CCA The Bridge to a Postal Career
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- In a video first shown at the 2018 NALC Convention, new letter carriers discuss the demands of their jobs, what they like best about delivering the mail and how the Postal Service can do a better job of retaining and converting CCAs to career status.
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Hardest Job I have ever had in my life. Appreciate the two years I was a CCA. Lost about 70 pounds and got my health back.
Bullshit, the job ISN'T hard. PACKAGES & MAIL are routinely MISDELIVERED or LOST by these subtards…………..
gmwilliamsful do it for 1 week let see what happen
@@gmwilliamsful management pressure them to finish in unrealistic times. It may happen.
@@gmwilliamsful clearly out of touch
The workers they interviewed really made this great, hope they're doing well.
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The Post Office tried to break me on my 3 month probation period. They didn't understand I was like Forest Gump. I ran, ran, ran and ran some more. Best days to deliver mail, were days when no one went outside because of the weather. Dog's don't like to go outside when it's raining. And less people to talk and answer their questions.
The dogs… that part!
🤣👍 I keep seeing a theme of management making their employees the enemy rather than the team lol. I'm sorry you had to work there
@@aztechnology7996 I literally said this to my mom when I was explaining to her why I am leaving them! I never understood your supervisors & managers making enemies out of u 😂😂 it’s so stupid bcuz they need u the most but will abuse u, it’s sick 😐
Way to go iggi! I salute you. You are a huge part of why the U.S. Mail will never go out of style! Thank you!
@@wichitasmall3948 I can’t imagine duckin and dodging dogs. Folks need to be more responsible for their pets! TY
I hope the carriers in this video are doing good these days.
Me too! Respect!
They quit
Definitely hit some key points in this video. This job is more mental than physical. Been with usps going on 3 years. It’s though in the beginning, but if you’re motivated and focused you’ll be fine.
Plus, u got every SUNDAY off 2 go CHURCH 🕊!
Respect
Strong WOMAN…TY and much RESPECT!
I love that they are very open and truthful about the job
It’s not all happy and wonderful.
LOL
Great video I’m a CCA and this was nice to watch. Thank you for making it
Are you still a cca?
@@swdupree1 probably not the pay is terrible.
Damn this was inspiring! Future CCA here waiting for my orientation
Update???
@@duallylicensed145 I’m four months in made it pass my 90 days. Was really worried because I’m pretty sure I was gonna get let go. The union fought to keep me and I’m still here. Finishing my route and half of other routes sometimes. It’s a tough job but the money is good and it’s a career starter. Happy where I’m at.
Yes the job is physical but I still go to the gym. It's great to relieve stress and also it helps with the physical part of the job. I think that's why you see a lot of Carriers that have been there for years getting injured real easy. Not just because their getting old. GO TO THE GYM!!
@Big10fluff yes, this sample size of one really convinced me, thanks.
@Big10fluff same here, been a carrier for 12 years, get out of shape quick, made a garage gym, carrying mail not enough exercise.
Sounds great on paper buddy LOL. I do admire people who can work hard and still are able to hit the gym. But in the real world, that ins't everybody. Sometimes it it even comes down to physical or medical disabilities. When I was 18-26 I could work an 18 hour shift and be ready to go the next day. You should always try to push yourself or at least give it a chance though :)
People also forgot key things like DIET and Stretching. You walk that much everyday etc if you’re tired you should be drinking plenty of water and eat big ass meals when you can so your body can recover. Everyone’s body gets weaker and slower as they age but things like exercise, diet, stretching, etc help slow down that process.
Joshua Tucker 🧐😐😑
--When I started, it was called TE (temporary employee). They worked us 10-12 hours a day, six days a week, including Sundays, never knowing when you'll be off so you could never plan anything. Not a single bit of training. Threw you on a case you'd never seen and expected you to case mail like the regular on that route, and then acted surprised when you couldn't.
--Brand new to the city and no idea where anything was, and they'd just load you up and say "go". Same thing - "Why aren't you flying through the route"? If you asked where somewhere was, they would get mad that you didn't automatically know the city, even though you'd never even been there before.
--Actually had a postmaster say mail volume doesn't affect your street time. Say what? I never heard a post office full of carriers all bust out laughing at the same time like we did.
--Worked in a city that is home to a major university, 40,000 students and their mail, and management would do route inspections over the summer, when the students and their mail were home on break. Then, when school started again and 40,000 students were back along with their huge mail volume, management would pretend to be shocked that your numbers and times weren't the same as when they inspected you.
