insane.