The post office sucks. It’s not worth the money it’s a lot work for little pay and as a CCA all the regulars preach that oh when u a regular it gets better lol where the job still sucks wow oh my bad and you get sundays off
The good thing about being a mail carrier is that it’s simple enough to learn it almost immediately. You don’t need four years of education or training like other careers
@@eddiew2325 true but you can also be trained incorrectly like I was. Or not trained enough and there’s so many disadvantages to the job that they outweigh the advantages. It is a stressful job filled with long hours. You can kiss your social life goodbye.
I want to commend you. The first thing I heard in your video was gratitude. The second thing I heard you talk about was your faith in God. The third thing I heard you talk about was trying to find the lesson in what you are doing. All those three things are POWERFUL. What I would like to tell you is that you continue to SEEK. You are continuing to be humbled and patient. You may actually be the teacher for someone else. Someone else in your work place maybe learning from your work ethic. Despite the job satisfaction, you are delivering mail to the elderly, veterans, people in need of medicine. You ARE a blessing to many on your route. You ARE serving a purpose. You are blessed beyond measure. Never forget, God will have you where He wants you to be, when He wants you to be there. Continue to serve God and others and leave the rest to Him. He has got u! ❤
I just quit my job Not for me much respect to all the CCA and Regulars, it’s not that I couldn’t handle the job , the problem with me is I can’t wait 2 years to become a regular I need job security now not later, will miss my USPS Family Family shout out to my OJT Trainer Dude he is about to retire soon we’ll deserved, man is a beast but like he said USPS not the same anymore
What you do is an essential service to the public brother. Your delivering people important supplies and documents every day. That's your purpose here in the USPS. People need us.
I hear ya. It’s the lack of leadership and integrity that bothers me about this organization. “They” are disorganized half the time and they don’t care about us as individuals. They only care about delivering the mail. That’s been my experience with them since I started.
@@travisdiemer4478exactly and it’s not enough ! They talk about benefits and 401k for future, that whole saying is losing its value. What are benefits if your struggling to get by on a day to day basis! This company has to pay more ! At this point the “name” is bigger than the check or benefits it’s sad ! I’m going on two years as a Regular ! And I was once a CCA. I feel ya brother !
I appreciate your transparency. I've been at the Post Office for 8 years. I guess these shenanigans go on at alot at all of the Post Offices. Luckily, we have a union steward who fights for us. Good luck with everything.
Take care of your union Steward if they fight for you a few of them take money under the table and pay attention to the carriers that hang with MGMT they will snake you
As a CCA myself, people never see the big picture and why you wanted to join the post office in the first place. it’s simple…obviously to make money!!! 12 years to get to 37$ an hour that’s like 80,000 a year, way above average on top of going on the OT list you can easily make 90-100k at the post office. Some people don’t even make that with a degree 😮💨 and if the NALC ever comes thru with that new contract for carriers we’ll be making 44$ hour that’s 91,000 a year without overtime.
Thank you for your honesty and truthfulness. It's hard out here. But don't be discouraged. There's sooooooooooo many people who WISH they had a job. Nothing is forever. This will pass. Just keep going until you find what you wanted
All we can do as humans is make stuff happen keep pushing bro I just transferred to CCA from RCA here in San Antonio and my goal is to make stuff happen and keep my head down
Man I was a CCA went through some super BS I wanted to quit everyday working 65 hours a week but when I became regular that game changed dramatically just stay up and think about the end game but good luck on what ever you do
I'm in orientation this week, driving course and the acadamy. My expectations in this job I already know im gonna be working long hours, being stressed out and confused in the first couple months but im gonna keep going because in the long run this job is gonna be really great in pay and benefits
I’m about to begin training as a CCA. It’s really just a way out of my crappy warehouse job where there is way too much expected of me. I’m concerned about the toll the USPS will take on my body and mind. I want to have a work/life balance. But at least I’ll be able to work alone most of the day. Unless the USPS is an amazing job, I can’t see myself doing it as a career. I’ve got a BA degree from a good university and served honorably in the military. Perhaps the USPS will just serve as a bridge to something better.