--God help you if you got hurt on the job. It was bad enough that management hated you for it, but there were carriers who made a daily effort to belittle you for being on limited duty, as if you were enjoying it or faking an injury (how do you fake something that requires surgery?). I hate those carriers to this day, and wish them the worst.
--I was a TE for about 1-1/2 years before making it to career status, and it wasn't fun. No training, constant stress from management for not magically knowing everything about the job from day one, with zero input from anyone. It was 100% learning on the fly. Never cased mail? Never carried mail? Nobody cared...just do it, and be as good as someone who's done it for 20 years.
--The office I worked in could never have survived if it weren't for a strong union. I have nothing but praise for the union officers we had, who kept management in check on a daily basis. Making it to career status didn't mean the games from management ended, but the union kept them in check. Without a strong union, you'd be lucky to have any CCAs even staying through their first 90 days.
My grandson is a mail carrier,
He said , l quiting l CAN'T take it. But l worked 25 yrs in the post office. Therefor, l told him 2 hang in there By GOD Grace and Mercy. He made Regular in one yrs. Thank God. He doing good.🕊
You're absolutely right about the importance of having a strong union, we have a real kickass union and it makes a huge difference. CCA here, slowly crawling my way up.
USPS management is a complete and utter failure
I am about to quit because they won't give me enough hours to actually pay my bills. I have been told I am not as fast as a regular but I was never trained on any of the routes they gave me. They expect me to case the mail as fast as a regular which I cannot so they been cutting my hours down until I quit.
29 years and I love what I get to do everyday. I do a lot of shadowing now it's funny to hear at the end of the day " I did know it was this hard". I love to shadow on those difficult days , heavy volume and some type of weather situation makes for a day of reality, the new CCA kind of gets and idea of what the job entails. Hang in there it is worth it.😊
One thing in the video that I didn't agree with is that it's harder now. I certainly don't recall that. I remember 14 days straight working on some holidays delivering in the dark sometimes 2 routes a day, crazy volume. The only harder part is that the CCA's are working to make it to career employees with benefits, we came in as part time flexible employees(PTF) with full benefits
The hard part is probably taking all that crap from management and not having those benefits yet.jmo😊
Wow, it's good to see them covering the way management interacts with CCA's and about respect and treating CCAs with dignity.
well they still treat us like garvage so, I dont see nothing have changed.
5 months in at the post office. job was very tough for me at first. Almost quit but i just learned to not kill myself. Job is not easy but once you get to learn the job things are a lot better. Management is the worst and just remember take care of yourself physically and mentally! Take care.
Hey Idk! How can I DM you?
You still delivering mail?
Respect! Keep doing what you’re doing! Don’t let no one person or persons get in your way! Thank you!
Great video. About to start as a CCA. Despite all the negatives I have heard, I am excited and optimistic.
WillowTree Gaming you’re one week in how’s it going?
Vegan Ryan so how’s it going?
Are you still alive (asking 2 months after your initial post)?
Vegan Ryan have you quit yet?
Damn I think the supervisors ongoing expectations killed him smh🤦🏽♂️
Been a CCA for a year and a half. I started 2 months before consolidated casing hit. It was some tough shit. Going from 6.5hr long routes to 8 hours on the street was a damn good gut check.
It's not a job for the faint of heart. It's very mundane and boring a lot of the time, but this job's no pushover. You will work anywhere upwards of 60 hours a week, every week, you might get an off day after 15 days straight of working, maybe, we had a CCA from our office up to 21 days straight with no day off. You're out in the heat, the cold, the monsoons, the wind. It's hard. When the rain's blowing from every direction and there's 4 inch deep rivers running down the street, your ass will be out there clutching your soaked mail marching from house to house. And you'd damn well better be back before the truck leaves. They don't care if it's 100 degrees outside, you'd best hit all those damned MSPs or there's gonna be Hell to pay. You'll have dogs try to attack you. You'll have dogs successfully attack you. You'll have people scream in your face and threaten you if you defend yourself from their dog. You'll have some rude ass customers. The management will actively work against you. They are not on your side. You have to be able to handle that if you're going to make it. It ain't all sunny days driving around in a truck all day.
Pay's pretty good though.
