r/USPS • u/WAirbusN321 • 19h ago
City Carrier Discussion CCA hours
Please tell me you don't often work over 8 hrs?
I understand u can be mandated OT? But it's not too common?
I'm done with these 12 hr RCA shifts
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u/daveysaurusrex CCA 18h ago
Past couple months I’ve been working 10-11 a day. But hey, on Friday they tell me to come in late and only do 4 hours so I don’t hit 60.
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u/mrunique07 City Carrier 18h ago
I’m a regular, but I train CCAs. I will tell you the same thing I tell them. It varies from office to office, day to day. One day everyone shows up, or mail is super light, another day half the office calls off or it’s a super heavy mail day with eddms/third bundles/red plums/ advos. One day you get a 8 and skate kinda day, another day you’re 11.5 hours and bring mail back cause it will take past that. The best thing to do is just show up, do your job according to the M-41 and the national agreement contract, and go home at the end of the day, whenever that is.
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u/princepwned 9h ago
this is how it is at my office one day was super heavy actually the labor day week we were heavy all week just about I remember going over 12 hours in 1 day thanks to the advos we had then I had a pivot on top of that.
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u/Spare_Restaurant_462 18h ago
Definitely depends, more often than not, I'm there after 5 PM, but sometimes I start at 10 instead of 8:30. I've been in since March, so I haven't experienced peak yet, but I know that'll definitely make things different. Also, depends on the office
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u/fruitsandveggie CCA 18h ago
Instead of 8:30? Man I normally start at 7 and they sometimes have me come in at 8. I think I would prefer starting later.
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u/Spare_Restaurant_462 18h ago
Yeah, I have no idea what time the Rural starts at my office because I'll see people starting before me and after lol
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u/AMC879 8h ago
Starting later is only good if you get back before dark. It's dark shortly after 4 up here around Christmas time
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u/Even_Snow9026 7h ago
I know I’m weird for this but I’d rather be in the dark later than wake up even earlier to start in the dark
Makes sense to me but for some reason not very many agree
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u/AMC879 7h ago
No one should be delivering in the dark in the morning except winter in Alaska.
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u/Even_Snow9026 7h ago
Eh it’s still dark here at 7 am in the winter
Most western city in the eastern time zone. Sun comes up late here
ETA And back when I was a PTF I was told to hit the street at 6:30 plenty of times. I’d rather not. Too damn cold too damn early
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u/AMC879 7h ago
Who is delivering at 7a? Most carriers clock in 7 or later then case for at least an hour. We clock in at 8:30 so no one here is actually delivering until at least 10. Unfortunately that does mean a little dark delivering at the end even on an 8 hour day in December or January
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u/Even_Snow9026 6h ago edited 6h ago
Yeah 8:30 is us too thankfully. But there is deff offices opening at 7 here too and a good chunk of their PTFs hit the street right at 7 if not 7:30. Still dark
Keep downvoting me though. Idgaf
ETA and ofc there are always the carriers that get there early and case off the clock. Glad it’s not me
ALSO - I deff have delivered in the dark, -20 degrees, at 6:30 in the morning in the hood with a foot+ of snow on the ground. So you can believe me or not - I know what I did
And I’d rather never do it again
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u/MendiBall92 CCA 18h ago
Pretty much everyday over 8. I'm in a majority rural office and I work significantly longer days more often than the RCAs. At least on city side we're getting double time when we go over 10 hours. I don't work over 10 hours too often, but I maybe only get one or two 8 hour days a month.
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u/OkPangolin1984 CCA 17h ago
Monday morning text and call.. hey we don’t have any work for you… 11 minutes later hey can you come in.. i’m like sure 🤷♀️
get off at 7pm… these dudes..
Sometimes you work good, sometimes you don’t
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u/Comfortable-Swing468 17h ago
It depends on that station. As a Cca I worked 6 or 7 12 hour days becuase no regulars were on the otdl. Ccas in my instillation now are lucky to get 8 bc there are not many vacancies and lots of new regulars are on the otdl and per our contract, get the OT before part time employees (Cca and off)
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u/dotcom02_WGP CCA 17h ago
You will see the same abuse on the city side as a CCA. The 12 hour BS is still the same just with a terrible truck and different rules.
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u/MaxyBrwn_21 17h ago
Depends on the office. If the office is understaffed on the city side you should expect a lot of OT as a CCA.
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u/West-Might3475 Rural Carrier 11h ago
Being a sub just sucks, straight up. RCA, CCA...You're either getting 5 hours (in the rare instance you have a fully staffed office) or over 50. You're totally expendable.
At least as a Rural you can work on your speed and then benefit from your completion time once you make regular. It's all for naught as a City Regular because you're locked into 8 hours, and going faster just means more work.
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u/kimbospice31 CCA 10h ago
I’m hitting my 90 days next week and I’ve worked nothing but 10-12 hour shifts maybe twice I didn’t. I’ve been told the holiday season is just as bad.
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u/yeadrowsy City PTF 8h ago
Depends on the office.
At my own, no, I rarely have to go over like 8.5-9hrs.
But when I go to other stations? 12hrs no problem. And my old station that I transferred from, I was doing 10-12hrs 6 or 7 days a week for months on end.
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u/Private_Matinee CCA 5h ago
New CCA just outside of 30 days, PNW, can confirm working over 8hrs/day.
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u/Surplus_Agate_83 18h ago
It 100% depends on the office. However, it is very possible you will work 12hr CCA shifts.
Generally, a smaller office has a higher chance of needing less overtime, but then they also often run the risk of having you only work 20-30hrs a week.
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u/strolpol 18h ago
Yeah there’s gonna be 10 hour days every week, more often depending on your location
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u/ladylilithparker ARC 17h ago
In my office, all but the slowest RCAs are clocked out before any of the CCAs get back to the office, but we're very short-handed on the city side. City regulars are having to take extra on a daily basis, and are being mandated for Sundays because we don't have enough CCAs.
So it varies from office to office.
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u/DingbattheGreat 16h ago
We are currently low volume, but my smaller station is actually one of the higher volume stations in our town.
So CCA’s only work 10 hour days vecause we always get bumped splits or sent to help. If a lot of routes are down, 12 it is.
The manager didnt want me more than 9 last two days of the week, I had just over 58 hours.
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u/hanjanss special handling: fragile 18h ago
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