US Postal Service Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Overworked! You can not have a good work life balance working for the USPS"

"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."

"The USPS will not be around much longer unless they come up with an innovative way to deliver mail, we're in a the paperless age. They also outsource to their competitors."

"The work there was boring, but paid decently."

"The job is a good place to start even if you don't have a degree. But the hours can vary and moving up to the next step can be a long time."

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"I liked getting out of the office and working in the elements. This is when I had the most time to work without interference."

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

"I would not suggest embarking on a career in the Post Office. It is actually a diminishing company with little room to grow."

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

"To many levels of management. There was usually more than one person telling me different ways to do the same job. That is why I enjoyed getting out of the office and into the outdoors."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T TRY TO FIX IT."

"It is a very misunderstood and looked down upon job in my area due to past errors and mismanagement. Being an essential employee in an embattled organization makes doing what we are tasked to do that much more difficult. The actual delivery of mail and parcels is not difficult but there is too much manual work that goes into sorting the mail, and our customers don’t appreciate what goes into getting it done. Couple that with having to use your personal vehicle and there is a great deal of frustration in this position."

"I’ve worked for USPS since June 2019. The company is lacking communication and also does not appreciate good workers. No room for advancement starting pay and benefits are weak for your job responsibility."

What do you like about working at US Postal Service?

"Opportunities to do different things, and the people. Mostly the people."

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

"If you don't like chaos, this isn't the place for you."

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

"Constantly changing priorities; no clear picture of what success looks like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Respect the skills of the employees, not berate them constantly."

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."

"I have been with the Postal Service since 1991 and worked at many sites in different states. The chance to improve yourself is very poor and the Postal Service in general is not ran very well."

"Work life balance is terrible."

"Ok place but no room for improvement, management are bullies and like to argue."

"Good job but very understaffed"

"Worked for USPS for about a year and a half."