WOW 😯
When I worked it was called a Transitional Carrier. We got parts of routes all over the city and were expected to learn them on the fly (no GPS back then). I was the only transitional to join the union. Unfortunately back then the union career carriers didn't like the transitionals. I was literally stopped by my Post Master from buying postal fowl weather apparel. I had a one year contract and when that year was up if I wanted to become career I had to start over, from the testing. I had waited 3 years after testing to get the job and was offered the transitional job working 7 days a week with a 1.30 hour commute one way or work 2 hours a day for 90 days commuting 5 total hours a day. I chose the transitional for the money. Thinking back I wish I had taken the career and stuck it out to get to career carrier. The job stress is management! Not the customers, not the physical aspect, you even get used to the weather.
3 years for an update ? 😳
Strong comment. Well said! Thank you for your patience and dedication!
Update: still no GPS.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T That's the best part of this video. Help keep the (Good Ones)...
I wish they show the real side....CCA program is the worst program ever... Management is horrible..They think they have the right to disrespect people..they're always cutting their own foot off.. That chick with the braids kept it real..
I worked as an RCA and thought it was terrible... Can't even imagine being on the city side..
I'm strongly considering looking in to this. I always work well by myself when I'm not responsible for the actions of other people.
tempo1889 don’t do it if you have little kids
@@quanda8459 I guess it would work for me seeing as how I don't have any children.
@Kane Erickson see that I think would be very difficult. Here I would be the rookie barely knowing how to do my job right off the bat and now I have to do the job of somebody else because they don't feel like doing there's ? Yeah that would be tough. But I think you run into that no matter what line of work you get into.
@Kane Erickson thank you very much I appreciate the offer to help if needed.
@Kane Erickson Absolutely right. It's a damn hard job, and it will consume your life. You will work 10-12 hours a day 7 days a week, 15+ days in a row. You'll make good money, but you'll work for it. @tempo1889 If you went through with it and are now working as a CCA, take it from me, man, pace yourself. Don't get out there and run yourself to death. Take your 30 minute lunch, 2 10 minute breaks every day.
Next thing they need to change is days worked. I’d say 4 days 10 hour shift 3 days off. Let’s go union step it up.
6 days 10 to 12 hours worked is over kill. What kind of life is that ? Going home after work just to rest and get ready for bed to work the next day and repeat the same process again. I would do it if I didn’t love myself. I have one life and spending years feeling exhausted and not doing much is just not worth the money. I have much respect for mail carriers and I hope someday schedules are change so that you’ll have a better life balance.
Agreed, that's why I'm working on becoming a firefighter ( well besides actually wanting to do the job and the love I have for it) you actually get time off to REST, be something the post office seems to have a hard time understanding. I'll work 2 days 24 hours each and be off 5 days to rest and see my family. Ppl don't need their damn mall every dang day! Smh
U will,but make that 💵 now if u can. Just save it. I remember l worked all holidays but CHRISTMAS. Well l needed the 💵, got a house ,car. My family did well as they got older.Praises The Lord 🕊
OMG!!!! WHAT A GREAT REALISTIC VIDEO SPEAKING THE💯💯💯 TRUTH!!!
WHOEVER MADE THIS AND POSTED IT - THANK YOU
Starting this new career after 20 years in the military. I love people and serving people and this video has helped me realize some of the issues that one might have. I know everyone has different experiences. I just hope to be the best I can be and serve my community
This was a moving video. I'm currently working as a retail manager and trainer and am looking into a CCA role for a change, and I think this video did a lot to affect my outlook.
TAKE A LEAP! IF YOU REACH YOU WILL GET IT!
The gentleman at the 8:00 point was spot on. Job is much tougher now than 20 years ago. Why I'm retiring.
That's why i got out.
Tougher and less money lol
I have a interview Friday. Oh boy, I can't wait. My sister works for the Post Office. 😊
You must be an uneducated idiot. You aren't qualified for any job that is why you work at USPS.
@@gmwilliamsful jealous
gmwilliamsful you are uneducated in how you treat people. Grow up.
@@gmwilliamsful I keep seeing your post on different pages, you must be a sad little man with no self-confidence to continually belittle others for no reason. Just curious why you watched the video if you're not interested in a job or already working for the usps?
I reported gmwilliamsful for harassing everyone. Little wimpy sad boy.
Very useful information I think this is a very motivational video for me thanks
I understand the job can be difficult, but I’d rather do this than on-site fueling! If I can help it, I’ll never go back to that. Management was amazing there, but the in and out 20 plus times per stop was ridiculous. I deliver fuel to gas stations now, but I love seeing what other hard working people do. I appreciate you all. Much love and respect.
