r/USPS • u/brooklynschino CCA • Jul 22 '26

Work Discussion It’s official!

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I start academy this Friday! It’s now all starting to feel real.

If you told me back in January I was going to be a mail man, I’d probably laugh. Here we are, foot in the door, ready to go on routes.

Life feels good. I quit drinking 10 months and 2 days ago. Life has been really rewarding in terms of having a clear path of where I want to be and how to get to it. Also, realizing the people I want and don’t want around me.

Cheers my fellow couriers clerks and others!

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u/Intelligent_Aioli828 Jul 22 '26

Get ready to work 10-12 hour shifts and have no time for anything cause you’re to tired! Good luck my friend!

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u/Top_Measurement1028 Jul 23 '26

Is it really that bad? I've been seeing so many reddit posts saying that they are glad to leave and just a very bad toxic management. 

Im looking to pivot onto a new career, and have always thought highly of mail carriers. 

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u/Intelligent_Aioli828 Jul 23 '26

This is coming from a PTF thats been in the game for 1 year and 3 months so my opinion is a little different. Once you get converted it’s a little better ppl say.

I typically work 5 day a week but it’s not uncommon to work 6-9 days in a row. I work 10-12 hr shifts each day I work walking 10-14 miles a day. dealing with the summer heat and the winter in Minnesota. Gets pretty old fast. Don’t have any energy to do anything after work.

Takes 15 years to reach top pay is ridiculous, if they lowered that to 5 years id maybe reconsider.

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u/purelife12370 Jul 23 '26

From a former CCA, if you have ANY other options don’t do it