I'm betting that this is because you're seeing fewer things like letters, and more things like packages as commerce primarily goes online. A lot more people are doing things like online paperless billing now, and all sorts of stuff like that, so even though you're getting fewer individual shipments, each shipment is taking up much more space and manpower to process.
The letters they can dump whole bags into giant sorting machines that go thru a gazillion a minute. They've got massive machine specifically designed for this. The packages need more attention and manpower to process, and take up more space too.
A lot of this depends on how they define "volume". Is one letter that gets sent with a forever stamp the same as a 24" square box because they're both one singular "shipment"?
Letters are now dinosaurs. I knew it a while back. Right now many people are only using the USPS for packages (like you said) due to the holidays. Many people are now just using phone calls, texts and email.
Back in the days, many people use letters. Now, instant communications and so that's why they are not getting the volume.
I'm betting that this is because you're seeing fewer things like letters, and more things like packages as commerce primarily goes online. A lot more people are doing things like online paperless billing now, and all sorts of stuff like that, so even though you're getting fewer individual shipments, each shipment is taking up much more space and manpower to process.
The letters they can dump whole bags into giant sorting machines that go thru a gazillion a minute. They've got massive machine specifically designed for this. The packages need more attention and manpower to process, and take up more space too.
A lot of this depends on how they define "volume". Is one letter that gets sent with a forever stamp the same as a 24" square box because they're both one singular "shipment"?
Letters are now dinosaurs. I knew it a while back. Right now many people are only using the USPS for packages (like you said) due to the holidays. Many people are now just using phone calls, texts and email.
Back in the days, many people use letters. Now, instant communications and so that's why they are not getting the volume.
I used to work for them when I was in my 20.