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Should I take a part-time rural mail delivery job?

Asked by Cardinal (2931points) December 27th, 2007

Thinking of applying for a PT rural mail delivery job. Anyone have any thoughts on that kind of job? I have to provide my own vehicle, but the milage they pay is pretty good. It is part time w/no benefits, but the hourly wage is over $20.00/hr. I wonder what the actual job entails. Thanks for imput.

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gailcalled's avatar

Leaning out of the window to stuff mailboxes on both sides of streets. Very good snow tires, depending on where you live. Often mailboxes are hit by cars and bent at odd angles.

extolsmith's avatar

I am a career City Letter Carrier. I can not tell you the hours, but I also worked as a “casual” employee for two years and the job was really more full time than part time. Also, the Rural Carriers in my office do not have to drive their own vehicles, but rather have postal trucks called LLVs provide for their daily routes. Plus, unlike City Carriers, Rural Carriers set their own hours as long as the mail gets delivered.

Here is what a day entails;
1. Case: sort magazine, catalogs, odd pieces of mail into route order while standing at what looks like a book shelf and desk.
2. Pull: take mail from case and load into trays.
3. Load: fill the vehicle up with parcels of all size and shape, mail from case and letters, which are machine sorted in route order.
4. Deliver: Most rural mailboxes are along the street, so delivery consists of grabbing mail from one side and putting in the box on the other, getting out occasionally to reload and walk parcels to door.
5. Unload: return equipment and outgoing mail to the post office.

That is an average day. Hope it helps and feel free to send me a comment if you have more questions.

DragonFace's avatar

my cousin seems to like it and he just bought a new car just for that job which i think is kinda stupid. I wouldnt do it

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