Lets goo
Excellent video …
“It’s A Grown Up Job”.
I am from boston and I am having my driving test on Sunday , Any advice for me ?
I just wanna make sure I get all the info I can get because I don't wanna come all this and then fail the test so give me something please. Anything from you or other people that did the test especially from Boston would be gladly appreciate.
I do appreciate
I’m 32 I’m taking my test tomorrow so maybe I’ll be a CCA.. i’m not worried about management or stuff like that I work construction for a long time and I had bosses that would punch you in the face and I didn’t backbreaking work so walking around not having to worry about someone over your shoulder all day long that’s easy work for me anyways
Chris, what is your IQ? It must be in the double digits. You were probably a C-D student in school. School was hard for you, wasn't it, hmmmmm……….
gmwilliamsful -Don’t be rude. It’s so unnecessary.
Boston Chris you’ll hv a scanner with that gives management full control of what you are doing, where and for how long.
God Bless, u will like it 😄
@@gmwilliamsful yeah you never been in any tough situations or had to grind for money
I did it 32 years both in Alaska and Florida glad I'm retired now
Just retired in September last year after 33 years. I'm sooo glad I'm away from that place! Management is a pile of shit! Had run in with a few of them, cussed out a few of them. The P.O. has gone downhill. I enjoyed my customers we were like family. The lady with the braids was real about what goes on. Also we look out for our elderly patrons☺☺😸😸
@@marylouirick7316 Feels soooo good being retired😁😁🎉🎊👍
@@argerinejordan4703
ENJOY! By GOD Grace and Mercy @🥀🕊
@@marylouirick7316 Thank you🌹
I just started in February and I see management is garbage. I love some of the people I work with. It’s a small town I work in so I already knew quite a few people to start with. Hoping I can survive!!
as a oji on the job instructor i try to not be too hard on new people but still keep it real and tell them when they are messing up or not doing good enough because they will get worse from management.
How is it union yet they work you 7 days a week? That’s crazy
And how is it a government job yet they pay you less. Considering all the job you have to do.
The next contract should include having management watch the Hard Day's Night section every quarter. CCA's have it rough. But if I make it, the management loses. If I quit... they win.
💯💯
Awww 🥰 …
“The Hug With Ms Grace”
Seems Worth It All.
I'm thankful that my route is curbside
not really keith your route is walking
Iam wondering how much they get paid and are they just carrying letters or packages also ? Because her in Germany they do both and its also not easy over here
im applied for work as a City carrier associate. It is the same that City carrier assistant?? What is the diferents?
I retired from a computer company. Best was seeing customers.
Understand that you don't take any of the treatment personal. It's a test. If you let something somebody says get to you, how are you going to provide the best customer service to your customers you possibly can? How are you going to deal with a customer who gets on you? If a customer gets mad about something and goes off on you, as a member of the United States Postal Service you don't react in the same way. You defeat bad behavior with kindness. You have to remain calm and collected under fire. That's what it is all about.
Thank you for your input!
Goes off about WHAT? 😂 I hardly see let alone speak to our mail man . Sound like people who’s been there too long and not monitored themselves. Fed ex does the same . Glad Amazon setting the example of how to treat employees
It’s not a test it’s a part of their job lol
Let’s all be honest here the reason CCA’s don’t last is bc the pay sucks!!!! The biggest mistake the post office and the union made was getting rid of PTF carriers. That was a career position from day one! Yes you had your 90 probation but after that it was all good. I never saw PTF’s quit like I see CCA’s quit and I don’t blame them benefits suck and pay sucks! let’s get PTF’s back again and you will see the turnover rate change big time bc they have something to stick around for
Great vid 👍🏾
My background check came back and they resended the offer. I appealed it. I haven't been in any trouble for five years they are going back ten years . Pls help
Is it possible to become a cca if you have a court sealed drug felony in your background ? 6 yrs old? I have rehabilitated and maintained full time employment since then. Would this disqualify me ?
LLsxy316 it might not. They’re just looking for you to be honest more than anything.
Every single video I have listened to from anyone that has worked for the whole first or just says we didn't tell and not to do it but you had any other options
What are some of the things the management has done or said? I'm curious. Thinking about a career at the postal service.
