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2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(19,459 total reviews)

Louis DeJoy

18% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

US Postal Service has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 19,459 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
3.0
Mar 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is pretty good, lets be real its pretty hard to get $19 a hour for unskilled repetitive manual labor position, where you don't even need a high school diploma. Not even the mighty military can do that. Plus your job security is pretty solid outside of your probation period because of the union. Once you make full time one of the best positions in the Postal Service. You can always pick up extra work.

Cons

For people looking for a stable schedule and benefits other than health insurance, look elsewhere. Since you are technically "part time" non career employees all those sweet federal benefits you hear about are not available to you such as, sick leave, pto, and access to FERS, also you will have to work most federal holidays without holiday pay, as that is not part of the current contract. Work life balance varies greatly depending on the size of the office you work at. Larger offices more likely to work a full time schedule and possibly up to 14+ days in a row without a day off. Smaller offices you may only work 1 day a week on your relief day. Lastly converting to a full time employee is based on seniority so you might be waiting 4+ years to become full time, also time spent as part time is just garbage time once you convert to full time, then the clock starts as when to retire.

4.0
Feb 11, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is great, and so are benefits. I applied and was hired for a small town PO. It was great. Part-time, great location, relatively easy work. When working in main PO, co-workers are good people.

Cons

As a PSE, you have no set schedule and are on call. A lot of times I didn't get to work my own office, having to cover somewhere else. The main facility in Ada is always short on help, and work is physically demanding. If a career (full time position) becomes available, you HAVE TO TAKE IT or quit. You are not given a choice. There, the hours are long and unpredictable. Rarely given any breaks except lunch.

1.0
Dec 16, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Some person at US Postal Service said, once you are permanent (which could take as long as 2 years) you could have a good career.

Cons

I accepted an offer then had to decline it for wasting my time so no, I never worked for them officially. The process to get employed with them was just bad; multiple errors: postmaster assistant email address and times for orientation. I received a "conditional offer letter", multiple emails (took drug test, fingerprinted, ID badge) Nov 4. I waited and waited and had to call post master of my location to see if I'm in the group for orientation, waited again. Finally, when I got my ID badge I had an informal meet and greet where she said an RCA may be guaranteed 1 day a week and later after a year or 2 (seniority is met)could be permanent full-time. She said didn't you get your official meet and greet with a real person and 'No, I didn't. Finally Dec 7th was orientation and I just didn't have any wind in my sails for this position. When you do 1 day a week, you don't get benefits and you don't necessarily get a choice of days. What a waste of time!

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