Human Resources

RIF Competitive Areas for the Postal Service

The Postal Service™ divides its organizational structure into multiple competitive areas for reduction in force (RIF) and transfer of function purposes. Competitive areas are established based on organizational factors (separate operation, work function, staff, and personnel management authority) and geographical location factors. During the RIF process, an employee can be assigned only to a position in his or her competitive area. Listed below are the Postal Service‘s competitive areas as of July 19, 2018.

1. Some units located in the Washington, DC commute area and “Headquarters domiciled” employees may be part of the parent national Headquarters Organization Competitive Area.

2. Within the VP Supply Management Organization, each local commuting area is its own Competitive Area.

3. Including: Enterprise Systems Monitoring; IT Facilities; Eagan Host Computing Facilities; IT Corporation Help Desk; IT Corporation Help Desk Staff; and MRCO Distributed Systems, San Mateo.

— Organization Design,
Employee Resource Management, 8-2-18