Its a tough job. This is not a free ticket folks. I think its better to get in when in your early 20s . Your body should be able to handle the physical demands of being in every type of weather and be able to deliver regular mail , packages, boxsb, magazines every day. & If you have a fear of dogs ....forget this job. 🐕
This was very helpful. I was writing a short narrative in my English class revolving around a mail man, and I will certainly be keeping this information in mind.
Man I thought about becoming one but if I have to work 7 days a week and get off super late then it defeats the point of working If you only go home to sleep
@@dplaya5024 No amount of money is worth working 24/7. I've gone it for the last 6 years and all it did was bring me home to a child that doesn't even know me and a wife who is unhappy because I didn't have any time with her. Why would I risk getting a divorce and having to pay child support and alimony when it's a better option to get a job that pays the same for less hours.
Just started it sucks . Shadowed an employee for a day. Then they just throw you out there. First day working 180 packages parts of town I’ve never been to and managers call constantly getting you in a rush . They don’t even make schedules they expect you to call everyday at 6am to see if u work wtf
I've done that job for 16 years , then I've quit. People in my cou try are way more unthankful. I felt like a piece of shit to them. Thumbs up to those who still are motivated.
They should have thrown in a short piece about how bad the USPS screws part time carriers, CCA's. They get screwed bad their first year, crap hours, crap routes with no benefits. Then after a year they qualify for the insurance, but not the pension. If they are lucky, maybe someone will retire within their first few years and they will get offered full time, but that is seldom the case anymore. I knew CCA's that worked for 6 years until they got a full time career carrier job and the part time clerks, PSE's, it was even longer, a few people waited more than 10 years, one guy waited 16 years. It isn't worth it. The USPS was a good job and a good organization to work for at one time. Now they've downsized their employee pool to save money which has meant larger routes, less full time employees and every imaginable awful shift for part timers to work just to save money. And what I mean by that, for clerks, is only coming in for 2-3 hour on a Saturday evening or 2-3 hours on a Sunday morning and never getting 2 days off in a row. Working 10 hours one week then 50 the next week. How do you plan a budget? But, the management doesn't care until you tell them you are quitting and suddenly they get concerned. Its a joke and the only job I ever just flat out quit without giving so much as a week's notice. Talk to a long term tenured USPS carrier or clerk or better yet a part timer who has been in the job for more than a couple years. They are probably dedicated employees doing a great job but they will tell you the truth about working for that organization. One more item, I'm talking about an office that is running at least 10 city routes and a few rural routes. Not the small one horse town PO box only offices. Good luck and to all USPS employees, keep up the good work.
@@WeezeBadfishHalen4 yes it is. And it’s basically because us younger people aren’t gonna deal with the “wait 16 years for a route” bullshit like the older people did lol why stay at a place that doesn’t benefit you. a rural lady in my old office is at the retirement age and only been a regular for like 3 years, so dumb. But now you get ptf/full time benefits at 2 years even if you’re not a regular, and even before that some people were making ptf around 3 years. It’s honestly not as hard as people make it out to be if you’re in shape, you walk around and put stuff in boxes and say hi to people lol I do 12’s all week
One day about a week before Christmas, I had 320 packages. That’s in addition to the heavier than normal mail volume because of the Christmas cards. We had to come in earlier and deliver like 60. Then come back and set up your route, then deliver the rest. If all of them don’t fit, you have to come get the rest once the truck has room.
I got offered a job at USPS. Watched youtube videos about it. Learned it was part time (no Benifits), covering 3 different rural routes requiring me to drive my own car in which I needed to drive on the right side(wrong side). Thought about it for a day and politely declined. No thanks my dudes.
the back of his truck aint that bad. ive had many days during the holiday season when i've got so many packages that i cant fit them all in the back in one trip (literally stacked to the ceiling) so someone else has to deliver some of my packages
HistoryofTek I can confirm that Amazon is not gone at post offices. There are still plenty of Amazon packages at every post office, UPS, FedEx. And are expected to see another 40% increase in packages despite all the Amazon drivers.
I've delivered ashes several times .say a prayer. Loved the problem of load shift he faces everyday with parcels, been there done that. Dogs what can I say they're territorial and that electronic collar wont protect you in their yard space though you are a business invitee. Pepper spray can injure you and homeowners get the ass if you have to use it on their dog. Something better maybe a small air horn . Which will make most charging dogs pull up when they come out from below a porch or wherever they're hiding. This sound gives you time to safely retreat. But you know you have your hands and arms full with letters, mags, parcels and the ubiquitous but necessary scanner. God bless him and all those carriers who in all weather deliver your property in 120 degree steak cooking trucks in summer and sub freezing ice box in winter. These people deserve every nickel because in many cases after 10, 20, or 30 years they may leave with a tiny pension and a repetitive motion injury to hand, knee, ankle, shoulder, wrist, or atrial fibrillation like me . But you know something they do it for their customers everyone of whom they want to do right by because they're people people in an age of smart machines that show no respect.
