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That would be a sweet job! No worries just drive the mail truck around listening to some awesome jams. Walk around all day, hip uniforms. What's the catch? Is there a dark side to it? I'm very curious.
 
Jtwo said:
That would be a sweet job! No worries just drive the mail truck around listening to some awesome jams. Walk around all day, hip uniforms. What's the catch? Is there a dark side to it? I'm very curious.
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There is a mailman on GAF. A guy posted a thread sometime last week complaining about having to walk around St. Louis with his wife and mother in law on vacation. I forget the name of the dude.

He was complaining because he walks the mail run for a living and just wanted to chill and play some games.
 
No prospect of promotion, non-transferable skills and pretty low pay, but otherwise not too bad if you can be content with doing it.

A guy was fixing our boiler the other day when the postman delivered some letters. Got him talking about his son who finished college and got a job as a postman while he looked for a job related to his degree - 20 years on and he's still a postie. Has a nice house and a family and all that, don't think he regrets it.
 
My dad was one for 20 years. There is quite a bit of physical activity despite all the driving. Dogs are actually a hazard. You make enough money and you get benefits/life insurance and your family gets these things too.
 
I see this one mail side riding his motorcycle blasting earth wind and fire super loudly all the time. It's a super comfort ride too.
 
I've heard working as a FedEx delivery person is where it's at. That's what I'm going to do if my career ever fails.

Either that, or being the Google car dude that drives around recording street view images of the planet.
 
US portal service is cutting back BIGTIME afaik. Wouldn't think you'd have the opportunity to be one. Other than that it sounds like a sweet gig. They're way overpaid to do the menial work they do.
 
My uncle is a mailman. I guess if you're young its ok, but he's got a knee and shoulder problem now and with all the re-organizing and political crap going on now he's retiring.

I don't think the carriers start at 5am, more like 8. And there's mail sorting or something for your route when you go in before you go out on the street, but I never really cared enough to ask about it.
 
Sage00 said:
No prospect of promotion, non-transferable skills and pretty low pay, but otherwise not too bad if you can be content with doing it.

A guy was fixing our boiler the other day when the postman delivered some letters. Got him talking about his son who finished college and got a job as a postman while he looked for a job related to his degree - 20 years on and he's still a postie. Has a nice house and a family and all that, don't think he regrets it.
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Not totally non-transferable. My first job out of college was running a mailroom. Granted, I didn't have any experience in anything postal, but I bet if a former postman applied for the job that person would probably have a huge advantage. And basically every medium-sized or larger organization is going to need somebody to coordinate mailouts / incoming mail. I worked in a college admissions mailroom, and we handled TONS of incoming mail as well as a lot outgoing (but not as much as we had coming). I learned a shit load about postal regulations in that job.
 
How good or bad of a job it is depends entirely on where you live. Here in Minnesota I really pity the mailmen trudging through snow and ice on -20 degree days. On the other hand, they get great benefits, job security, and if it's nice out then it's great to be outdoors.

The USPS is having a LOT of financial problems right now though and I'm pretty sure they've been on a hiring freeze for a few years now. Something to do with how their retirement benefits work that is costing them millions.
 
Jtwo said:
That would be a sweet job! No worries just drive the mail truck around listening to some awesome jams. Walk around all day, hip uniforms. What's the catch? Is there a dark side to it? I'm very curious.
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The mail never stops.

It just keeps coming and coming and coming, there's never a let-up. It's relentless.
Every day it piles up more and more and more! And you gotta get it out but the more you get it out the more it keeps coming in.

And then the bar code reader breaks and it's Publisher's Clearing House day!"
 
I don't think delivering for the USPS is a good long term career decision. With all the cuts that are always happening at the post office and the unsustainable business model I'll be very surprised if the current form post office delivery system is still operating in 10 years hell mabye even 5.
 