There are employees with master degrees who have been employed with the USPS 20-30+ years. Do what’s best for you and your family. Carrying mail is an arduous task to undertake, physically and mentally draining. It is not for everyone. Inept management can make things worse. ✌🏽
I wish you the best! All I can suggest is to keep your blinders on and hopefully you won’t get sucked into the negative culture that exists within the post office. Not everyone is bad. But most people moan and complain about the job, even 20-30 years in. It’s a sad reality. 🤦🏽♂️
Me too I feel your pain my guy. As a carrier in usps you don’t make any money as a carrier unless you give them ten plus yrs. All the words you speak I feel I’m going thru the same thing. That’s why I’m leaving
It will get better once you become a regular. Look toward the light brother you're in a good position. People choose the post office for job stability. Working in a nice neighborhood is a blessing; it could be worse. I've been a carrier for 3yrs, the first year was rough but eventually got better. Your body will become conditioned to physical grind. USPS definitely isn't for everybody; if the money isn't adequate at the moment I respect your decision. Keep your head up!
I can’t wait to quit this job. Doing it now. Everything i read about management I am finding to be true and not always good. This is a stressful job and you will bust your a$$ being a mail carrier. There’s a lot of BS. The LLV’s are a joke, old and filthy, no AC, even the heat isn’t much, uncomfortable,the routes take much longer than they tell you and if not done in time you get blamed, It takes its toll on your knees and back. Yes the hours can be long and you’re stuck delivering Amazon on Sundays. Say goodbye to your social life. You will work a long 10+ hour day then you will be back to work the next day at 8am. If you have a lousy manager no one likes you’ll won’t want to show up. On top of all that sh **, you only know ONE day ahead of your schedule! Not even a week ahead! There’s a lot of stress to get the route done. The only positive thing about this job is that you’re by yourself all day, you get to meet friendly people and their pets and then there’s a paycheck every two weeks, that’s it.
Man when I see comments like this I’m not mad at you like I understand but I just be thinking like man our ancestors and our grand family back in the 1900s would be ashamed of us for feeling this way. They would kill for jobs like this it’s like people these days have no work ethic anymore. All people do is complain about work work work. I’m young (20 years old) and people around my age complain so much and we got the most energy and should be grinding hard man. This generation cooked
I’ve been doing it for 29 years already I look back and let me tell you I experienced aloot of bad things with management dirty stuff they do with mail carriers hopefully next year I can retire I think of this 29 years went fast in a way only god gave me the strength to go this far 😢
I feel every bit of this homie, going on my 2 years so I know.. crazy the amount we get paid with prices just going up and up. Feel they need to higher our pay, by a lot. If prices go up so should our pay being a govt employee. We’re the ones keeping the communities afloat giving them everything they need.
Being a cca was depressing, stressful and will ruin your home life. Hurt my back 9 months months in and never went back. I actually see my wife and kids on other days besides Tuesday. The miserable souls at my station were a bunch of dysfunctional pricks. Honestly, if you want to ruin your marriage or have your kids forget who you are, go for it
Aye stick it out bro. Trust me i been through everything ur saying and more. They do have a lot of blanket procedures and try to work you like ur incompetent or unloyal. I let it go in one ear and out the other. I use them just like they use me. Once you make career and are able to bid out that station on a decent route this week get easier. I'm 8 years in. As far as pay it's a new contract being negotiated now and with ups getting that major raise it'll serve as a backbone in our contract. So it will likely be a decently size party increase for new hires coming up. Grind it out and keep ur head on a swivel.
I wish you nothing but success bro! As for me? I’m on the hunt for another role. I was fortunate to have earned and bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in business. It feels like I’m shooting myself in the foot by settling as a mail carrier. I’m grateful for the job in the meantime as it’s better than having no income at all (obviously). God bless!
