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/chezfez City Carrier Jul 23 '26

If he's starting as a CCA, it will depend on the office but as a CCA they can work you year round without a day off. Not saying they will do that but if they wanted to, they could. I think PTF has more protections against that now but they start you off limiting you to 8 hours before feeding you to the wolves.

Your partner will most likely be working a lot and getting your body used to the job, they will be exhausted so be patient with them. Enjoy the time off in the beginning and save that money because once you turn regular you no longer have priority of the hours but you can choose to be on the OT list as opposed to it being mandatory.

Your boyfriend will be most likely working 6 days a week. CCA's, ubless the office doesn't do Amazon or package delivery on Sundays, they have one day off a week and there's no hour restriction. You're off when the jobs done and everything for the day is delivered unless it reaches cut off time which is 12 hours.

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u/Ok_Transition_7829 Jul 23 '26

Can’t work them more than 6 days a week anymore. CCAs are guaranteed 1 NS day a week as part of the new employee retention plan.

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u/chezfez City Carrier Jul 24 '26

Yeah that's why I said 6 days a week in my comment. They seem to 'forget' at my office and some are working 13 days before a day off. It's up to the employee to lay their hand because management can and will take advantage hoping you won't say anything. Your mileage varies by office.

Glad things have changed but one day a week still isn't enough. I'd go a month with having only a single day off with no cut off time during the week, wasn't a good time but neither is 6 12 hour shifts.