Government Employment Again!

August · 11-22-08, 11:32 AM

I once considered a career in the Post Office but was turned off by the maze of rules and regulations involved. It made the Army seem straight forward by comparison.

Hylander_1314 · 11-22-08, 02:15 PM

I'm hoping to get on as a carrier. My gramps, and his brother both di, and mom was a sup at the Annex, so I figure the job can't be all that bad.

NealT · 11-22-08, 05:39 PM

It is good work. Steady. Show up when scheduled, ready to go to work, on time, and do your job. That is pretty much all you have to do. Once you can get more than 6 years in, you are pretty much guaranteed against layoffs, unless you are management. You may have to move (they are closing/consolidating some facilities) but at least you keep the job - unlike some other corporations who have announced big layoffs recently...

Again, I wish you luck.

sonar732 · 11-22-08, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by NealT

It is good work. Steady. Show up when scheduled, ready to go to work, on time, and do your job. That is pretty much all you have to do. Once you can get more than 6 years in, you are pretty much guaranteed against layoffs, unless you are management. You may have to move (they are closing/consolidating some facilities) but at least you keep the job - unlike some other corporations who have announced big layoffs recently...

Again, I wish you luck.

So true...so true. I've never worked an easier job than my time as an automation clerk....load the machine of mail, fix jams when people send keys in the regular mail and spend 10 minutes in downtime cleaning the mail that was ripped in the process, pull the mail off of the slots and place in the sleaves for banding. Granted...my time as a custodial laborer was even better before moving to the facility I did.

sonar732 · 12-02-08, 10:07 PM

Well,

My orientation day went really good. I was given a phone number for someone in the district hr regarding reinstatement and will be calling them tomorrow. My shift is 'Tour 1' and from 11pm-8am. Glad to be back in government employment again as out of 12 casuals hired, I'm one of 4 who aren't "christmas only" casuals and will come back after christmas.

11-22-08, 11:32 AM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,206 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I once considered a career in the Post Office but was turned off by the maze of rules and regulations involved. It made the Army seem straight forward by comparison. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-22-08, 02:15 PM	#2
Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	I'm hoping to get on as a carrier. My gramps, and his brother both di, and mom was a sup at the Annex, so I figure the job can't be all that bad. __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------

11-22-08, 05:39 PM	#3
NealT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 2 Meters Below Jimbuna Posts: 1,060 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	It is good work. Steady. Show up when scheduled, ready to go to work, on time, and do your job. That is pretty much all you have to do. Once you can get more than 6 years in, you are pretty much guaranteed against layoffs, unless you are management. You may have to move (they are closing/consolidating some facilities) but at least you keep the job - unlike some other corporations who have announced big layoffs recently... Again, I wish you luck. __________________

12-02-08, 10:07 PM	#5
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	First Day Well, My orientation day went really good. I was given a phone number for someone in the district hr regarding reinstatement and will be calling them tomorrow. My shift is 'Tour 1' and from 11pm-8am. Glad to be back in government employment again as out of 12 casuals hired, I'm one of 4 who aren't "christmas only" casuals and will come back after christmas.

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