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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 Transporte y logística industry (3.5 stars).

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19K reviews
2.0
Jul 28, 2018

Are You serious?

Anonymous employee
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Pros

So sum of these reviews MUST be made by upper management. Gateway district is Trash! From the union to the management... disorganized and we won't even discuss the vehicles... the money is good, hell great.... but if you're young enough or confident in your ability to survive elsewhere RUN!

Cons

Management, racist customers, raggedy trucks, union reps are in bed with management... rain , sleet, snow, gloom of night, ice, heat, all take a serious toll on the body.

5.0
Jul 25, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great people. Great customers. I Love the entire crew I work with. Don't think I could ever say that about a place I worked before. I took this job primarily to get to know my new hometown. Mission accomplished.

Cons

Pressure. Until you work here, you will not understand the pressure and the stress these people face. Salary. Because the USPS structured a two-tier pay system a few years back, existing full time employees receive much higher pay than newcomers. This creates a huge disparity that is awkward for both older and newer employees. I won't say its unfair because I knew it when I signed on, but frankly it is why I expect to leave soon. Experienced workers obviously deserve more money as they improve, but there should not be totally separate pay scales. Some newcomers are being offered less than the minimum wage in this state. You can't expect a workforce where one element is reasonably well paid and another is at poverty wages to function without resentment becoming a serious problem. Finally, I think upper management is failing to properly incent the people on staff. I know many people who refuse promotion because the experience of dealing with upper management is so frustrating and the salary isn't worth the headaches. The result is the people who do apply for promotion are often not the best. And this plays into morale in a way that hurts the USPS. Every employee I know will always do their job and provide great customer service. We love our customers. But many do not promote post office services, even when they might have a bonus at stake, because they so resent the poor management from the top. In one office I know, the entire crew were so angry they refused to volunteer for the national food drive that benefits local food pantries. That's hostility from years of mismanagement

2.0
Jul 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-Good Hourly Rate -Lots of extra hours available if you're a good worker and network with other offices -Evaluation system rewards working efficiently and you can get paid 9 hours, for example if you finish the route in 6-7 hours of work.

Cons

-Draconian management hinders rather than helps productivity and kills morale. Many managers have little to no experience as carriers. In other words, they do not know how to do the job in which they are overseeing. -No benefits for part-timers and your years of service will not count toward retirement until you become regular. -Not a good fit for people with families, as you are expected to drop everything to provide coverage if they need you, but you could find yourself starving waiting for the phone to ring. -Regular carriers often take off for days after holidays, which offer heavy volume. So you don't get paid for the holiday and then you work twice as hard the day after as you go over the route's evaluated time. -Forced Sunday hours to work Amazon parcel deliveries. -Run down and dirty vehicles, equipment, and facilities are demoralizing and hurt productivity.

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