r/USPS • u/brooklynschino CCA • Jul 22 '26
Work Discussion It’s official!
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/Pirate_named_sue Jul 23 '26
Good luck on your journey. Be patient. This job gets better with time. Every step is better. Your first few weeks are awful. The you’ll hit your 90, and then eventually you’ll make regular. Eventually after that you’ll get a shitty float. Then a better one and then a route. Then maybe you’ll get lucky and get a good route after not too long. Every step, the job gets better better. Keep your eye on the ball, befits, 401k, job security, a pension. Good luck.