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Run the other way!!!
so true
very excited
The job itself is easy, but they will work you until you drop dead. Not having a set schedule, and not knowing when you will have a day off is totally wrong. I was working literally 12 days in a row, clocking in at 8 and leaving at 6 every day. And not once, at my time there, was I able to take my lunch. I also found out I wouldn’t make regular for almost 5-6 years. The pay is nice, but it’s not worth it. Keep your sanity and work someplace else
I went through the same bullshit when I first hired on. You do have time to take your lunch and your breaks. Take them, if anything is said at all make two phone calls, one to the union and the other to the Labor Board and give the name of the supervisor or the postmaster that has discouraged you from taking either. They will get away with anything they can to make themselves look better and meet their own goals. Your postmaster will bonus if you make time, the better they do, the bigger the bonus and them doing better means they will push you harder. It's against the law if you don't take your lunch, so take the lunch, take every min of the lunch and take your breaks, every second of the break. Not doing it isn't going to fix the problems, enough has to be enough with this chronic shit that is rampid through the majority of the offices. The post office is not above the law and they rely on scare tactics and the belief that you want your job bad enough that you wont turn them in. You're not going to get a bonus for pushing yourself beyond your capabilities and your postmaster isn't going to share their bonus at the end of the year with you, the one that they make off you busting your ass and not taking your allotted lunch and breaks. Take the breaks and take the lunch, they take it from your check and they are not willing to give you 1 min that doesn't belong to you on your check, don't feel like you owe them anything. This should be a class action lawsuit against the damn post office because it's going on all over the country and it's being turned a blind eye to. It's not your responsibility that management can't hire enough people or the post office won't pay for enough carriers and are trying to wear you out and get rid of you before you make regular.
I keep seeing videos that everyone says the same thing about management and it makes me wonder if possibly some leadership were prior military and they’re conditioned to giving orders and pushing limits or if it’s because it is such a good career, and maybe they had it bad themselves thence it continued to stay within them so they in turn punish those after them in order to get the career as they were treated. I have no idea why everywhere all over the United States/ all the videos from everywhere have the exact same culture pattern minus the few with no complaints regarding supervisors and management treating other human beings in degrading ways it sounds.. when it’s the ultimate service aside from military->-> to get the citizens what they need. It should be a thankful atmosphere for the relentless dedication by postal employees to do that
Best advice for CCA'S. QUIT NOW WHILE YOUR AHEAD. Do not fall into the Bull Shit.
I'm looking forward to it!
How is it going?
Candace, you must have a borderline IQ to anticipate being a CCA. What LOW goals you have. Thank God, I am educated w/a high powered job which uses my brains. CCAs don't use their brains- oops, they have NONE to use.
gmwilliamsful “high powered job” sounds intense bro
A Federal Job you cannot even live off of (At least in Ma). My rent is $1500 a month I get paid $900 every 2 weeks and that's if I get enough hours. The Job does not pay enough for the level of responsibility you bestow on your new employees or provide any benefits whatsoever until your a regular and that's if you make it to regular. So they don't have any lawsuits they renamed full time to Career and part time to Non Career. But if you get called in as non career you better go or you will never get called in again. As an RCA I was told to quit my last job and they gave me nothing for work hours no schedule whatsoever. I did all the training but when I got assigned to an office they never gave me 1 Shadow Day they just expected me to go out and do whatever Route they gave me. And not for nothing but I never got 1 Shadow Day I was just thrown in the mix and got yelled at for not knowing any better or not being fast enough.
Sounds like fun!
Work days on end without a day off...10-12 hours a day..don't even think about Sunday s off either. Also dealing with vicious toxic management who look for any reason to fire you.
John Lester you a CCA?
Mr Brooks must be and a newer one at that, I remember those days
as a cca, this hasn’t been my experience! it’s an extremely difficult job but i’ve dealt with amazing supervisors and management.
It depends where you are. In Denver, they are not looking to fire CCAs. We are DESPERATE for their help. They actually get scheduled days off now, though they usually have to work Sundays. Lots of days, the CCAs go home before me and I'm a reg who is not on the OTDL. But they have to run through their routes to do it.
@@jeffw1267, that's the opposite at my office! I'm about 25 miles from where you are. Management expects cca's after a week on the job to be experienced like a 20 year carrier! By the way, I'm the one that filed and won a grievance against a POOM about 6 years ago! Cheryl Magers!
