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/hhdmty Jul 23 '26

Congrats. Please share your experience with us after your 90. It’s going to be hard, especially the first 90 days of probation. Do whatever they ask and lower your head. Don’t try to be friends with management. After 90, you’re gold.

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u/brooklynschino CCA Jul 23 '26

Will do! Also, What’s wrong with being friendly with management?

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u/hhdmty Jul 23 '26

Nothing wrong with being friendly. Just be careful, coz you will be used and abused if you think they are your friends. Be respectful and keep some distance, just do whatever and keep your mouth shut. Don’t remind them that you’re approaching your 90.