Well you’ll get 40 hours I’m sure. Overtime you’ll get but only if every regular has it first. The usps is over hiring so overtime may be less going forward. Fed ex and Amazon are laying people off cause they hired too many people and the Usps is still hiring like crazy cause in 2020 the post office had a hard time with all the mail. Congress is like, hey hire more people cause you sucked in 2020. So now they are hiring tons of mhas and having less Christmas help. I still get offered both my days off to work though.
My moto at work is "Working hard is for the weak". I say no I don't play with the post office they'll work you even if you got one breath left. Take care of yourself folks.
I made regular a few months ago.... it's way different than being an MHA.... but I definitely try 2 help the other MHA's make it.... cause I know the struggle
No, the harder you work the less everyone else works and they just send you all over the place picking up other peoples slack. Overtime comes if you’re on the list and comes regardless if youre a good worker or not
@@latishaconey5883 everyone has to find their own way, don’t tell anyone anything you don’t want the entire building knowing. Try to get along with everyone, cause they will talk shit about you to managers
i go in for fingerprints on monday for MHA job but whats sketchy is that they sent me background check info and 3 days later they want my fingerprints for a job that i have no clue what the pay rate is and no clue what type of hours i'll be getting. I have to commute about 50 miles to this place so hopefully the pay is good and rewarding for hard work because if not i don't feel like putting my whole $15 to $16 an hour paycheck into my gas tank every other day lol.
Well that is far to travel. I think you start at 17.00-18.00 You should be getting 40 hours. Overtime probably during christmas. But overtime goes to the regulars first. At first its not a great job, but what you have to keep in mind is its the only way to become a regular mail handler, after a year or so they will convert you to regular and then you get raises and all sorts of benefits. You bid on better jobs and better days off Then you join the tsp and invest money in stocks. It sucks at first but after a while it becomes a career. After 15 years i get 5 weeks vacation per year. $50 per hour for overtime And 69k-72k base pay per year. Which if overtime is worked i can make 80k-100k Some people make more but they work insane amounts of overtime.
@@pubert23 it varies.. 2 weeks? But some people complain online its been 2 months. You just gotta be patient and make sure to check your emails and spam
@@latishaconey5883 remember there is a hazing period where they treat you like shit for no reason. Don’t take it personal. Eventually you will be accepted
I wouldn't recommend becoming an MHA to my worst enemy! I just spent four months doing that god awful job. I totally respect senority and I am not anti-union by any means but there are many regulars there that should be fired and are protected by the union. The money that you are paid is not near enough for the work that you do. They staff the dock with both MHA's and MH's but the MH's ride around on equipment all day and very rarely help with any of the heavy work. You start out with five or six people and the next thing you know, you are the only one left. People just walk off of the work area for extended periods of time with no explainations or accountability needed. Call-ins are excessive and it's usually the regulars who are calling in. The work load doesn't change though so the MHA's end up having to work faster or stay longer to get it done. I have never worked in such a place. It's completely mind boggling what people are allowed to get a way with. I absolutely REFUSE to work like two or three people and get paid for one. The regulars may have paid their dues but I'm going to say this: "Abusing your MHA's is only going to hurt you. " People have their limits and at some point are going to say, ''''The hell with it, this is just not worth it!" Several people have left that craft and I'm one of them. I've switched to a PSE and damn am I enjoying watching the regulars have to work overtime and mandated weekends because they no longer have any MHA's. I wouldn't say being a PSE is easy, it has it's own set of challenges but I no longer have to worry about co-workers just wandering off and I feel like the pay scale is more reflective of the work being done. Two of the MHA's I came in with just converted and I could of too. I don't care, it was that bad! I would rather be a PSE and have decent working conditions than a regular working like a slave. Life is short, choose wisely.
