US POSTAL STAFF ON 55k a year

[BELIAL]

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Emp ... %29/Salary

Even Yanks aren't as stupid as British "doff your cap ,lucky to ave a job" peasants

[wabbithunta]

Well.. where my brother lived in the USA in Penn, near to Scranton, their "local" postie delivered their mail in the afternoon, always after 3pm every day. That area could be classed as rural, although most of the area is similar to his. The nearest town is about 7 miles away and then they have to drive 3 miles down what they call a "dirt road" (it has a light tarmac surface to it) to deliver mail to all the houses in that area. My brother lived on the "main road" as other roads branched off it. The postie finished his duty each day around 5pm, although I have no idea what time he started though. It's mainly post boxes outside houses, and packets left on doorsteps if no-one in, as those roads were mainly used by locals, we're not talking "dueling banjo's" country either, no rednecks or the like either, just normal everyday people, so it was relatively safe to leave items, although some people had large "toolbox" type containers by their houses for this kind of thing. Not really the type of delivery that you would want as it snows heavily most years over the winter, dumping at least 2-3ft of snow there if it did snow and they could get snowed it most times but to be fair the local "council" do actually go out clearing the roads as and when needed. Snow chains are the order of the day there too. The postie used his own motor (4wheel drive SUV) to deliver mail.... and a huge bugger it was too! I never saw him get out of his motor either when I was staying there, he just had the window open and leant out to put mail in the post boxes by the road side and then leant on the horn to let you know there was mail for you.
There is a huge 8ft tall "chicken wire" type fence around his property too as there is hunting in some parts of that area too. Signs have to be posted on land there stating if hunting is allowed or not to make people aware too. As they have to put up with the local wildlife.. by that I mean bears (a small one was seen near to the house was and was about 2-3yrs old, and it left it's calling card too... of a pile of poo about 10yrds from the back garden! This bear was about 400- 500lb in weight, according to the neigbours, along with snakes and some were poisonous too, small herds of deer, wild fowl of vary types and also wild turkey (no doubt they were bloody livid around Thanksgiving too..!) lol No roadside streetlights either.. so at night it is so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face.. so no late deliveries.. or posties reading mail by lamplight, unless it's done inside the car! I don't know what the postie got in the way of tips at Xmas either.
So for that kind of money (55k pa) that may be why they get paid that amount.. lol

[arty_morty]

Well as I'm emigrating to the US later this year maybe I'll try to get a job as a mailman. Can't be any worse than here.

[Lateagainpostie]

Bloke in our office must earn at least that, he there's when I get in at 7am, again when I return from delivery and if I do an SA he's on the late run to the mail centre, 8 hr day + 6hrs per day overtime/SA rate, work it out for yourselves

[BELIAL]

[Darren Bent]

Well as I'm emigrating to the US later this year maybe I'll try to get a job as a mailman. Can't be any worse than here.

Keep a blog and us informed what it is like. As I would love to read about the job from ex UK postman oversea. Just to see what it is like outside Royal Mail.

[POSTMAN]

Well as I'm emigrating to the US later this year maybe I'll try to get a job as a mailman. Can't be any worse than here.

USPS staff are seriously getting hammered,it is worse over there than here.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Well as I'm emigrating to the US later this year maybe I'll try to get a job as a mailman. Can't be any worse than here.

USPS staff are seriously getting hammered,it is worse over there than here.

They also have a weird law about picketting as well. None of the british deck chairs and brazier type pickets, you have to keep walking round in circles.

[POSTMAN]

Well as I'm emigrating to the US later this year maybe I'll try to get a job as a mailman. Can't be any worse than here.

USPS staff are seriously getting hammered,it is worse over there than here.

They also have a weird law about picketting as well. None of the british deck chairs and brazier type pickets, you have to keep walking round in circles.

I've seen loads of youtube videos like that i thought it was just their thing,not a law.

[wabbithunta]

Well as I'm emigrating to the US later this year maybe I'll try to get a job as a mailman. Can't be any worse than here.

USPS staff are seriously getting hammered,it is worse over there than here.

They also have a weird law about picketting as well. None of the british deck chairs and brazier type pickets, you have to keep walking round in circles.

I've seen loads of youtube videos like that i thought it was just their thing,not a law.

I'm no legal expert but I don't think that it is a legal requirement to walk in circles or straight lines when on a picket line in the USA. It would seem that they do so to make sure that if they do have a picket line outside the place that is being picketed that they are not causing any obstruction that can be considered to be an illegal act. I've seen some picket lines in the USA where they are standing in groups, and are not blocking or obstructing pavements/sidewalks or entrances or exits etc. Walking, I would assume as people are moving all the time this would make it (the picketline) more noticeable this way. It would seem therefore that the legality of picket line requirements can, and do, vary from state to state in the USA. You would need to know what laws and regulations would be being breached if you did have a picket line so local laws as well as state laws would need to be looked at.

I found this BBC link about Americans picketing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7179782.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;