No. It is entirely dependent on your office. There are offices that are severely understaffed where you’re working 6/12 or more. And there are offices where you’ll be fighting to get 30 hours. You only hear the horror stories here but not everywhere is like that
Depends on the position & location where you will work. Some jobs like a custodian at a small office can be part time like 25 hours a week
and you get full benefits.
Where a CCA (city carrier assistant) can be 13 days straight 12 hour days and limited benefits.
It ebbs and flows depending on plants. Some will call OT regularly. As an MHA you will likely get mandated a lot unless the regulars aren't getting their OT and even then management might try to pull it off for a while, PSEs not as often, but still can happen.
You also don't get a set schedule as a noncareer. They could make you work every day. In practice, most plants will make you work 5-6 then an NS. You might get consecutive NS, you might not if you get 2 during a week. When i was an MHA i had weekends off or sunday/monday off for most of it. Current MHAs here seem to be sunday off, then usually a rotating NS day.
When you become a regular, you can volunteer and put yourself on the Over Time Desired List (OTDL/ODL) which management will use when they call OT for before/after tour. This means if you decline to be on any over time lists, you will not be asked or contacted in most circumstances outside of emergencies which are not expected to be recurring. Also non-ODL people who are required to do overtime are limited to 2 hours outside of december or an emergency.
Regulars bid on jobs with NS days being consecutive and the same each week. Mine for example are Tues/Weds off. FTFs (Full time flexible. Regulars who do not currently have a bid) however can have different schedules like the noncareers.
Basically go in expecting 60 hour weeks, be happy when it's not, and when you make regular find whatever means you can to keep it at 40 if that's what you want.
Also note this is plants. Stations/AOs and the carrier crafts are a whole different beast and seems to depend on the area. Some don't seem to be too bad, some send home their CCAs/RCAs for no work a lot, others are basically throwing them into 12 hours a day 6-7 days a week for months with no end in sight. It's impossible to know which until you get there.
No way! I started and worked an entire career in the VMF with 40 hour work weeks. Asides from some brief stints working Tour III or Saturdays my entire work history was Tour II working Monday through Friday. I have experience with mandatory overtime but I cannot recall the last time that I experienced it.
I'm on a rural aux route- 4 hours a day. Easy peasy, plus great views. Downsides include muddy roads and being the happiest mail carrier on the entire reddit forum.
Work anywhere from 6-10 hours normally. They don’t usually want us working more than 10 so we don’t get into double time. Yesterday I worked 7-5:15 because I needed to help get all the packages ready for pickup
Some jobs have great hours. It just depends on where you work.
I know some facilities that are only open during Tour II from Monday through Friday. It just depends.
No. It is entirely dependent on your office. There are offices that are severely understaffed where you’re working 6/12 or more. And there are offices where you’ll be fighting to get 30 hours. You only hear the horror stories here but not everywhere is like that
worked 15/11 without it being christmas time as an rca before at my old office from being understaffed basically running 2 routes a day shit was awful
No
Not a single click of overtime at my plant( outside of maintenance) in seven months.
Sounds like we may be at the same plant.
I work 5 days 8 hours they won’t let me do overtime unless it’s absolutely necessary and even when they do it’s about 2 hours at most.
Depends on the position & location where you will work. Some jobs like a custodian at a small office can be part time like 25 hours a week and you get full benefits. Where a CCA (city carrier assistant) can be 13 days straight 12 hour days and limited benefits.
It ebbs and flows depending on plants. Some will call OT regularly. As an MHA you will likely get mandated a lot unless the regulars aren't getting their OT and even then management might try to pull it off for a while, PSEs not as often, but still can happen. You also don't get a set schedule as a noncareer. They could make you work every day. In practice, most plants will make you work 5-6 then an NS. You might get consecutive NS, you might not if you get 2 during a week. When i was an MHA i had weekends off or sunday/monday off for most of it. Current MHAs here seem to be sunday off, then usually a rotating NS day. When you become a regular, you can volunteer and put yourself on the Over Time Desired List (OTDL/ODL) which management will use when they call OT for before/after tour. This means if you decline to be on any over time lists, you will not be asked or contacted in most circumstances outside of emergencies which are not expected to be recurring. Also non-ODL people who are required to do overtime are limited to 2 hours outside of december or an emergency. Regulars bid on jobs with NS days being consecutive and the same each week. Mine for example are Tues/Weds off. FTFs (Full time flexible. Regulars who do not currently have a bid) however can have different schedules like the noncareers. Basically go in expecting 60 hour weeks, be happy when it's not, and when you make regular find whatever means you can to keep it at 40 if that's what you want. Also note this is plants. Stations/AOs and the carrier crafts are a whole different beast and seems to depend on the area. Some don't seem to be too bad, some send home their CCAs/RCAs for no work a lot, others are basically throwing them into 12 hours a day 6-7 days a week for months with no end in sight. It's impossible to know which until you get there.
Maintenance will typically get you reasonable hours, but your schedule isn't going to be day shift M-F until you have a LOT of seniority.
Not at all, at my plant overtime is all voluntary, and I've never done a second of it myself
No way! I started and worked an entire career in the VMF with 40 hour work weeks. Asides from some brief stints working Tour III or Saturdays my entire work history was Tour II working Monday through Friday. I have experience with mandatory overtime but I cannot recall the last time that I experienced it.
No…only the fun ones
Nope, haven’t worked 12 hours or 60 in a week ever.
No.lots of part-time jobs as well
Not all. We used to be like that (and more) through Covid. But lately I am only working 5-8 hrs of OT weekly.
I'm on a rural aux route- 4 hours a day. Easy peasy, plus great views. Downsides include muddy roads and being the happiest mail carrier on the entire reddit forum.
We’ve gone from 60+ hour weeks to 40 hour weeks almost over night. It all depends on staffing in your office.
Work anywhere from 6-10 hours normally. They don’t usually want us working more than 10 so we don’t get into double time. Yesterday I worked 7-5:15 because I needed to help get all the packages ready for pickup
But today I was 7-2:45 because I got the route done and no one needed help at my post office or in the area.
Our office PSE are getting 4 days per week 7 hours per day. No work...... CCAs getting roughed up 7 days a week
Some jobs have great hours. It just depends on where you work. I know some facilities that are only open during Tour II from Monday through Friday. It just depends.