US Post Office

Ghost Ryder · Aug 15, 2013

The mail does move 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Station drivers that deliver mail during non business hours are given station keys and alarm codes so we can deliver mail and stage it while the station is closed. That way, the mail is sitting there on monday when the clerks come in.

Some of those Post Office stations are pretty creepy at night and would make Steven King proud.

blazblu82 · Aug 16, 2013

I certainly hope their logistics is better managed than their inside ops... Be glad you aren't suffering from a pending facility closure. I work in one of the last 2 Remote Encoding facilities in the Nation. One in SLC and the other in Wichita, KS. The one in Wichita is slated for closure.

Extreme4x4 · Aug 16, 2013

Ghost Ryder said: ↑

New hires are PSE's, or Postal Support Employees. It's no different from any other union shop. You start off as a casual worker and work your way up. Nobody gives you benefits to start off with anymore. Not even Teamsters.
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Actually, this is not true. When you start for Walmart Transportation, you are classified as an "extra" driver. This designation means nothing except for the fact that you do not have an assigned truck. However, from day one of orientation, you have full benefits. You do not get performance bonuses, or personal days yet. You do get safety bonuses and paid safety days quarterly, along with your full medical/short term disability/life insurance.

However, I am sure that the USPS is pretty equivalent to Walmart Transportation as far as pay/benefits goes. My worry would be the instability of the Post Office right now. Do they treat their drivers great like Walmart Transportation does?? Just curious.

common30 · Dec 26, 2014

any pse got a permanent position ?

Sam1 · Jan 6, 2015

how long does it take to get hired on as a PSE?

BillyJames · Oct 30, 2016

Ghost Ryder said: ↑

I have not seen this employer mentioned much on this forum, so I'll try to do my best to shed some light on what it's like to work here.

The USPS is nothing but P&DC work. First and last mile contracts mean that anything outside of a particular radius of a DC is contracted out.

Shifts are called tours. There are 3 tours per day. Tour 1 is night shift which starts at 23:00 hours, tour 2 is day shift which starts at 0600 hours, and tour 3 is the afternoon shift which starts at 14:00. Tour 1 is designed to bring mail to the stations, tour 3 is designed to pick up mail from the stations and tour 2 is designed to move empty equipment around.

There are 3 types of runs you can bid on for each tour. A regular run has a 8 hour day, 5 day a week work schedule with back to back off days. A regular run also goes to the same places at the same times, every day.

Next up is a bobber run. A work schedule for a bobber run can vary from 3 to 5 days a week. Some of these runs are only scheduled for 32 hours a week. Bobber runs work a regular runs off days. So if you're on a bobber, you would do my run on my runs off days. There is an advantage of a shorter work week, which I'll explain later.

Next up is a nifty run. Nifty runs are just like regular runs, only with a shorter work week.

Overtime:

Time and a half for hours work over 40 a week or 8 hrs a day. Double time for hours worked over 48 a week and/or 10 hours a day. Here's where having a bobber or nifty run comes in handy. If your run is scheduled for 32 hours a week, you get time and a half after 32 hours and double time over 40 hours.

Overtime is not seniority based, but regular employees are favored over casual PSE's. Overtime is based on a rotation. If they work the top drivers in seniority first, they have to rotate to the bottom drivers next week. This reduces double time.

Hourly rate starts at $18.56/hour, and you get a .75 cent raise every 6 months until you cap out at around $30/hour.

There are also other pay incentives. You have night differential if you work between 1800 and 0600, which adds $1.25/hr to $1.90/hr depending on your pay level. If your run is scheduled for the weekend, you get 'double Sunday premium'. Sunday premium adds 25% of your hourly wage, and double Sunday means you get the premium on Saturday as well.

Equipment is OK, at best. Not the best trucks and trailers in the world, but not the worst either. The equipment is old, and shows its age.

You also get Paid Time Off, or PTO. PTO comes in 2 forms. Sick leave and annual leave. You have a cap of 440 hours annual leave, but there's no limit to how much sick leave you can have.

If anyone has any questions about what it's like to work here, feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.
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BillyJames · Oct 30, 2016

Ghost Ryder said: ↑

I have not seen this employer mentioned much on this forum, so I'll try to do my best to shed some light on what it's like to work here.

The USPS is nothing but P&DC work. First and last mile contracts mean that anything outside of a particular radius of a DC is contracted out.

Shifts are called tours. There are 3 tours per day. Tour 1 is night shift which starts at 23:00 hours, tour 2 is day shift which starts at 0600 hours, and tour 3 is the afternoon shift which starts at 14:00. Tour 1 is designed to bring mail to the stations, tour 3 is designed to pick up mail from the stations and tour 2 is designed to move empty equipment around.

There are 3 types of runs you can bid on for each tour. A regular run has a 8 hour day, 5 day a week work schedule with back to back off days. A regular run also goes to the same places at the same times, every day.

Next up is a bobber run. A work schedule for a bobber run can vary from 3 to 5 days a week. Some of these runs are only scheduled for 32 hours a week. Bobber runs work a regular runs off days. So if you're on a bobber, you would do my run on my runs off days. There is an advantage of a shorter work week, which I'll explain later.

Next up is a nifty run. Nifty runs are just like regular runs, only with a shorter work week.

Overtime:

Time and a half for hours work over 40 a week or 8 hrs a day. Double time for hours worked over 48 a week and/or 10 hours a day. Here's where having a bobber or nifty run comes in handy. If your run is scheduled for 32 hours a week, you get time and a half after 32 hours and double time over 40 hours.

Overtime is not seniority based, but regular employees are favored over casual PSE's. Overtime is based on a rotation. If they work the top drivers in seniority first, they have to rotate to the bottom drivers next week. This reduces double time.

Hourly rate starts at $18.56/hour, and you get a .75 cent raise every 6 months until you cap out at around $30/hour.

There are also other pay incentives. You have night differential if you work between 1800 and 0600, which adds $1.25/hr to $1.90/hr depending on your pay level. If your run is scheduled for the weekend, you get 'double Sunday premium'. Sunday premium adds 25% of your hourly wage, and double Sunday means you get the premium on Saturday as well.

Equipment is OK, at best. Not the best trucks and trailers in the world, but not the worst either. The equipment is old, and shows its age.

You also get Paid Time Off, or PTO. PTO comes in 2 forms. Sick leave and annual leave. You have a cap of 440 hours annual leave, but there's no limit to how much sick leave you can have.

If anyone has any questions about what it's like to work here, feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.
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Is that description a truck driver who works directly for the u.s. post office? Or a subcontract company?

TROOPER to TRUCKER · Oct 30, 2016

Thread is only a couple years old you should probably getting a reply.

aztruckerr · Feb 8, 2018

I filled out an application for a truck driver at the post office I'm in the process stage and was just sent a link for the background check and driving record sure hope everything goes good I would love to work for the Post my process started the beginning of January

Knucklehead · Feb 9, 2018

aztruckerr said: ↑

I filled out an application for a truck driver at the post office I'm in the process stage and was just sent a link for the background check and driving record sure hope everything goes good I would love to work for the Post my process started the beginning of January
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Is it for the actual post office or a p/o contractor?

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