hi comrades I’ve been on this site with various accounts since it was a subreddit and I’ve just returned after deleting my last account a few months back
some time ago I posted about being unemployed for a long time and lacking the motivation to find work and just generally being alienated and having no direction in life. a lot of kind people had great advice, and shout out to the person in particular who suggested postal work, whoever you are! that planted the seed in my brain and the more I thought about it, the more sense it made to me. and now I’ve just received a job offer to become a mail carrier! I will be out in the real world, serving the public, getting exercise, and most importantly, not having to work for porky
it will be a difficult road ahead, this is a radical change in lifestyle but that’s exactly what I needed and I’m looking forward to accepting the challenge
PS any advice from other postal worker comrades is very much welcome, as this line of work is very much new to me!
Aw shit was that me? I think there’s a few of us postal comrades on here.
The first 90 will be rough no matter what you are going into, you will be expected to put up with a lot of shenanigans. Use that time to figure out who the shop steward is and see what they’re pulling on you that is not actually by the book so you’re ready to grieve and protect yourself once you’re not on probation.
I work inside so I don’t know what the most current tech is as far as keeping cool in summer but I’m sure your coworkers will have good suggestions.