Good money, COULD be a great job, but terrible work environment/management ruins it
Pros
-Freedom to develop your own way of getting the job done that works for you -Independence, both in the office and out on the street (you could put your headphones in and avoid talking to another soul all day if you wanted) -The repetition makes it easy to master the job quickly and get really fast at it -If you don’t get stuck with extra work, you get to go home as soon as you finish and that could be as early as 12:30/1 PM!
Cons
-If you’re office is understaffed (and they all are), you WILL get stuck with extra work -The incentives are all wrong: laziness gets rewarded and efficiency gets punished. If you’re hard-working, you’ll end up having to go help the people who don’t care and go slow on purpose. -MANAGEMENT IS COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT. -Postmasters are all micromanaging, overcompensating, egomaniacs who have no clue what they’re doing and make unnecessary, time-consuming demands in order to please their bosses, who’ve never carried a piece of mail in their lives. -Sexual harassment and generally inappropriate conduct is rampant. -Delivery vehicles are outdated, dangerous, rarely work properly, and don’t have air conditioning, so expect to experience symptoms of heat exhaustion and extreme dehydration in the summer, no matter how much water/gatorade you drink. -RCAs work between 40 and 80 hours a week, yet still somehow are INELIGIBLE for BENEFITS (no paid time off, no health insurance) -You can’t make plans because you never know when you’re going to be finished for the day, and you never know when your days off will be. You have to be on call on your days off too and you’re almost always called in. This means you sometimes end up going weeks and weeks without a single day off (thanks to Amazon, since we now have to work Sundays as well). -The hard work (parcels up to 75 pounds and no equipment provided to help move them) and exposure to the elements take a toll on your body, no matter how young and strong you think you are.