So if you know you overwork them, and you know they are often mistreated. Why not fix it.... smh won’t be applying anymore
There should be a law that management cannot harrass you verbally and mentally. All supervisors aught to be subject to being dismissed from postal service for harrassment of any kind. Every one can learn the job even with out a supervisor. A good OJI is the key. We carriers are able to manage ourselves. Good practice of the job duties each day renders an outstanding carrier.
LIKE HELL YOU DO. YOU PEOPLE MISDELIVERED MY MAIL. YOU PEOPLE NEED SUPERVISORS & MANAGERS TO CRAP THE WHIP LITERALLY ON YOUR INCOMPETENT ASSES. MY PACKAGES WERE MISDELIVERED BECAUSE OF YOU ASISINE SUBTARDS! YOU NEED SUPERVISORS ON YOUR ASSES!
I don't understand how their isn't a Policy of some sort for mistreatment in the work place. Sad world we live in.
@@donalexander5935 because USPS is it's own government, yep it's complete crap. Who is regulating the post office, no body.
@@gmwilliamsful If your grouping us all into one category, then your a totally ass hat! Glad your packages got misdelivered and hopefully next time they just get stollen. HAHAHAH loser
@@gmwilliamsful Stop being a jackass and saying u people.
I've suffered with depression and anxiety my whole life. I've gotten help over the years for it, at various stints of time. I have experence bouts of violence, which really isnt me. (never hurt anyone) I honestly think this job has made things worse. I once went 7 months with out a day off with the exception of Sundays. To be fair I did have two short vacations, once to Maui and I was sick twice, once with pneumonia. Not sure why I'm doing this job after 5 years still.
Hi, I'm just checking in with you to see if you've found another job?
"I am not a CCA....I am NOT a PTF
...I AM A LETTER CARRIER!!"
Letter carrier is the craft.
PTF /cca is just a classification (thats it!)
I got my driving record back. A car accident from 5yrs ago showed up , would I still qualify?
Fermin Amaya they will take anyone that’s breathing! Those scare tactics are all smoke and mirrors. They will get rid of you if you cannot perform. You and thousands that are being hired is just a sieve to collate through people that they don’t want.
@@NEMO-NEMO
phew, well that's a relief lol
Thanks for your insight. 🤝
I feel like this would be a breeze for me. Worked in homecare with hospice, carrying hundreds of pounds of medical equipment into peoples houses and dealing doctors, nurses and social workers that treat you like shit, dealing with death every day. Im really hoping I get a job for the usps!
Go get it
I really need someone to please explain to me how any of this treatment is possible and legal. How can any organization in the USA be allowed to operate like this?
Mustafa Lang it’s s long standing federal entity that was allowed to run its business anyway they wanted to. In the beginning there was no such thing as these CCA, ect. Folks got hired bc they needed a carrier or window person and you got the job. People were properly managed on a day by day shadow and minimum touching of mail, until you understood your route and the difficulties associated with every street. Same thing for the window. As years progressed, many folks who had enough time in the company, and who could retire from their duties decided not to retire but keep going PAST THEIR 70s! Making their years in the company a whopping 30, 40, 50, even 60 years as an employee. The USPS is now mandated to cover the pensions of these individuals up to 10 years in advance. Thus making sure that you take care of all those older folks who should hv stepped aside and retired at the time they reached 65 or correct time of service. So all the monies that are running in the millions to Pre fund these pensions leaves the USPS with little to nothing to run their business. The USPS should hv placed a top ceiling of age and service time in their contracts so that folks moved along and allowed the business to grow. Today you hv these old timers and middle men 15+ years running each office bc they hv become a “family” of sorts. Seeing each other everyday of those many years and developing a kind of protective barrier to any new comers. This family including supervisors and PM. makes all decisions as you who stays and gets welcomed into the group and who goes regardless of anything. These old time employees protect their turf at all times and they all stick together bc let’s face it where else are they going to find work when you hv been in one industry for well over 25+ years. They don’t hv code of ethics classes, they still think it’s 1978, so are the trucks. They hv no idea about discrimination, racism, verbal abuse, physical abuse, belittlement, slander, lies, bullying or the new laws that govern hostile work environment. If you hv choices about where to work, plz re think the USPS.
@@NEMO-NEMO I understand this, but being that they operate in the United States, don't the laws associated with a non-hostile workplace apply to them? I mean abusing employees and so on.
