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US Postal Service reviews

2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(19,468 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 19,468 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 Transporte y logística industry (3.5 stars).

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19K reviews
1.0
Dec 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are no good reasons to work for USPS

Cons

Back breaking work, no lunch breaks, no bathroom breaks 13+ hour days at peak season with no help. They only help the regular carriers. You won’t get yours unless they like you meaning mostly men get hours at my office. Management plays on their phones all day and take as many lunch and smoke breaks as they want. They care nothing about your safety. They expect you to come in several hours before clock in and work for free. They pay evaluated pay which means if you don’t get done in the time they think it takes you work for free. When they say lifting up to 50lbs they lie I delivered a treadmill all by myself I’m a 55 year old female. I have a torn meniscus form this job because most of the year I’m lucky to get two days then boom Christmas comes and they need you seven days a week and some days are 13+ hours delivering in the dark til 9pm or later. They care nothing about their employees you are replaceable if you get injured.

1.0
Nov 5, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay can be good depending on your area Eventually good benefits (pension, health, etc.) and pay after becoming career Job security (high resilience to recessions, layoffs, termination) due to being a government job Job is not difficult once you make career (you have 1 route)

Cons

Daily Schedule Changes (often via calls and texts from management the day of) 2-Tier pay system, RRECS, and increased "productivity" means employees are doing more for less in this position than in previous years No Benefits for Years (Until Career Position is Available) Very Fast Paced, routes often are longer than the deadline set for everyone to be finished (logistics hang by a thread) Inconsistent Hours (Feast or Famine) Often Long Hours (up to 12, at which point you can opt to quit for the day) High Stress (many reasons, worse if you care about doing a good job) Working on Routes and for Other Offices you do not know (they can send you to any office or route within 50 miles of your regular place of work) Working in Dangerous Conditions (mailboxes on highways, delivering at night, during rush hour, etc.) Repetitive and mind-numbing work if you are on a route you know, or your mind will be goop at the end of the day working a route you do not know. Difficult to tell if you are being paid correctly (everything is entered manually and paystubs use codes you must decrypt to understand) As an RCA, if you don't hit 40 hours a week you are often not paid your nominal per-hour rate, as you are paid by the route instead of actual time worked. If you go over evaluated time for a route, you are working for free.

1.0
Oct 21, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good health insurance and other benefits

Cons

Management is horrible in every single post office. They are all manipulative. Believe what everyone says when they say everyone that works for the post office is weird.

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