Yes it sucks at first, but you gotta remember all those mail handlers used to get treated far worse, when there was a lot more mail, like 60 times more mail than there is now. So in their minds you haven’t seen anything. The whole point is that, yes you don’t get paid enough now, and it isn’t fair, but eventually you won’t be junior. You become regular, you get raises. New hires will come in. You get the easier jobs You won’t be the bottom forever. Then in 10 years some new worker is gonna be complaining and you’re gonna say to them suck it up. People don’t realize that after doing this job for 20 years you won’t be able to run around like someone that’s brand new. You’ll be pissed if this new person starts saying you should be fired. You’d be like “I’m gonna go sit down, let this big shot Mha handle it. They are called mail handler assistants for a reason.” Don’t get me wrong I think everyone should carry their own weight. I often work harder than the mhas. The point is seniority is what counts at the usps. So when you’re 50 years old, some young kid can’t come in working like an idiot, lunatic which we all know isn’t sustainable.. he’s gonna end up injuring himself, but in the meantime he can act all high and mighty as if he’s some sort of hero. Regulars call in because we have earned sick time. Should we not take the 5 weeks vacation we get as well? Or is that unfair to you? We also get paid way more than you do… is that not right? Or do you want to be poor forever too? It’s a good job but you have to be at the bottom and pay your dues first. The new people aren’t being shown how it works at the post office and they have way too many rights way too fast, they start calling the shots right away cause management has become ultra soft. They yell at regulars and throw scanning devices hard at the floor without repercussions. It’s as if they think they are equals. Mhas are not equal to mail handlers, I’m sorry but that’s just how it is. You should be working 3 lanes to my one lane and then asking me if it’s okay to go to the bathroom. That’s how it was when I started and I didn’t get mad about it. I just put in my time. This is how seniority works. The bottom guy presents his butt to the next guy, who then presents his butt to the next guy and it goes all the way up to the post master general. If everyone follows this, every one is eventually happy. Only the new guy complains in this system and that’s how it is designed. The problem is when there is no mail and jobs need to be cut the system breaks down.
The regulars I'm referring to have been there three years tops. And when they call in, they're not sick. It's habitual. Everyone else has to work harder as the same amount of work has to be done regardless of whether the plant is fully staffed or not. It's not fair. As I've aleady stated, they are only hurting themselves and are now reaping the rewards of thier "seniority"by having to work OT and weekends because there are no MHA's left. The new people are the ones that sustain all the all of the priviledges that the older ones have. If they weren't there working all of the crap hours, weekends, and holidays, it would be the older ones. You would think they would be treated better. I'm starting this job late in life and I run circles around the twenty year olds. It's called work ethic. I've realized I need to ease up on mine though because it's not something that USPS values. I'm there for one reason only, to pay my bills and eat. Not to be a punching bag for those who have superiority complexes. The USPS is not the only game in town.
@jnnfr4387 I mean I hear you, it’s not fair at the usps, and the new wave of weak management the Usps has allows for junior regulars with just 3 years in to be slugs. If I were boss I’d be on those junior regulars.. what I can say to you is you don’t have to kill yourself. Just work “safely” and If they are sitting down you can “step in” or just sit whenever they sit, and when the boss says something you say “hey I’m always killing myself, while these assholes do nothing..” I have a limit you know…. Make your workers work. Of course people won’t like you after that but who cares? You can also ignore everyone else and just work at a pace you are comfortable with, this seems to be the best way to deal with people. Cause what others are doing is really none of our business. They don’t work for you, you don’t work for them. You have to work together, so just do less if you are doing all the work. Otherwise you will go insane when you realize how unfair everything is. The problem is everyone has their own idea of what being a good worker is.. After about 10-15 years you won’t have to deal with that sort of bullshit. You will be senior enough that you will be able to dictate terms on how your day goes.
