Yes load truck function for the packages. If your pulling down your Rt that you don’t know, you could always write down the order of the streets on paper. So you can load your truck appropriately. Can use tubs to separate the little packages according to your Rt. When doing a piece and don’t know the Rt, just separate the packages according to streets. When u get to that street, pull up the tub
Yesterday, was my first day with my OJI, after Academy training, and I admit I was overwhelmed. But, one day at a time, and I'll be looking to you for advice. Thank You for this!
good tips for sure. I write the sequence number on the label. It's funny that management thinks all routes are the same i have had managers claim so, i put effort into all routes in my office some routes i get done by 3:30 some after 5:00 lol i actually probably put more effort into the routes that are more difficult. But some routes have streets that you can pack loops in your satchel that you can do that start and end on your one parkpoint. It takes time to start , buckle, unbrake and check mirrors and then park, curb, unbucle etc, so the less parking and the more walking the faster you will be--like you said carry as much as possible, perhaps don't carry the loops you can't carry spurs with. I have a double satchel and i also use a regular satchel so i have literally 3 satchels on me :P So, if you have your mail fingered by the time you get to the next box it will be faster. So i do 5 loops all at once on one parkpoint---i have my mail fingered by the time i get to each box---that's 4 parking and driving actions I don't have to do--saves time. Some routes though don't have that sweet street set up though but i love the routes that do. That route I can do that whole section off one parkpoint and go to the truck just twice. 40% of a route off one parkpoint is sweet. One boss stated to me that they expect "15 seconds per house" ok so that's how they figure in how long a job should take--but you can't just sum it down to a variable like that. My city is a city on a fregen hill and there are routes that are flat too---so trust me the routes on a hill that have houses on a steep hill on steps will take longer then the ones that are on flat land and straight hahaha
I like your tips, Thanks!! I have my shadow day this coming Saturday and the behind the wheel day this Friday. Excited to get past CCA Academy next week and get working.
Talk about casing nick and how to wrap everything for each route. Also how to load packages and numbering them.. it’s a bit confusing. We appreciate these videos!
He's saying scan them with the load truck feature and it tells you what stop number it is. Then you can also use package look-ahead to see which packages you have coming up. I don't number mine- I write the address number and first letter of street on the box facing the rear of the truck. Like 1942 Ashley St, I'd write "1942 A" on the package so I can see it standing at the rear of the truck and takes under a second to identify the package I'm looking for.
Try to separate the unk ,rts,utf,nsn and dps errors.so at the end the day u don’t have stuff all over the vehicle and have a bucket for your waste and one for out going mail
For the new people I know this job can be overwhelming because some days I feel that way I have 22 years in once you are by your self doing a route just relax and do the best u can. Ask questions if you are not sure about some thing
@@MailmanNick ive learned all sorts of different things from watching these USPS videos. Its nice to see so many people willing to help others out. Its all foreign to me, been in the bar industry for over 25 yrs. Im totally up for the challenge
I've watched this video a couple times now. The other day I realized I was eating whilst doing a cluster box and thought of you haha😆 you have great tips for noobs! thanks!
I am not calling CCA Nick a runner. But it leads to a topic of "cheaters". You have some folks who "hop", they don't wear their seatbelt and they might not even turn off their vehicle and they do dismounts and knock them all out. You are supposed to "Park, Brake, Curb, and Take--of course your seatbelt too" so the "hoppers" beat the rule followers. Management in my office like to talk to you about "hey your coworkers got done 30 minutes ago what happened?" they like to manage based off comparing you to your coworkers as if you are in a race. That's a little of what is behind some of the negativity against runners is often runners will cheat and not take their breaks--then the post office looks at these runner's times and want to use their times as the benchmark. So not taking a 30 minute break THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR creates a higher workload and implies that you shouldn't take a 30 minute break. It is a soft form of union busting. Management likes to lecture and bring up coworkers times because they want to "divide and conquer the workforce". I had a manager tell me "my guy did 250 packages in 5 hours" as he was lecturing me--btw I did 25 per hour that day different route. I thought about 5 divided into 250 is 50 per hour, that's 1.2 minutes per drop of a package over 5 hours. HMMMMMMM something is fishy with that, is he curbing locking and taking? This is amazon sunday btw. Or does he have a stop that he is unloading a ton at one spot? want to piss management off? make sure workers all are done at the same time the slowest person is done hahaha I have had pieces given to me and being told "james gets this done in 2 hours" lol I'm not racing people but that's cool lol. Another great management tactic--not all managers do this--"hey here is a 1.5 hour piece to do" but in reality it's 2 or 2.5 hours haha. One major reason why i always keep my scanner on me--obviously because you don't want to have to go back to the truck--but the scanner shows your movements. So if you have a manager that likes to make sideways threats about "the district" you can know the scanner shows scans and movements so you don't have to worry hehe. Growing up in Church "God's watching you" now in the post office manager is like "the district is watching you" hahaha obviously lol we are working for the government it goes without saying we are being watched hahaha It's a good point , I am an intermittent faster so I don't take lunch breaks. But also a big reason is the feelings of being behind that make it difficult to stop. If i know i get done with a route at 3:30 yeah it's easy to take the entitled 30, but often as a CCA I am doing a route I have never done before and often in another office I have never been in before so I don't know my timing. But like they say "we get paid by the hour" RCAs i think get paid by the route. CCA's are "assistants" so if you are steady and working it doesn't matter we don't get paid by the route.
