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27 reviews
3.0
3 Jun 2024

Postal Service

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits Layoff protection Annual and Sick Leave

Cons

Bad Shifts Senority based No bonuses

4.0
30 May 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great job, great pay, and work schedule.

Cons

Layoffs with no prior notice, mid year unable to work any overtime, supervisors were disrespectful at times and had no prior experience.

3.0
27 Jun 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Secure no layoffs excellent benefits

Cons

Long hours no positive encouragement from upper management unrealistic goals that because of transport logistics impossible to meet

4.0
3 Sept 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Government job. Relatively low layoff Pension and retirement savings plans

Cons

Not focused on building business relations. Customer service is not a priority

5.0
20 Mar 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Top notch benefits... Defined pension plan, health benefits, retirement options, plenty of vacation and sick time. Fun and exciting work. Layoff protection provided by union contract.

Cons

Takes a long time to move up in the company. Time spent serving is more important than your job title. Sometimes there are lulls in your work.

3.0
27 Jan 2023

Postal Service

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's a union job, so there is job protection. There is a no layoff clause in the contract.

Cons

Systemic incompetent management runs rampant throughout the Postal Service.

1.0
5 Nov 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Pay can be good depending on your area Eventually good benefits (pension, health, etc.) and pay after becoming career Job security (high resilience to recessions, layoffs, termination) due to being a government job Job is not difficult once you make career (you have 1 route)

Cons

Daily Schedule Changes (often via calls and texts from management the day of) 2-Tier pay system, RRECS, and increased "productivity" means employees are doing more for less in this position than in previous years No Benefits for Years (Until Career Position is Available) Very Fast Paced, routes often are longer than the deadline set for everyone to be finished (logistics hang by a thread) Inconsistent Hours (Feast or Famine) Often Long Hours (up to 12, at which point you can opt to quit for the day) High Stress (many reasons, worse if you care about doing a good job) Working on Routes and for Other Offices you do not know (they can send you to any office or route within 50 miles of your regular place of work) Working in Dangerous Conditions (mailboxes on highways, delivering at night, during rush hour, etc.) Repetitive and mind-numbing work if you are on a route you know, or your mind will be goop at the end of the day working a route you do not know. Difficult to tell if you are being paid correctly (everything is entered manually and paystubs use codes you must decrypt to understand) As an RCA, if you don't hit 40 hours a week you are often not paid your nominal per-hour rate, as you are paid by the route instead of actual time worked. If you go over evaluated time for a route, you are working for free.

2.0
5 Sept 2024

Harsh job

Recommend
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Pros

There's virtually no layoffs and consistent work. Outdoor work which is great when the weather is good. One on one with every type of person out in the town.

Cons

The management has no heart for personal life. 2 days off a month which does not include weekends. Lifting and loading non stop through the day despite weather and condition. No time for life occurrences or family. Possible 14 hour days during winter when the conditions may be dangerous.

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