Being an MHA is a terrible position. Never been treated more like dirt in my life. Supervisors don’t even say “thank you” or “please”. Supervisors watch you like a Hawk and don’t give you personal space. Not to mention my postal warehouse makes MHA’s work 6 days a week for 2 years until you become a “regular.” I’m currently 4 months in and i’m beat. Coming from a 20 year old I feel like i’m 20 going on to 60. My whole body hurts and i’ve been experiencing headaches quite often lately. Also the training is terrible. They throw you to the wolves like a piece of meat. They don’t train you they just expect you to know everything. This is all honestly just the tip of the iceberg of how poor USPS treats it’s employees.
Haha. Yeah. All very true. Try to look at it this way though. When I first started there was no such thing as being an Mha. Some people worked as casuals for 17 years straight because they couldn’t pass the postal exam. I was a casual for two years, they used to treat me like shit and then tell me I’d never make regular. You at east have a path to becoming regular. Also “regular” is where you’ll end up making 80k per year. 5 weeks 1 day vacation every year. Pension 401k You will have set days off and a bid. As you become senior you’ll get to do the easier jobs and the bosses will watch the new employees like a hawk and leave you alone. Although it will take a good ten years before you see that. Luckily you’re young. If when you become regular you start contributing to your tsp and get the 5% match. Put it all in the C and or the S fund. Put as much money as you can stand in there and you will retire with half a million dollars. You being so young you could have a million dollars if you are aggressive enough. So suck it up. I mean unless of course you have education or a skill, then you can work somewhere else. I know After ten years UPS pays more than USPS but you’re gonna have to really work a lot harder. Still something to think about, perhaps driving a truck and lifting two hundred pound boxes to the third floor suits you better. If I was young, I think I might apply to UPS instead. Much harder work though.
Applying to be an MHA at the moment. worried how the hours will look like because the application does not give me something to work with. Scared that i'll get 60 hours a weeks like someone says. this is the field i want to be in even though i have a business degree. pay to me is great, just a bit scared :')
@@jvsntw how many hours you work will largely depend on where you are located. Our mhas get 40 hours but during Christmas time you might have to work 60 hours. If you have a business degree use it and apply for management when the time comes. After 10 years start a business with the money you saved. Don’t forget to contribute to your tsp once you are regular.
@@osman1345 Yup the interview processes for these jobs are unrealistic. Spectrum wanted me to do an assessment, one way phone interview, zoom interview, and a final 1 on 1 interview just for 20 bucks an hour smh
I heard this whole seniority BS in many jobs long before the USPS, and the Millennials & Gen Z should not have to believe the crap spewing from their Boomer coworkers. Because that job of MH that they did back then, was enough for a young adult to live on their own and their house that they have 2X-5X equity in was made possible from the same job that younger generations are doing and they can't even rent a apartment in most locations. This Boomer attitude of "back in my day we used to walk through snow" is the same nonsense that they use to excuse their toxic lazy & entitled behavior that crap "runs downhill". Well the times are different, and when Boomers were doing MH at the USPS, the population was much smaller & there was no online shopping, so they had it super easy these last 30+ years just cruising to their pension, and they never miss an opportunity to brag to new hires how little work they did "for a honest day's work" because it was super slow. Now these newer workers have every right to be pissed, they are working with a much larger population in the last few decades, everyone is getting both mail & parcels, and the younger generations are carrying most of the workload, the Boomers can't do much because they had it too easy their whole life and now the pace is much faster. And let's not forget by the time Millennials & GenZ pay their dues, what are they going to get for their pension? The money is losing value, the current Boomers are delaying retirement, they're causing a ripple effect of new workers unable to become regulars faster, and they leave in a few months for something better. The pensions are going to be paid in toilet paper with presidents on them. The starting pay for MHA is a joke. They can't even go on strike for higher pay. Inflation is making MH even poorer, is it really worth breaking your back over a job that isn't going to set you up with a house like it did for Boomers doing less work? Let's stop pretending they were such hard workers, they were very slow, abused the OT, got more money & lived a middle class life which right now, if a new hire were to do OT would still fall short at the ridiculous overpriced housing market. The deck was stacked against the new generation of USPS MH. Adjusted for inflation, those Boomers MH working the same jobs that Millennials & GenZ are would be making six figures salary before OT. The wife didn't even have to work long ago, and now it takes 2 incomes to barely get by. Young people are not lining up to do these low paying, back breaking jobs pushing Boomer junk mail. They are not even competitive with starting pay & are few dollars behind retail & fast food workers in some big states.