Thank you for your videos and advice. I am waiting for background process to finish and then I have to attend orientation. You mentioned that you have your own method of doing amozan sunday and I am just curious what is your method? And any good questions to ask on shadow day.
I really want to keep my job, but the whole park point strategy I don’t understand how do I know when some streets are all connected? Where I don’t have to keep driving.
Did my shadow day this week awaiting llv training. We walked 5 miles. It was by my high school neighborhood. It felt repetitive but doable. Had flats, mail and adverts took me a few tries to get a handle but better than amazon pkg delivery.
2 amazon routes on sunday? I get 1.5 routes so I got around 150 stops. I can see doing 2 routes if they gave us 10 hours street time, but dang you got to be a runner to do 2 routes on Sunday in a 8-9 hour day.
I usually get done at 330 so about 7.5 hours. I'm like the only one he gives a whole extra route to. Others he only gives an extra 35 packages too lol. I'm pretty quick I got my own system. My postmaster called me her firecracker.
They don't get to dictate how long it takes to deliver. They can tell you almost everything else but not street time. That's how injuries and accidents happen, carriers trying to "make time".
@@MailmanNick Nick these videos have been amazing! I’m going for my fingerprints Friday I applied for the CCA position here in Connecticut, I can’t wait I’ve been in the restaurant business fir 13 years and I’m so happy to get this job! It’s a career move for me!
Hi Nick I got a email for fingerprint interview but I don't have GED or high school diploma certificate so they are really need there at interview it's mendotory thank you
That was really good & thanks for the eating tips . Good lookin out ☮️💟
I talk about my mistakes so you guys don't make them!
White castle the night before work will have you hating yourself
😂
Yes load truck function for the packages. If your pulling down your Rt that you don’t know, you could always write down the order of the streets on paper. So you can load your truck appropriately. Can use tubs to separate the little packages according to your Rt. When doing a piece and don’t know the Rt, just separate the packages according to streets. When u get to that street, pull up the tub
Thanks so much Nick. I always like (thumbs up!) but rarely Comment. Always appreciate your generous info and mind training. Thankful!!!!
Yesterday, was my first day with my OJI, after Academy training, and I admit I was overwhelmed. But, one day at a time, and I'll be looking to you for advice. Thank You for this!
how r u making out
good tips for sure. I write the sequence number on the label. It's funny that management thinks all routes are the same i have had managers claim so, i put effort into all routes in my office some routes i get done by 3:30 some after 5:00 lol i actually probably put more effort into the routes that are more difficult. But some routes have streets that you can pack loops in your satchel that you can do that start and end on your one parkpoint. It takes time to start , buckle, unbrake and check mirrors and then park, curb, unbucle etc, so the less parking and the more walking the faster you will be--like you said carry as much as possible, perhaps don't carry the loops you can't carry spurs with. I have a double satchel and i also use a regular satchel so i have literally 3 satchels on me :P So, if you have your mail fingered by the time you get to the next box it will be faster. So i do 5 loops all at once on one parkpoint---i have my mail fingered by the time i get to each box---that's 4 parking and driving actions I don't have to do--saves time. Some routes though don't have that sweet street set up though but i love the routes that do. That route I can do that whole section off one parkpoint and go to the truck just twice. 40% of a route off one parkpoint is sweet. One boss stated to me that they expect "15 seconds per house" ok so that's how they figure in how long a job should take--but you can't just sum it down to a variable like that. My city is a city on a fregen hill and there are routes that are flat too---so trust me the routes on a hill that have houses on a steep hill on steps will take longer then the ones that are on flat land and straight hahaha
I like your tips, Thanks!! I have my shadow day this coming Saturday and the behind the wheel day this Friday. Excited to get past CCA Academy next week and get working.
