Pros
The bathrooms are very clean.
Cons
Supervisors and Managers do not communicate with each other. If you ask how to do something, you will get different answers depending on what supervisor you ask. Supervisors play favorites. Supervisors will keep some employees in the loop, but not others. Supervisors will give someone with seniority hardly any hours but will give someone with less seniority more hours. The Mail Vehicles are unsafe. lights don't always function to full capacity, wiper blades do not clear the windshield enough to where you can see properly, speedometers do not work, gas gages do not work, vehicles are filthy inside with layers of dust, grime, and dirt. Some carriers smoke in the vehicles, so when you drive them to deliver a route for the day, you end up having severe sinus issues, sneezing, watery eyes, and irritation. Managers and supervisors do not enforce the no smoking in postal vehicle policy. Scanners do not work well, you have to press the button multiple times before the scanner will respond. $19.94 per hour does an RCA no good when they are only working two days a week. Routes are way too big. The powers that be who are at the very top will call an 8 hour route a 7-h RCAs can be waiting anywhere from 3 years to 12 years to get a route. Instead of creating routes, they wait years for regular carriers to retire. They will not create routes in order to avoid paying out benefits that a regular route would get. Routes are so big, that they are overwhelming due to way too much mail, magazines and package volume. They need to shave some streets off of some of these routes. Most carriers say that it can take 5 to 8 years to get to where you are making $5.00 more per hour, than you started with when you were first hired. I've advanced faster and made whole dollar raises when I was in retail. The Post Office obviously does not know the century we are in and how high the cost of living is. To survive, I would need to get at least 30 hours a week and make $23.00 an hour. That won't happen. The COLA and raises are not designed to keep up with the cost of living. I regret having not gone to college and getting a great paying job. I made more hours and more money working part time at Piggly Wiggly, than I do now at the Post Office. My paychecks are bi-weekly and range between $500.00 and $700.00 on average. I don't get $900.00 unless a carrier takes a week off and another carrier calls in for 3 to 4 days, and that hardly ever happens. I can't pay my mortgage, buy food, pay utilities, get gas, and have a little left over. I f I was not married, I would be 33 and still living at home. Also, The Post office is a toxic place to work. There is gossip, profanity, snubbing, childish behavior, people who come in hungover, and come in complaining and in a bad mood. I could go on and on. If I don't have a route of my own and become a regular by my 3 year anniversary this October AND am not given a $3.00 raise, I WILL be putting in a resignation letter. You cannot make a living or survive financially at this job. Also, because they over work you, it is stressful mentally and physically. Over the holidays, I spotted 16 days straight my doctor said due to stress. This place needs a complete overhaul of policy, wages, rules, routes, and so much more.