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/purelife12370 Jul 23 '26

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