Mustafa Lang I’ve thought about that same question myself and the only thing I can see is that Congress and the House hv mandated that they cover these pensions for these old old retires 10 years ahead of schedule BECAUSE, it’s only a matter of time before the USPS simply has to stop running its business due to lack of funds. It’s on a survival plan and I think that there hv been plenty of terminated employees who hv successfully taken the USPS to court and won but those numbers are never reported in the media. I’m one of them.
@@NEMO-NEMO Yeap the Post Office says only employees that are 40 years or older can face discrimination.
If you’ll do anything for money then the job is for you. If you’re not one to take any bull shit from anyone (me) then you won’t last. I do appreciate the weight I lost but that was it. I would not recommend being a CCA at all
Why is it that a good deal of the time management is always the problem at places of employment??
Because they're failures in other areas. Crappy, whiny carriers want an easier job so they get into management. Then again, some of them were clerks and never carried mail. They are not much help to carriers.
@@jeffw1267 My thought excactly.
There's literally 1000+ reasons why, but if I could summarize for you, they feel a power trip over others and the job goes to their head. They can threaten people's jobs and have an entire assortment of ways to steal your enjoyment at work. How's that for starters?
@@aztechnology7996 Why is this more prevalent in the USPS though?
@@krayziejerry Easy. It's a government-affiliated workforce, therefore it's management inherently tends to hold itself to much higher strictures and models of subservience to the employees lower on the totem pole...That alone is a recipe for stress, but let me further the point by saying it's also a relatively high paying job with stable benefits, adding to the competitiveness and cagey, stand-offish attitudes in the work atmosphere. It's literally impossible to foster a friendly, free work environment while everyone is paralyzed by fear and self-preservation. There's also the repetitive nature of the job, which is notorious for being harmful for mental health. ALOT of workers won't quit though because of the pay and benefits, so it snowballs into a bigger mess. We call that the "golden handcuffs."
Wow, I enjoy that this video is honest. Not some bs propaganda video that sugarcoats what this job entails. This job aint no joke.
Prudence patience fortitude courage TEMPERANCE faith hope and love . You need all those virtues to be a carrier . That's how you get respect . But you also need a thick skin because you will constantly be critiqued by customers and management. You have to love people to do this job . And yes you do need a union because they will put you on suspension without pay and investigate you when you are genuinely sick. It happened to me with pneumonia and atrial fibrillation after 9 years 306 days a year without having taken a sick day . I had to waive H.I..P.P.A. to prove it. Overcoming a low trust culture hurts your pride. But you do it for yourself for your family your customers and the team your brothers and sisters.
Wow this video is kind of real they don't put it pretty for you, I like that
Hey i had an interview and did well and were referred for the next hiring step. I have a speeding ticket from 2015. Will this affect me getting a CCA position?
CCA IS A SHITTY JOB. YOU MUST BE A MORON TO BE EXCITED ABOUT A CRAPPY JOB.
Jane Doe they are just playing with you. They are desperate for a body any body. They hv a 100% turnover of new folks. They make it seem as though you won’t get it but believe me for every 100 they hire 120 quit.
Just don't have a ACCIDENT as a CCA , WITH THERE VEH.
THEY WILL LET U GO. FIRED!
Yeah... we've had so many people quit and regulars too.
I personally didn't like the job but its not for everyone, just my branch seemed really toxic.
Lenus51O yes
Most of them are..
@@loveyu2778 Agreed. You'ed be lucky to find one that's not.
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I agree 100 %..They suck on moral..
Yeap its really toxic and I know people that worked 6 days a week for 7 years just to because a regular employee.
1:15 bless his heart. Job is different from a career.
As a new CCA having the rudest 204b or whatever the supervisor for the day was on my first Amazon Sunday driving that beater ford in the rain and hours in the dark, I almost had several accidents got soaked and then someone whose never done any of this is yelling at me?!
Like maybe because I am older and have done predominantly sales I had enough!!
Driving the truck in sketchy Utah conditions isn’t worth getting into an accident or worse I’m not glad I quit but I understand why the turnover is ridiculous for CCA s 50-70 percent?
There’s so many issues that aren’t addressed and it seems to be getting worse because they are so short staffed!!
I don't understand how is it not full time if you are working 13 days and over 40 hours a week?
That's the union bullshit for ya
Auto Vista that should give you the first clue as to what’s in store for you!!!! If you want to know more, let me know.
NEMO what's in store?