@inspiredtothrive Like I said, use them just like they use you. Do whatever it is that's best for you in ur life. Everyone's situation is different. If that means using the po as a stepping stone to other ventures, so be it. All I'm saying is don't let the job get you down. Keep ur eye on ur goals and roll with the punches. Take care
it will be a 1.2% increase. NALC has 0 leverage. The only people that care about mail are boomers, everyone else only cares about packages and FedEx and UPS can take those back.
I may never make career but I tell you what, I’m not going to wait 2 flippin years to become a regular just to get benefits. That’s f****** ridiculous and not knowing your schedule a week ahead is ludicrous
Have you considered maybe mechanic or electrician position? It compensates very good. Also I respect your humbleness it’s rough I understand. But your blessings are coming #believethat. Your honesty and maturity resonates through the video. I wish you all the best. Also, UPS new contract drive for 3 years and bingo compensated extremely well.
CCA is hard work. I have been at it for about a month now and have been sent to offices outside of mine a lot lately. I struggled at first but the light turned on and I got it now. It is an extremely hard job, it’s hot and a lot of work and frustration. I brought home what I made in a week at another job I had. I think it’s time to find another office job. The pay and loss of your time is not worth it. Working every weekend and doing Sunday Amazon means no life. It is a steady job and paycheck which is what I need right now. I’ll keep doing it until I find something better. Seasoned carriers cussing at CCAs and treating them like kids. Not worth it.
Good for you. I started with high hopes. Breezed through training, academy etc. Then my assigned station was horrible. Worst management I have ever encountered at a job!!! Liars, two-faced and game players...not worth it I resigned. They do not deserve me! Got a better gig! Union shop as well...
Hey! I’ve been watching a lot of vids on cca’s isn’t there a program that helps employees up to 10,000 you’ll qualify for that’ll help you with your financial dues! Ask around and look into that. Also, I just got hired and I’m hoping if you haven’t already stay in there man. A lot of vids can be discouraging but what I do know is nothing good comes easy. Stay in there! Rooting your you man! ❤
USPS pays a lot more than the average job, so what exactly are the expenses that you have that are not able to be covered by your salary? If your not getting enough hours at your post you can always go to other offices in your POOM group to get those hours. So how are you still struggling?
It’s not for Lazy people flat out but it could be worse and a lot of people nowadays live beyond their means and have designer clothing habit I’m working for a company called Gravity Rail and the benefits are horrible health insurance for just me alone is almost 300 a month waiting to do my finger prints and be a cca this my last job
I would say, save as much money as u can if ever decide to leave. When I left i had 30k saved up cash that I could acccess at any time to give urself a cushion until u find another job....dont u EVER leave without any pocket change cause that ish is NO GOOD
@@moortekweb Reading is fundamental, where did I state, or give you the impression that I was happy? Key word was “you guy’s”… I’m a regular, so it doesn’t pertain to me anyway 🤣 We could go back and forth all day about pay, of course pay should be better across the board for all crafts, but I was just stating facts it will be $22.13 it is what it is, it’s way better from where most CCA’s started back in the day…🤷🏾♂️ Some of you’ll are so bitter, it’s a job it’s not supposed to be laid out like a red carpet event, you work and put your time in…. Become Regular and it’s smooth sailing from there… or simply Quit… one thing about it somebody going to eat🤑
@@zee6029it's crazy that my friend and I started out as Carriers a couple of years ago before he became a regular he transferred to clerk at the plant and made regular there and I stayed and become a regular carrier. I'm walking 18-20 miles a day making fucking 21 dollars an hour and he's throwing parcels for 25+ dollars an hour. That's insane! City Carriers are waaaay underpaid for what we do! I'm sacrificing my mind and body everyday killing myself for very little and that's extremely frustrating. 😤
@@zee6029 sorry for the late reply. Not to be dismissive or anything I wasn’t trying to be that way. But the truth is, yes it should be laid out like a red carpet. They should try to welcome more people then your job would be easier, so that is the issue for me. That is my point of view but that’s not the case. And so many people are happy with just basic. It would be so much more in the job and people will actually pay a fair wage and get people in and people that wanted to stay and take care of the employees more but that’s not the way people see it.
i feel your pain bro being a black man in America is already hard af then to deal with the struggle of maintaining a lifestyle with wanting better, for sure will have u asking god why......keep going bro
Dude. If your looking to get into a career that pays well, has endless opportunities, and always an environment to learn. Learn IT. IT is where is at! Think about it.
