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3.6
Average Rating
(based on 235 US Postal Service Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.4
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
3.9
Rewards You Receive
3.6
Support You Get
3.5
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.5
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"The main reason why someone would become a mail carrier: it pays well. The base pay is not all that exciting; you make all your money by working constantly. I often work 6 days/wk, often and 10 hrs/day. In the past 2 months, I have made over $9K (seriously). The cons are plenty: long hrs/days, having little work-life balance, stress, and inclement weather to deal with. If you can learn to roll with the punches and suck it up, the paychecks sure make it worthwhile."
Posted 10 years ago in Olathe, KS
Operations Specialist

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"There is great job security, and great benefits and retirement."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to work the same job for the rest of your life."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"There is No origination and no direction, management seems lost most of the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would get rid of the union and hold people accountable."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Accountant

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"It's a career change for me so I am learning about being an accountant and about government work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"There should be a grand amount of opportunity since just about a third of the workforce is set to retire in the next few years but I feel that there just isn't the drive or the structure to aggressively train/promote people."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Politics. I just found out that a newer hire than myself was given a fairly significant project. He is one rank higher but we work as a group. It isn't the first time that I have seen others being selected for tasks. I don't feel that I'm being singled out, but it's hard to say that it's anything I am doing/not doing that is causing me to be looked over when the person in question just started."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would start by implementing more structured training within the independent departments. The overall orientation is lacking once you get to your group."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Electronics Technician

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Feel needed by company, I love repairing machinery, worked for good supervisors."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Brush up on math and electronic theory for entrance exam."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"That it's having financial difficulties, some people are not team players."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Save money, don't shut down so many facilities, concentrate on customer service."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Independent Contractor

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Being a independant contractor and managing own business with the government, a great pride and responsibility"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is very good to work indirectly for the government for the rewards is great"

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Too much of government regulations and somewhat inefficiency of management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Should be allowed more outsiders as managers joing to change the culture of management"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
US Postal Service Employee

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"No supervision, work on your own, meet new people while on the job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Learn as much as you can about the company and try to move around."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"No growth, can't move up in the ranks, at a standstill."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Help people promote, get to know and learn more about your employees."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Mail Processor

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"I enjoyed working with my colleagues and challenged me to better myself when it came to working with other people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"A tip I would give to an interviewer would be to talk about their previous job and what they learned from doing their job."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"When I worked at the Postal Service, I had multiple people I had to work for, which made it difficult for me to do my job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A suggestion I would make would be to only have one boss rather then multiple bosses to avoid miscommunication between the employers."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Maintenance Support Clerk

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"I like my job but I do hate my hours."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go somewhere else, here you are selling your soul to the devil."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"We need someone new to run the show, so that it can be done correctly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat my employees as if they were human, and understand that they are people just like me."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Data Entry Operator

"Self rewarding for doing a job for our country."

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"having mail delivered timely and doing awesome service for America."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do a great job and you will be rewarded justly."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Favoritism not beneficial when there is over 1200 employees hired."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Train on employee morality and employee sensitivity when it's needed."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Letter Carrier

"My experience with this company has been moderate."

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"The work itself is great and the ability to meet new people is a plus."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure that it is the right job for you."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Being able to have a vacation, and or even a day off. There is no stability or room for career growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop overthinking everything and sometimes change is not always a good thing."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Letter Carrier

"File mail, load truck, hand deliver all letters and parcels to customers."

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Outside and able to self regulate to get the job done."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be in really good shape to walk five miles with thirty pounds on your back."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Co-workers extremely unhappy to be there, the longer that they were there the worse their attitude was."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Walk the routes themselves to really get an understanding of what it takes to get the job done correctly."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Distribution Associate

"The company is very unstable due to the increased use of the internet."

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Getting a check, and the people I work with keep me coming back."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't waste your time. Spend your time looking for better employment."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"The management, the lack of work hours, lack of communication with the management. The uncertainty of the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep employees in the loop of upcoming changes and respect employees."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Operations Manager

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Interesting, varied, clear expectations, good level of support, made good use of my experience, knowledge and expertise."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Maintain a positive attitude. Do not sacrifice your integrity. Never let them see you sweat."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Often authority did not match accountability. Frequently expectations exceeded available resources."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Practice collaboration more than dictation to encourage understanding and buy-in from subordinates."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Rural Carrier Associate

"Best opportunity I have had in my work."

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"I loved the daily interaction of customers and being my own boss."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, I feel that it provides a very personalized experience."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"The inability to transfer easily within the organization regarding relocation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To try not to get too wrapped up with the union grievances."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
City Carrier
Company Culture 2 / 5
Customer Service Supervisor

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"I like the fact that I work for a business that I know I have good benefits and great pay for my family."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you realize that we are going through a hard time right now, so be aware that promotion will be tough for a while."

What don't you like about working at US Postal Service?

"I feel as if I will lose my job at any minute. I don't know if I will have a job in 10 years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would find innovative ways to improve the work environment so I could enjoy the work that I do. I would also find better ways for all the workers to work together so we could have a happier work environment."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5

US Postal Service Reviews FAQs

Is US Postal Service a good company to work for?

US Postal Service has an overall rating of 3.6 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 235 US Postal Service Review Ratings left anonymously by US Postal Service employees, which is 8% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 86% of employees would recommend working at US Postal Service.

Does US Postal Service pay their employees well?

US Postal Service employees earn $38,000 annually on average, or $18 per hour, which is 42% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 105 US Postal Service employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find US Postal Service Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at US Postal Service?

86% of employees would recommend working at US Postal Service with the overall rating of 3.6 out of 5. Employees also rated US Postal Service 3.4 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.6 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.5 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at US Postal Service?

According to our data, the highest paying job at US Postal Service is a Area Supervisor at $55,097,000 annually. Browse US Postal Service Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at US Postal Service?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at US Postal Service is a Paralegal Externship at $12,000 annually. Browse US Postal Service Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at US Postal Service?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at US Postal Service to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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