Not enough time is given to learn the routes, you are only working two days per week so what you learned in those two days is easily forgotten by the time you come back to work. Managers really push you hard to learn something that they can't even do themselves or have not even tried before themselves. YOU WILL ONLY BE PAID FOR THE ESTIMATED TIME THAT IS SET FOR THE ROUTE. FOR EXAMPLE THE ESTIMATED ROUTE TIME IS A TOTAL OF NINE HOURS ALL TOGETHER AND IT TAKES YOU FOURTEEN HOURS TOTAL YOU WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THE EXTRA FIVE HOURS. THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THIS AND I PROMISE IT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN A NEWBIE FINISH ON TIME. THEY ALWAYS GET IN AT LIKE SEVEN IN THE MORNING AND LEAVE AFTER EIGHT AND DEPENDING ON THEIR ROUTE TIME THEY ONLY GET PAID FOR ABOUT HALF THAT TIME.You will use your own vehicle and will have to get some way to deliver the mail if something happens to your car even if you have to rent another vehicle.There are no benefits. You have to be available on short notice in case your regular carrier gets sick or something during their shift and has to leave in the middle of the shift. Its almost impossible to get another job because you always have to be available and if you do have another job you will have to put the postal service first. If a carrier calls out you will have to fill that position regardless if you are scheduled to work at your other employer.
