Postal Letter

Postal Workers Hours?

I was curious as to what type of hours that postal workers work. I know the mentality of a lot of people including myself thinks that they work Monday through Saturday till around 430pm. Know I know that if this were true everyone would want to work for them.

Public Comments

1. Most probably do, but they also start a lot earlier than your typical 9 AM start!
2. Like most business they have workers around the clock, especially in the bigger cities. truckers hauling mail are U.S. postal workers so I would say 24/7
3. I worked as a mail carrier and I started at 700am and left work at 530pm. There was no lunch, no breaks...you are on the go from the minute you walk in til you leave. That was honestly the toughest job, mentally and physically, that I have ever had. Rain, snow, hot, cold or rain...you work. And it is extremely hard to get on with them, as well. You have the exam, then if one of the 3 Post offices you pick needs someone, they interview 4 or 5 ppl...if they don't pick you, then you are waiting, and waiting...hope that helps
4. I have worked as a Rural Carrier for about 7 months in Saratoga Springs NY (upstate). Depending on the season, I start work typically around 7 am, and case all the mail as quickly as possible to start to deliver around 10:30, and return around 2pm, and then you usually have more stuff to put up in your case, so the approximate time you leave is around 3-4pm. It's a great job and yes it is constant on the go, but once you get adjusted to it, you basically make your own hours by how quick and organized you are, but it also depends on how quickly the clerks put up your DPS (machine-sorted) mail-sometimes that takes a little longer. Today I had 5 trays of DPS up by 8am, so I got all my mail and parcels ready and cased my DPS. Got through the route so quickly I got back at 1:10pm! It also depends a little bit on whether or not that day you have boxholders which are basically newspapers put up for all the addresses the night before. (Thats about 600 addresses typically). That means that you can put all of each address in its own paper, thereby keeping them separate and ready to deliver easily and quickly. It depends on a lot of factors that vary day to day, season to season, route to route, office to office ...but take me for instance: I worked from 8am-2pm today but got paid $17.51 for 8 full hours. --It's a great job with great pay but they do make you earn it! Get a postal exam book from the library and test yourself on the 460 memorization part for a few weeks and time yourself the appropriate time. I did that for 2 weeks before the exam and scored 99.1%! I had already been hired at saratoga as a TRC (temp rural carrier) because this office has 18 routes and needed subs bad, but I also recieved a few offers from local offices once my score was on the register. As a TRC I was paid ~$13/hr, and since i took the test and passed, my supervisor changed me to an RCA (rural carrier associate) for which the pay is $17.51. It sounds like a lot of hoops but just keep trying. you can do it!