Observe as much as you can and ask a lot of questions.
Talk about casing nick and how to wrap everything for each route.
Also how to load packages and numbering them.. it’s a bit confusing. We appreciate these videos!
I'll try to talk about casing!
He's saying scan them with the load truck feature and it tells you what stop number it is. Then you can also use package look-ahead to see which packages you have coming up. I don't number mine- I write the address number and first letter of street on the box facing the rear of the truck. Like 1942 Ashley St, I'd write "1942 A" on the package so I can see it standing at the rear of the truck and takes under a second to identify the package I'm looking for.
Try to separate the unk ,rts,utf,nsn and dps errors.so at the end the day u don’t have stuff all over the vehicle and have a bucket for your waste and one for out going mail
For the new people I know this job can be overwhelming because some days I feel that way I have 22 years in once you are by your self doing a route just relax and do the best u can. Ask questions if you are not sure about some thing
New subscriber here. Thank you for the help with getting ahead of the game. Looking forward to this new chapter 🙌🏽
Thank you. I like helping people. I always wanted to see these type of videos when I was waiting to get hired.
@@MailmanNick ive learned all sorts of different things from watching these USPS videos. Its nice to see so many people willing to help others out. Its all foreign to me, been in the bar industry for over 25 yrs. Im totally up for the challenge
These time management tips are truly a game changer! 💫 Keep rising to be who you want to be! 💫 #keeprising #risingtobe #aswerise #riser
I like the positivity in your comment. Thank you.
@@MailmanNick Your welcome, keep making great videos just like this, please consider checking out my content. 🌟Keep rising to be who you want to be🌟
Did you make your 90 days
Beware of your surroundings. Because here in south Florida we have carriers rob at gun point for their arrow keys or 99 key
I've watched this video a couple times now. The other day I realized I was eating whilst doing a cluster box and thought of you haha😆 you have great tips for noobs! thanks!
Thank you for watching! Old video
the unofficial term for this is called being a "runner" :P
I am not calling CCA Nick a runner. But it leads to a topic of "cheaters". You have some folks who "hop", they don't wear their seatbelt and they might not even turn off their vehicle and they do dismounts and knock them all out. You are supposed to "Park, Brake, Curb, and Take--of course your seatbelt too" so the "hoppers" beat the rule followers. Management in my office like to talk to you about "hey your coworkers got done 30 minutes ago what happened?" they like to manage based off comparing you to your coworkers as if you are in a race. That's a little of what is behind some of the negativity against runners is often runners will cheat and not take their breaks--then the post office looks at these runner's times and want to use their times as the benchmark. So not taking a 30 minute break THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR creates a higher workload and implies that you shouldn't take a 30 minute break. It is a soft form of union busting. Management likes to lecture and bring up coworkers times because they want to "divide and conquer the workforce".
I had a manager tell me "my guy did 250 packages in 5 hours" as he was lecturing me--btw I did 25 per hour that day different route. I thought about 5 divided into 250 is 50 per hour, that's 1.2 minutes per drop of a package over 5 hours. HMMMMMMM something is fishy with that, is he curbing locking and taking? This is amazon sunday btw. Or does he have a stop that he is unloading a ton at one spot?
want to piss management off? make sure workers all are done at the same time the slowest person is done hahaha
I have had pieces given to me and being told "james gets this done in 2 hours" lol I'm not racing people but that's cool lol.
Another great management tactic--not all managers do this--"hey here is a 1.5 hour piece to do" but in reality it's 2 or 2.5 hours haha.
One major reason why i always keep my scanner on me--obviously because you don't want to have to go back to the truck--but the scanner shows your movements. So if you have a manager that likes to make sideways threats about "the district" you can know the scanner shows scans and movements so you don't have to worry hehe. Growing up in Church "God's watching you" now in the post office manager is like "the district is watching you" hahaha
obviously lol we are working for the government it goes without saying we are being watched hahaha
It's a good point , I am an intermittent faster so I don't take lunch breaks. But also a big reason is the feelings of being behind that make it difficult to stop. If i know i get done with a route at 3:30 yeah it's easy to take the entitled 30, but often as a CCA I am doing a route I have never done before and often in another office I have never been in before so I don't know my timing. But like they say "we get paid by the hour" RCAs i think get paid by the route. CCA's are "assistants" so if you are steady and working it doesn't matter we don't get paid by the route.