MESHA_ it’s full time work but you hv been given a title of non-career so that they don’t hv to pay u any benefits. This situation can last up to 2 years +. Also you will be required to work the weekends and even Sundays without any OT involved. They will give you two days off during the week and the weekends count as a regular day. Are you in orientation? Or are you delivering mail already?
Auto Vista remember this is a Federal job, they are not mandated by state rules. That full time 40 hr week was won by each state in the Union a long time ago. The Federal Gov can do with you what it wants. The USPS Union is not strong and will not represent you in a probationary period but will deduct their Union dues.
Management is the #1 reason people quit
They told us 8 months to convert.. two years later nothing but a CCA, 2 ton driver, trainner and 204b still 10th in line to convert. So I left.. to come to find out nlca magazine came that CCA get converted at 2 1/2 years... wow
And I worked 60 hours or more as a 204b and only got paid 10 hours even though I worked 12 or 13 for Amazon sundays..
Sounds good. Come to the Capital District, a total different story.
Good thing I live in California
Why? How is it better there?
@@junxu7588 the weather. It's pretty much the same and I'd say rain is a good thing.
@@luiss.3866 say nomore bro
How much are the Dues, and what political party due they support
I think they differ, but mine are 52.00 a month. That's hard to cover on a job that doesn't promise you 40 hours a week, I work 6 days a week and am avg 20 hours a week. Can't afford 52.00 a month for the president of the union to pull down over a quarter of a million dollars a year in salary.
Omg I’m scared now I start orientation next week I’m excited but scared
How many hours a week do you start off with as an RCA and how many hours a week do you start off with as an CCA?
I was told they only work once a week for RCA
Who gets paid more UPS or USPS
Ups
Im a feeder driver. Right now my route has me at $965.35 just at wednsdays. Plus Thursday and Fridays. I bring between 1700 - 1800 net weekly.
USPS.
UPS but you will be stuck as a package loader for 2+ years before you can be a driver and you will most likely only work like 20 hours a week during that period. From what I've heard. Also bigger packages which leads to people destroying their backs and knees.
Sounds like a black hole of mental stress and the ungrateful management there to perpetuate it. I can't believe this video was actual honest about it?! Wow
I’m new to the post office and I like it. And yes there are some mean managers
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They count their service time like a prison sentence. 2 years and 10 months.
Been a cca for the last 3 months , every day is a hard day, regulars hide their marriage mail so that the cca has to do it , the reason im leaving to be honest is the amazon Sundays 🤦🏽♂️, as a cca they told me I have to work every Sunday.
Hey everybody I just made REGULAR!!
The lady said, "Stick it out, the pay's good", but when do you have the chance to spend your money?! You're WORKING all the damn time! Sheesh!
I’m a CCA and I don’t think the pay is good at all considering the amount of taxes taken out.
Well this sounds the same as UPS. been there a year in SoCal as a trailor loader.
Rumeel12708 ups and usps is completely different from each other
4 years later, collective bargaining negotiations is hoping to be rid of the CCA position.
As a former CCA in two different cities, let's hope it happens
Can anyone explain why USPS management are so abusive?
I do not recommend it unless the office you apply for has good reviews. I worked from 9AM to 8:30PM 14 days straight with no days off and every day I will be change to a diferentes route, no time to get use to it just work work and be fast if not you will get a call from supervisors.
Management needs training people skills and yes you loose weight, that is the only good thing I can say about it.
Why does USPS have a poor reputation?
$1.62 an hour adjusted for inflation would be over $16 an hour today. Well over minimum wage in most states… smh
Put all those facts in the job description!!!
It's the same still and it isn't much better as a regular.
As a regular you know your own route and no need for gps since you know where to park. Also know where are the hidden mailboxes. I guess experience is on your side as compared to CCA's.
3 years of hard work...20 years of hanging around
If you are off and they call you can always say no. You are not on call.
Hell why would you answer the phone at all. I know managers that have shown up at your front door. They will also use different phone numbers to call you and even trick one of your co workers into letting them use they're phone to call you, tricking you into answering your phone.
@@brybrun
What the hell u make a LOT of 💰💵! They did give all the guys off MLK DAY! NO MAIL DELIVERY THAT DAY IN NYS.
😁😄🤗!
Hire more people instead of working people to death.
Delivering dog food is the worst!
Postal service goin under due to the fact postal management focuses on saving time and money, not allowing carriers to perform a quality job hence the reason why packages get damaged or “lost” especially with the CCA program smh.