IDAHO FALLS - With email and paying bills online, the United States Postal Service is hurting.

The postmaster general is asking Congress to cut their six day work week to five and eliminate its prepaid retiree benefits.

Last fiscal year, mail volume was down 12.7 percent, leading to a loss of almost $4 billion dollars in revenue locally, postal workers are worried about their jobs.

"They are definitely going to have to help us at a headquarters level, as far as how employees would be shifted around," says Idaho Falls postmaster Liz Snow.

Cutbacks are nothing new for some letter carriers.

"We have already eliminated three routes in Idaho Falls, because of the volume decrease and the routes here locally," says Snow.

If they do cut down to a five day work week, there are still ways for you to send your mail, like the 24-7 automated postal center or of course drop off boxes but for some of you, that's still not enough.

"I'm a student and some of my papers are time sensitive and this would be a kink in the system," says Dalana Baxter.

"I have a business and I have to get my mail everyday during the week... you know we pay for the service and I think we deserve to get full service," says Bobby Lowe.

And others worry about prices going up again.

"I'd like to see them cut back to a five day delivery week if we can keep their excellent service at the prices that are most amiable to us," says Renee Fitch.

Whether the agency wants to cut the work week, close branches or raise prices, all require congressional approval. If the U.S. Postal Service can negotiate these cuts, it could save them about $123 billion dollars over the next decade.