@@johnreyes1749 I got recruited to work for another company. USPS was a stepping stone for me to get to where I am today. I had zero desire to be a career mail carrier. Much respect to the people who choose that as a career.
@@inspiredtothrive. Good for you, I retired as a supervisor in 2016 and I use to tell CCA’s that it’s going to be ruff for a bit but it will get better eventually, every office is different and it depends on how management treats there employees, unfortunately upper management doesn’t want to hear excuses because they are just looking at reports and a majority of them forget how it is. I worked in the Santa Ana district which was huge and a lot of high volume routes, good luck to you and hope you are happy in whatever you’re doing now.
The post office can kick rocks. Modern day slavery. Worst job i ever had. And no, they dont have great benefits. All lies! Besides the new pay structure is crapping all over RCA's (i was rca) id never do that shit again. Working for free cuz supervisors have their foot on your neck to speed up the route. Its a horrible environment i wish you well ❤
Yeah the city positions are bad but the rca setup should be illegal. Only getting paid for 8 hours even if you work a 12 hour day. How are they gonna be able to keep rural carriers with how bad it is now?
"Cruise, low-key and do my thing." Dude has to know someone higher up... possibly in USPS Public Relations to have this video still up and running, and definitely in Safety, to be able to drive down the street, take your hands off the wheel, wiping your face while covering your eyes. Good Lord, how things have changed.
@@inspiredtothrive Breaux, like others have said, 'Keep your head on a swivel' (they'll use that video against you, IF they ever feel the need to, believe me)... you'll need a really good sense of humor, to last more than 5 years there. I wish you luck, breaux! 😉
You live in a high cost of living area it's not a great job. You make regular where you are at - just transfer to someplace with a lower cost of living. Not every station or office is terrible. (Supervisor worrying about you calling in sick like that is micromanaging nonsense trying to put fear in you from doing it again).
If you’re doing 55 hours a week that’s 15 hours of overtime 1.5 . 80 hours of regular time and 30 hours of overtime per check . How are you not able to pay your bills? I know it’s 19 and change right that’s not great. I’d do the 25 hit that regular carrier the new contract they might lower the time to top pay. By that time top pay should be in the 40s that’s not bad . Ups has a lot of bs but the money is good. I work for ups but I just got hired at usps cca for 1 or 2 years isnt so bad Probably be a regular in not very long rhey’re. Desperate for people in LA . Ups is a solid back up plan im 7 years in there we’ll see usps has hours and you’re getting a pay bump it’s a contract year . Why you guys union is so weak and not having the ability to strike hurts you. The dude who’s doing arbitration for the union said he would accept a 2% raise ….. as a teamster who’s been through several contracts that’s not how you negotiate telling them what you’ll take from the get go 🤦♂️ I get your frustration but all unions are like that it takes a minute to get to the money. I started ups at 8$ part timers are going to be at 30$ most likely next contract . You hear about the drivers making 49$ end of contract it takes 6+ years to get top pay unless you somehow skipped the warehouse went straight into driving ( it happens) We’ll see if the post office is trash I’ll use them for the hours until ups calls for full time .