Hi neck today my training lady in academy she told us we got paid 18 $ for next check that’s cool first begin in usps I love it
My pay went up to $18.51 with the new union contract as of now. Starting pay went up too which is great.
It's good to want to be the best carrier, but being the best carrier and being the fastest carrier are not the same thing.
Thank you for your videos and advice. I am waiting for background process to finish and then I have to attend orientation. You mentioned that you have your own method of doing amozan sunday and I am just curious what is your method? And any good questions to ask on shadow day.
I really want to keep my job, but the whole park point strategy I don’t understand how do I know when some streets are all connected? Where I don’t have to keep driving.
Ask carriers, look at the case, get a pivot sheet
bananas and apples and almonds and a water bottle just suggestions on food
Very good suggestions
Thank you!!
That helps much thanks
Oh my, I've never seen you with hair 😅 it looks great on you!!!
I miss my hair sometimes but I shaved it earlier this year. It's a funny story why I waited so long to do it.
@@MailmanNick you'll have to share on your next video!
@@sanabellexo it's personal I can tell you on Instagram
When your casing, how do you know when a relay starts or finishes?
It usually is numbered by relay. At my office there's a number under the start of each relay or has mtd for mounted.
Did my shadow day this week awaiting llv training. We walked 5 miles. It was by my high school neighborhood. It felt repetitive but doable. Had flats, mail and adverts took me a few tries to get a handle but better than amazon pkg delivery.
This job is way better than Amazon. 5 miles that's not bad at all.
Can you please talk about the line of travel. Because relying on your gps gets exhausting
Usually the route is in a general area. I'm always looking at street signs. Ask for the pivot sheet it should you every starting point.
My union meeting has large quantities of pizza and beer. The next day is rough for a lot of carriers in my office 😂
I haven't attended a union meeting yet because I never get off early enough but that sounds fun lol.
what does load truck feature do?
Tells what section of the route it's in. Section 1 for beginning, 6 for the end, ect
2 amazon routes on sunday? I get 1.5 routes so I got around 150 stops. I can see doing 2 routes if they gave us 10 hours street time, but dang you got to be a runner to do 2 routes on Sunday in a 8-9 hour day.
I usually get done at 330 so about 7.5 hours. I'm like the only one he gives a whole extra route to. Others he only gives an extra 35 packages too lol. I'm pretty quick I got my own system. My postmaster called me her firecracker.
They don't get to dictate how long it takes to deliver. They can tell you almost everything else but not street time. That's how injuries and accidents happen, carriers trying to "make time".
@@tulsathundercat I hate when they give us a time limit.
Do you have any tips for walking in the rain?
Get a rain jacket. Hold the mail tight to you. It's really hard to avoid the mail getting wet. Some carries have rain hats they use.
Umbrella is my best friend in the rain ☔️
Hey Nick cool video I know you got hired a few months back could you make a video about how to get a job at USPS
That'll probably be my next video!
@@MailmanNick Nick these videos have been amazing! I’m going for my fingerprints Friday I applied for the CCA position here in Connecticut, I can’t wait I’ve been in the restaurant business fir 13 years and I’m so happy to get this job! It’s a career move for me!
@@chuck176 I hope you get a good office. Good pay and bright future!
@@MailmanNick thabks my bro!!!
reccomend sunflower seeds?
If you like them, sure.
Hi Nick I got a email for fingerprint interview but I don't have GED or high school diploma certificate so they are really need there at interview it's mendotory thank you
Im pretty sure you need it but not 100% sure. One way to find out!
I forget what is a rellay o whatever its call ? What its that mean?
When you walk, the route is separated into relays. Park and loop.
Please take your full breaks and lunches!
nick voice funny where he from
Illinois
@@MailmanNick u put out good content
What happened if CCA throw mail away mail pay mistake and he got cute
You throw mail away you can get fired. That's a felony.
you get paid every 2 weeks?
Bi weekly, yes.
How do u pee ???
Find local business or go back to the office
How long did it take you to get comfortable with the job?
A few months