everything you thought was this job, IS NOT
Pros
The job is relatively easy and getting paid a bit above the minimum wage. It is not hard to understand. At least where i applied at, there were no interviews,just pass the background check and fingerprint scan. I think they stopped conducting drug tests due to funding issues? Depending on the warehouse and upper workers. here there is opportunity to grow if your hard work is noticed. I was offered supervisor positions here. And there are opportunities to move to other positions later on.
Cons
At least i did not know anything about usps going in ... thinking it was gunna be benefits and good pay going in . WRONG !!!! Since you are starting off, you are low on the seniority list. you dont get benefits off the bat and pay sucks. It starts to pay off once you are a regular. But you are just entering a contract with them until you put in more time there in the warehouse and move up the list, then you become regular is when it starts to pay off. Those who are regulars are mean to you, those who are also arent regulars but up on the list are also mean to you. Supervisors too are mean. USPS takes advantage of you. Honestly it pays to be a mechanic or custodian in the warehouses here, cause they rarely do anything and you become a regular faster here. MHA, carriers, supervisors arent good jobs here. I would reccomend custodial or mechanics. The pay sucks, it feels like a seasonal job cause they use you so much during the holidays with mandatory over time, cant call off work, ask for any day off during holiday months (unless you're bff's with the supervisors), and once mail starts to slow down, you are slowly given less hours till you are placed on call (aka they dont need you , they wont call you, you are out of work) till holidays start again. Only regulars are guranted 8 hours every day, meanwhile us mha's are not guranteed anything. Also hours suck cause you are just given what they want to give you. You cant choose your hours. And even when you finally become aregular, you are placed where thy need you. And you need to put in. a bid to go to the different hour/ shift where you want to go. You cant pick your off days. I was working night owl hours and just slept in the day. I felt like i was missing out on family life. so just be wary when applying. Talk to your local carriers and see how they feel about usps !!!