US Postal Service reviews

Bad weather, The NALC, Sore and tired from walking all day. Physical issues, especially with feet, knee, and back. Minimum room for advancement, The few employees who come to work, to get out of work.

Employee parking can be tough (many P.O.s are old and do not have sufficient parking spaces.) New employees (this includes employees from 2005--maybe even earlier) have to pay lots more for benefits than older employees do. The work is demanding and clerks and carriers are treated as commodities. In the coming years I think that the P.O. will be privatized. Before that happens there is a lot more work put on fewer employees. Not sure if new employees get time and a half for overtime. Older employees do and also get double time for overtime.Managersand postmasters are being highly pressured just as these same people are pressuring their staff. Be sure to inquire about the duration of the job. There was a time when lots of newcomers could remain employed for 6 months only--no matter how excellently they performed their jobs. One way to beat this at the time was to transfer to another office and stay employed for a maximum of 6 months--but that new office could be lots of miles away. Mail vehicle accidents are almost always blamed on the carrier. The P.O. has doctors who are biased toward the P.O. company. It is best to see your doctor first if you get injured on-the-job, though you do have to see "their" doctor also. (Employee may be made to feel very uncomfortable about requiring that s/he see their regular and own doctor first, though it is okay for them to do so.