This is actually how I found you first was YT, I searched for CCA videos and found yours first. Then of course followed you on Instagram. I got a Welcome Back last week cause I got sick a couple days last week, thought it was weird. But everything you say is right, the culture is interesting. Can be toxic at times. But I hope you can find what works for you in this life, we all deserve to be happy, do what brings us joy. You’ll get something soon, I know it. Good luck man
Put your best foot forward and give yourself an opportunity to see if it is for you. If it isn’t, then at least you’ll know for sure. Best of luck to you! 🙏🏽
Dont worry brother the new contract is being negotiated now to compete with that new contract ups got. If they dont get us to 49 an hour its gonna at least be between 42 and 49 an hour. And a shorter time period to make it to top pay. At least 6yrs to top pay so dont worry hang in there its about to get crazy. Everybody gonna work for the post office again
This is my last day fam. Literally. I am grateful for the time I was here because the job came at a critical time for me. But I am moving on. I wish everyone the absolute best who chooses to stay. It’s not for me.
God bless you my brother on your journey be safe stay humble. You from ny you messed me up with the fam lol. Im from bk myself. How the heck yoy wind up in az.
New contract gonna be booty. I’m just waiting for finalization so when I quit. I know I ain’t gonna be reconsidering coming back. Kudos to op for leaving this place is bad.
@@inspiredtothriveask for your Union Steward anytime mgmt tries to “talk” with you about any issues they have with you. Remember this line… “I wish to invoke my Weingarten Rights & have my Union Steward present now.”
So our new contract will be done around next June big money (27$) , dont give a fuck about what management says to you their always gonna be on some bullshit about time reports , and if you wana go home at a decent time and 2 days off go on a medical 10 hours a day 50 hours a week. Right now top carriers get paid 130,000 for doing 60 hours ODL if you do wana grind for that
Glsd ur transparent bro. I got a CDL n worked for WM (treated TERRIBLY) Dud fedex express a year (also bad, but slughtly better than WM) N now starting at usps. Ill give it a year like u n see how bad or good my hubs are around me.
I preferred the polo… but depending on your style, you may like the button up. To me, the polo was most comfortable and definitely a lighter weight material. 😎
For me that seems like a dead-end job I’ve been doing this for like two weeks and the pay I got for working my ass off for the first two weeks no break no lunch 10 hours a day they calling you on the phone telling you to come back do this do that and the pay was terrible. I can’t pay none of my bills. This is a dead end motherfucking job.
I did that job for 8 months and I'm glad I quit . No job is worth your life! I live in Los. Angeles and if you know that it's getting crazy out here . Walking late at night carrying mail and packages while people harassing you nope I rather work at McDonald's instead of working for usps ! Plus the management is pathetic and useless . Good luck with this slave job
Would you say it’s worth it bro? I just left my job in higher ed for 18 years. Needed a chance of career. Just finished my first day of orientation. Any suggestions would be helpful. I was making 55k a year in higher ed working 40 a week
I left after my one year break in service. The job itself is taxing on the body. You’ll work up to 60 hours a week (maybe more during the holidays) and you’ll more than likely be treated as “a body”. My experience wasn’t pleasant at all. Most people complain, argue and don’t have much good to say about the career. “The benefits are good” will be said by those who you tell you’re working for the USPS. I would suggest giving it your best and evaluate whether or not you’re willing to make a career out of it. It wasn’t for me. I wish you nothing but the best!
Hey. One of my best friends works as a carrier. He was a CCA for about 2 years, he stuck with it. He said easiest job he's ever had. Sure some managers stink, but managers do not stay at the same office for too long. Benefits are good and you aren't behind some desk all day. Get good walking shoes and after you become a regular maybe find a office that has mounted/driving routs so you won't have to walk. After becoming regular you work 5 days a week. Time in a half after working 8 hours to 10 hours, then it's double time after 10 hours. Just don't rush to please others or you will get tired faster.
Hey my good fellow, do all U.S.P.S. applicants have to take a long test and pass it, to be considered for employment? If so, i guess studying would be a good idea?
They're hiring anybody cause they can't keep many employees cause of all the reasons in this video. No test to get in. No drug test. Just apply and see if you can put up with this place
It’s better because it protects me from the direct sunlight. Trust me. I had the same question when I started. But this 115 degree AZ sunlight is different. 😂 💯 Where do you deliver?