It's sad that our current administration wants to put an end to the USPS. This mailman is right, their service is the one consistent thing in our everyday lives. We should be grateful and proud of the USPS.
It doesn't suck after you have been a regular for awhile. But it definitely sucks when you first start out. Just have to be tough and it gets much easier.
Word Life your right ive been a rural rca for 5 years now.all those bad driveways and roads and dogs.have. to make atleast one seperate package a day.and also do the mail.its not a lazy persons job
It is very satisfying when you get to the end of the day, you’re heading back to the station and that truck is completely empty.
That's my mailman, he's a really cool guy.
💪🏽
for real?
Being a postal worker is a tough job and they don't get enough thanks for what they do.
They really don’t.
Its a tough job. This is not a free ticket folks. I think its better to get in when in your early 20s . Your body should be able to handle the physical demands of being in every type of weather and be able to deliver regular mail , packages, boxsb, magazines every day. & If you have a fear of dogs ....forget this job. 🐕
This was very helpful. I was writing a short narrative in my English class revolving around a mail man, and I will certainly be keeping this information in mind.
Reminds him of his grandma. Awe. 🥺
Man I thought about becoming one but if I have to work 7 days a week and get off super late then it defeats the point of working If you only go home to sleep
guess u dont like money =]
Sometimes you gotta make sacrifices to find success
@@dplaya5024 No amount of money is worth working 24/7. I've gone it for the last 6 years and all it did was bring me home to a child that doesn't even know me and a wife who is unhappy because I didn't have any time with her. Why would I risk getting a divorce and having to pay child support and alimony when it's a better option to get a job that pays the same for less hours.
@@R.O.T.C._SEEM you should have kept your dang in yuh pants buddy🥲
@@killuminatti0541 Nah, either way I would still be working more than having a life. If I'm going to work that long then it will be for a career.
Just started it sucks . Shadowed an employee for a day. Then they just throw you out there. First day working 180 packages parts of town I’ve never been to and managers call constantly getting you in a rush . They don’t even make schedules they expect you to call everyday at 6am to see if u work wtf
I just started too and my office isn’t like that at all. Maybe you should just try again in a different one.
This job is so much more difficult than the critics know. I lasted 5 years. It physically beat me down.
ironhorse127 i work as a postman in the UK. You’re absolutely right, this job is exhausting
@ironhorse127 | What part of the job physically beat you down?
@jpro747 | Why do you say the job is exhausting?
Ephdel All day on your feet, walking around 10 miles a day / 5 days per week. A lot of walking up steep driveways and steps.
@jpro747 | Would you say that the walking is the only thing that makes the job exhausting?
I’m also a mailman, how true! 😎👍🏾
I've done that job for 16 years , then I've quit. People in my cou try are way more unthankful. I felt like a piece of shit to them. Thumbs up to those who still are motivated.
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They should have thrown in a short piece about how bad the USPS screws part time carriers, CCA's. They get screwed bad their first year, crap hours, crap routes with no benefits. Then after a year they qualify for the insurance, but not the pension. If they are lucky, maybe someone will retire within their first few years and they will get offered full time, but that is seldom the case anymore. I knew CCA's that worked for 6 years until they got a full time career carrier job and the part time clerks, PSE's, it was even longer, a few people waited more than 10 years, one guy waited 16 years. It isn't worth it. The USPS was a good job and a good organization to work for at one time. Now they've downsized their employee pool to save money which has meant larger routes, less full time employees and every imaginable awful shift for part timers to work just to save money. And what I mean by that, for clerks, is only coming in for 2-3 hour on a Saturday evening or 2-3 hours on a Sunday morning and never getting 2 days off in a row. Working 10 hours one week then 50 the next week. How do you plan a budget? But, the management doesn't care until you tell them you are quitting and suddenly they get concerned. Its a joke and the only job I ever just flat out quit without giving so much as a week's notice. Talk to a long term tenured USPS carrier or clerk or better yet a part timer who has been in the job for more than a couple years. They are probably dedicated employees doing a great job but they will tell you the truth about working for that organization. One more item, I'm talking about an office that is running at least 10 city routes and a few rural routes. Not the small one horse town PO box only offices. Good luck and to all USPS employees, keep up the good work.
isn't in the contract now that ccas are converted after 2 years no matter what?
