US Postal Service Reviews

Pros

Strictly 8 to 4 job, time with family is great

Cons

- Incompetence
- Lack of leadership
- Terrible management and management skills
- NO respect to employees

Advice to Senior Management

This is a cuasi-federal agency with very little life left. The culture of this place has not changed in the past 20-30 years and it will never change. Incompetence runs the Postal Service. Management overhaul might save this place.

Pros

Good money, lots of hours, benefits are the best, can be rewarding at times

Cons

Unrealistic goals given to middle management, running a business solely on the numbers and not looking at reality.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees better. It is not always about discipline. Get your best employees the best pay, city routes should be payed like rural routes if you want to save money.

Pros

Money is okay for the work done. Overtime and holiday pay is nice. Benefits are very good. Casual atmosphere for clothing.

Cons

Working shift work. Working on Saturday and Sunday. It can be boring doing the same thing all the time. Supervisors are partial.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to what your workers are telling you and listen to all the people. Your friends are not always right.

Pros

The rate of pay in incredible and steady, with plenty of chances for overtime

Cons

No chance for becoming a permanent employee with benefits.

Advice to Senior Management

I know with this economy there is nothing you can do about creating jobs.

Pros

Flexible work hours and good balance on work and life

Cons

Technology is out dated and not current

Advice to Senior Management

Retain smart and hadrworking people.

Pros

The people who work at the post office really try to make it a fun place to work, and they try to make it feel like a family.

Cons

Because of the hiring freeze there is no real chance of a full time regular position for several years to come.

Advice to Senior Management

Let the employees do their jobs, and don't watch over our shoulders. We know how to do our jobs. Just let us do them. Hovering over us doesn't make the work fun, and the people who have been working there for 20+ years resent it.

Pros

The career was once secure.

Cons

The hours and the days off varied.

Advice to Senior Management

Leadership must find new services to offer that will replace dwindling traditional mail delivery.

Pros

Good pay, vacation and benefits

Cons

Micro-management to the nth degree

Pros

good training provided to sales people, great benefits offered, opportunity for advancement if you are willing to relocate

Cons

like all other sales jobs it can be very stressful; also, sometimes unrealistic goals and expectations

Advice to Senior Management

manage by motivation and encouragment

Pros

Very good benefit package, very good wages

Cons

Management style is so stiff

Advice to Senior Management

They need to treat customers and employees with respect and dignity