WhatRobEats said:
I don't think delivering for the USPS is a good long term career decision. With all the cuts that are always happening at the post office and the unsustainable business model I'll be very surprised if the current form post office delivery system is still operating in 10 years hell mabye even 5.
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They are definitely having problems, but you're talking about a Government Agency that's been running since 1775.

Did you guys know that the postmaster general is the second highest paid government official after Obama? He makes about $18,000 more than Joe Biden...
 
My postman walks around with his headphones on smoking cigarettes there really ain't a catch it's just a good job to have.

Most jobs out of the social norm seem to be the best jobs. Anyone remember that thread about the gaffer who worked in an office but wanted to have the job of the vending machine repairmen!

That's the point im trying to make. Im a janitor btw.
 
Wool said:
They are definitely having problems, but you're talking about a Government Agency that's been running since 1775.

Did you guys know that the postmaster general is the second highest paid government official after Obama? He makes about $18,000 more than Joe Biden...
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I do know how long the post office has been operating. I did not know that the postmaster general was the second highest paid government official though that is an interesting tid bit.

I didn't mean for my post to be interpreted as the USPS closing up shop and not existing anymore. However, do I think they will be delivering mail 6 days a week 10 years from now? Absolutely not.

In my community they are already talking about stopping mail delivery on Saturday's. I'm willing to bet a few years from now they will reduce the mail run to an every other day affair.
 
Kentpaul do you have a janitor's closet where you light up?
 
WhatRobEats said:
There is a mailman on GAF. A guy posted a thread sometime last week complaining about having to walk around St. Louis with his wife and mother in law on vacation. I forget the name of the dude.

He was complaining because he walks the mail run for a living and just wanted to chill and play some games.
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Uh... he was complaining because he was on vacation and his needy wife wanted him to spend time with her, when he wanted to chill and play some games. It wasn't related to his mailman job.
 
My mom is a mailwoman. There's a reason they get paid as much as they do without any education requirements. The work is physically exhausting especially in the last couple years they're having to work on strict schedules with supervisors working their asses off.
 
bubnbob said:
Uh... he was complaining because he was on vacation and his needy wife wanted him to spend time with her, when he wanted to chill and play some games. It wasn't related to his mailman job.
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Uh..Sure it was. In his OP he was talking about how he walks 15 miles a day delivering mail and didn't want to have to walk around sight seeing.
 
My mom is a mailwoman. There's a reason they get paid as much as they do without any education requirements. The work is physically exhausting especially in the last couple years they're having to work on strict schedules with supervisors working their asses off.
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While I believe that postal workers deserve their pay, no that is most definitely not the reason why they get paid well. They get paid well because their pay is pre-determined. In the private sector, these jobs would pay substantially less because they can get away with it. I would go so far as to say that the USPS is partially why UPS and FedEx jobs pay well (since they are setting the bar for the industry). When the USPS goes, I bet you UPS and FedEx pay starts to significantly decrease over time.
 
loosus said:
While I believe that postal workers deserve their pay, no that is most definitely not the reason why they get paid well. They get paid well because their pay is pre-determined. In the private sector, these jobs would pay substantially less because they can get away with it. I would go so far as to say that the USPS is partially why UPS and FedEx jobs pay well (since they are setting the bar for the industry). When the USPS goes, I bet you UPS and FedEx pay starts to significantly decrease over time.
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Eh, I dunno with all the cut backs and many post offices not hiring but rather contracting to a "3rd party", which can just be a single person, and many providing no health care and other benefits, it's just not that great anymore. With the service losing so much money there has been a lot of cuts that make it much less appealing than previously.
 
Dr Eggman said:
Kentpaul do you have a janitor's closet where you light up?
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I would get paranoid as fuck smoking at work man. There is few places no one goes we're you would get away with it of you can handle your self baked around other people.

I do however use the drug "caffeine" at work.
 
Sort of a moot question. The mail service is going to have to be cut back massively since mail volume has dropped and gasoline is so expensive.
 
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