@@WeezeBadfishHalen4 yes it is. And it’s basically because us younger people aren’t gonna deal with the “wait 16 years for a route” bullshit like the older people did lol why stay at a place that doesn’t benefit you. a rural lady in my old office is at the retirement age and only been a regular for like 3 years, so dumb. But now you get ptf/full time benefits at 2 years even if you’re not a regular, and even before that some people were making ptf around 3 years. It’s honestly not as hard as people make it out to be if you’re in shape, you walk around and put stuff in boxes and say hi to people lol I do 12’s all week
One day about a week before Christmas, I had 320 packages. That’s in addition to the heavier than normal mail volume because of the Christmas cards. We had to come in earlier and deliver like 60. Then come back and set up your route, then deliver the rest. If all of them don’t fit, you have to come get the rest once the truck has room.
Tom Hanks is a stellar postal carrier.
I got offered a job at USPS. Watched youtube videos about it. Learned it was part time (no Benifits), covering 3 different rural routes requiring me to drive my own car in which I needed to drive on the right side(wrong side). Thought about it for a day and politely declined. No thanks my dudes.
Lol
For a rural carrier, yes. City carrier you get a truck
Benefits**** learn how to spell idiot and we don’t need weak people like you anyway
How is that legal
God bless you you magnificent frick
dude stop cussin
the back of his truck aint that bad. ive had many days during the holiday season when i've got so many packages that i cant fit them all in the back in one trip (literally stacked to the ceiling) so someone else has to deliver some of my packages
You're what we call a slug.
@@thomaslee9865 whats that
Literally every package was from Amazon lol
that is gone now ...amazon has their own drivers now
HistoryofTek I can confirm that Amazon is not gone at post offices. There are still plenty of Amazon packages at every post office, UPS, FedEx. And are expected to see another 40% increase in packages despite all the Amazon drivers.
I am a mailman. I assure you, Amazon still contracts to the "Big 3".
Sundays are dedicated to Amazon packages. So, not gone by a long shot, chief.
Job security lol
Eric Clapton?
snow mail lol
It's a tough job and not for everybody.
NOT THE SNOW MAIL
I've delivered ashes several times .say a prayer. Loved the problem of load shift he faces everyday with parcels, been there done that. Dogs what can I say they're territorial and that electronic collar wont protect you in their yard space though you are a business invitee. Pepper spray can injure you and homeowners get the ass if you have to use it on their dog. Something better maybe a small air horn . Which will make most charging dogs pull up when they come out from below a porch or wherever they're hiding. This sound gives you time to safely retreat. But you know you have your hands and arms full with letters, mags, parcels and the ubiquitous but necessary scanner. God bless him and all those carriers who in all weather deliver your property in 120 degree steak cooking trucks in summer and sub freezing ice box in winter. These people deserve every nickel because in many cases after 10, 20, or 30 years they may leave with a tiny pension and a repetitive motion injury to hand, knee, ankle, shoulder, wrist, or atrial fibrillation like me . But you know something they do it for their customers everyone of whom they want to do right by because they're people people in an age of smart machines that show no respect.
It's sad that our current administration wants to put an end to the USPS. This mailman is right, their service is the one consistent thing in our everyday lives. We should be grateful and proud of the USPS.
Bring a little cart to carry the boxes
I can shorten this video to 1 second
Day in the life of a mailman
1. IT SUCKS
It doesn't suck after you have been a regular for awhile. But it definitely sucks when you first start out. Just have to be tough and it gets much easier.
The springfield, MA office was horrible and isn't worth the wait
Tell me a job that doesn’t suck. My mail guy said he made $102k last year. 🤷🏻♂️
He makes more V time than you. 🤣
99SVTBolt at what cost ? He probably did nothing, but go home to sleep and then repeat day over again. I’m probably 100% correct.
Snowmail
It a pain in the ads job after Amazon got started
not really mike hehe i love u
j walker!!!!
My mail man is jamming out ...has nothing do to with this video just had to tell someone lol
Missing time from family IS NOT WORTH IT.. .
Glad to see Jim Carrey getting some work.
For real 😂 I thought it was him for a sec
Should have gotten an autograph.
My Son is a USPS Worker😍
now all that amazon stuff is gone ….they have their own drivers now
Nah, the package counts seems to be increasing on our end, it's ridiculous.
Lol ya...
Canada post delivers millions of amazon packages. Get your facts strait chump
Sundays are specifically for Amazon delivery for the post office
Do you go to 431 bomb
CCA are a waste of carriers. rural carriers do more work
Word Life your right ive been a rural rca for 5 years now.all those bad driveways and roads and dogs.have. to make atleast one seperate package a day.and also do the mail.its not a lazy persons job
fake news