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US Postal Service reviews

2.8

32% would recommend to a friend

(19,479 total reviews)

Louis DeJoy

17% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

US Postal Service has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 19,479 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The US Postal Service employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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19K reviews
2.0
Jul 4, 2012

It's a job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The unions have insured a "no layoff" clause in the latest contract. The health plans are good. The pay is pretty good

Cons

There isn't really a chance for promotion. There aren't any extra rewards, or recognition, for working hard.

2.0
May 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The salary and benefits are pretty good. The overtime is more frequent for newer employees. The work hours are daytime only.

Cons

Management does not recognize extra effort when decisions of route changes occur. The job can cause repetitive work injuries for knees, wrists, shoulders, feet and back.

3.0
Apr 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

After the initial steep learning curve, the job is pretty easy and pays well. The pay is based on the evaluation of the mail volume on your route (generally evaluated once per year). So a route might be evaluated at 45 hours per week, but most carriers can do their job in less than 40 hours, so you are basically getting paid 45 hours for less than 40 hours of actual work.

Cons

Constant (at least weekly) reminders of how poorly the USPS is doing fiscally. The threat of a 5 day delivery hanging over the postal service. Incompetence at the higher management level. The mail handlers at the main plant do not sort much of the mail they are supposed to sort, and since it must be delivered by a certain time, it usually gets sent to the carriers to sort. This takes much extra time, but all too conveniently, this never happens when the yearly mail count is going on.

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