What is the hiring process like at US Postal Service?

Retirement plan, if you can make it that long

Way too many to fully list. Management is awful, the union is awful and barely does its job, the pay doesn't match the out of pocket costs they expect you to keep up with to just work there, not enough good benefits to outweigh the cons of working there, the hiring process can take about a month before you even get to start

You get to know people on your route. It’s nice bringing people stuff that they’re excited about. It’s nice working outside if it’s nice (not freezing, raining).

I’ve had cool managers but there’s a few that can make your life hell. You have NO scheduled off time, they might try to call you in on your days off or say you need to be in the next day. ALL the mail has to go out everyday, so if half the office calls in sick, that means you’ll be there until it’s done. Doesn’t matter if it’s dark out and you can’t see the house numbers, you’ll be there until they legally can’t work you anymore. You might work 12 hour days every single day, feel like you have no life, knee problems, back problems, severe carpel tunnel. It doesn’t matter. The hiring process takes maybe a month or two so good luck while you wait for more help to be hired. The endless overtime during Christmas can suck the soul out of you. I won’t do another christmas. You’ll hate christmas, you’ll hate Amazon, you’ll be angry at the people who order giant/heavy things every day.

Great people, excellent place to start off at USPS. Team oriented atmosphere

Not many negatives. It’s hard to get full time work and sometimes the hiring process takes forever. But once you are in the benefits are incredible

Only pro is job security.

You WILL work way more than you are paid for, You will NOT have a life outside of work. The management are incompetent and they will cut every corner they can to make sure they get a good bonus, this includes NOT hiring substitutes so you can get a day off/or being so hard on a new employee they quit within a couple of days. Also, the Rural Letter Carrier Union has its pockets lined by USPS, they do not care about their members and will not do anything for their members.

Easy to pass hiring requirements

Less than satisfactory supervision & training; interviewing supervisor claimed a swing shift was available, but once on the job you realize you'll be working graveyard shift for some time; retirement isn't that good: only 4% match on investment account; can be very difficult physically especially for women, due to the one-ton+ containers of mail that you have to load and unload from your truck using the lift gate and your own strength

Good pay, no degree requirment, decent benefits

No work life balance. Physically demanding. Hiring process takes 3-6 months.

I have gained exceptional Customer service skills. I have gained knowledge of the importance of following safety protocols, I became a great leader.

Employee availability, organization. Hiring process.

Lots of overtime available if you’re looking for, can accomplish it and are a favorite of the manager on duty assigning it. There are some really great people there and that’s one of only 2 reasons I made it as long as I did. You know who you are and thank you for trying to be kind in a sea of madness, it can’t be easy for y’all. The second reason is the pension deal is one of the best around, if not one of the only ones left around in today’s employment market.

When I say it’s an extremely abusive work environment.. I say that with my whole chest. You go to the 3 day academy to learn all the rules and regulations & as soon as you get to revere it’s a whole lotta, “that’s not how we do things here”. Management sings you a song while doing a nice little dance to get you in the door, and then changes up and you start getting written up for things you thought were in agreement. GET ANYTHING YOU ASK FOR AN ACCOMMODATION WITH IN WRITING or they’ll be asking you to get doctors notes, then not even look at said doctors notes, attempt to write you up daily for these “infractions” and months later of this back and forth, broken record conversation, they will finally make you aware that there’s a process to fill out medical forms to get a POSSIBLE, and TEMPORARY accommodation for whatever was “no problem” at the hiring interview. Don’t trust anyone there, don’t give out personal information- everyone is super nosey, and worse is they’re quick to tattle for another drop of favoritism towards their overtime “seniority”. If you think I’m lying spread a little fake news about yourself and see how many people come up to you about it. Everyone there is ready to throw hands for OT, but if you bring back mail, which is literally making OT(!!!!!!), you will be berated by management, stared at daily, and talked about frequently. When you get there it’s common to bounce around routes a lot til you get to bid, which is great to learn the job, but the bad thing about that is that you’ll be on the toughest routes (low man on the totem that’s expected) and maybeeeeee 3-5 people will ever give you any sort of tips to help make the day even a little bit possible to accomplish let alone a little easier to survive. You soon learn that no one wants anyone to desire their route (for why idk … like it’s yours til you decide to leave it …….. LIKE WHAT ?!!!!???!!! Laughable honestly) so because of this, they let people struggle as much as possible. I’ve never felt the sayings “ it’s like being thrown to the wolves” and “it’s sink or swim” come alive before this job. I leave you with this. If you have a family and you don’t have a good support system aka a “village” this ain’t the place for you.. I’ve been told other offices are different but I can’t speak on that. Don’t take as long as I did to either switch to a different office or realize your kids are only kids once- no dollar amount is worth letting a job be detrimental to your family and home life. I thought this job was like hitting the lottery, I have no formal education and never had any job that gave you paid time off for sick AND vacation time etc… but it’s not the job it was during the boomer’s hey day. It’s not the job people still think it is, it’s just riding on its old reputation. So.. just be careful cus it’s changed a lot and seems like it’s going to be changing even more real REAL soon.

Easy to get hired with no previous experience needed. Hourly rate not bad for an entry level job.

When the weather is bad, the job is challenging.

Easy interview process, however, it may take up to 2 months.

The long hours and working on holidays