When you’re new you do the jobs that no one else wants to do. I’m no boomer this was just 10 years ago I used to be junior and had to do the worst jobs for shit pay. Now I’m senior and do the best jobs and make the most money. I don’t think they should have created Mha positions in the first place. Then you’d have to start as a casual which I had to be. Which is even worse than Mha. We all start poor. Long term regular mail handler it’s worth it. I don’t know why you’re blaming other people for being poor. You’re at the bottom accept it. Put your time in or get the hell out.
It’s a must for your sanity. You can’t be walking around on the platform with big over the ear headphones if there’s high traffic. You need to be able to hear fork trucks, but you will be able to wear them at whatever stationary job you’re doing. Sometimes you keep one ear free type of thing. Don’t be driving a pallet rider with big headphones on they will say something to you.
The medical interview? Lol If you’re going into the interview you’ve pretty much got the job I think. When I interviewed in a group of 40, everyone with me was hired. I dressed nice but some people had sweat pants on They will ask you if you are willing to work crazy hours and overtime. You say yes of course.
I would say MHA but I'm biased..it all depends on whether you wanna be out on the road delivering mail in the freezing cold with management cracking whips and its all on you to get the mail done or if you want to have zero responsibility and just move cages and boxes around as a mail handler, but you'll be inside in a dungeon full of dust..or on the platform with garage doors open and you see the carriers outside in the sun but they are killing themselves
10 years of Bull and another 20 years of misery ? And you're satisfied with this life style ?? No thanks !! I worked for the USPS and left because the USPS of today IS NOT the USPS from yeras ago ! Everybody looks to get that famous Pension BUT what they dont tell you is that, they are using funds from the current pension to pay current retirees and are not puttibg the money back. This will leave future retirees with nothing to retire on Unless the Postal Service becomes a "Privately Owned" company. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, look to do something else and enjoy life while you're doing it. Sincerley, "GLAD I LEFT"
That’s a little extreme. We have a 401k as well as a pention. The pention is icing on top but you can’t really count on it. Overtime is $50 an hour, 5 weeks vacation a year 11 paid holidays and sick time… it’s a good job. You should only be glad you left if your new job now is better.
I worked as a cca for a year and a half worked up to a regular. It's not bad and you know what this job has provided me a ton of financial freedom.
It really is possible to get rich if you start young and make smart decisions and get into real estate in some way
@@Rossdink How many hours do they start you off as a MHA per week, and if you want overtime, is it offered to you right off the bat?
Well you’ll get 40 hours I’m sure. Overtime you’ll get but only if every regular has it first.
The usps is over hiring so overtime may be less going forward. Fed ex and Amazon are laying people off cause they hired too many people and the Usps is still hiring like crazy cause in 2020 the post office had a hard time with all the mail. Congress is like, hey hire more people cause you sucked in 2020. So now they are hiring tons of mhas and having less Christmas help. I still get offered both my days off to work though.
My moto at work is
"Working hard is for the weak". I say no I don't play with the post office they'll work you even if you got one breath left. Take care of yourself folks.
No one really works hard at the post office though. Its like pretend working hard.
I made regular a few months ago.... it's way different than being an MHA.... but I definitely try 2 help the other MHA's make it.... cause I know the struggle
Congrats on becoming regular, it’s a big deal. Make sure you put as much as you can in the tsp 👍
Thanks... im 6% right now.... Holiday gonna go 2 8% then back 2 6% when spring come around....
The harder you work, the more they work you
Isn't that good if you want OT though?
No, the harder you work the less everyone else works and they just send you all over the place picking up other peoples slack. Overtime comes if you’re on the list and comes regardless if youre a good worker or not
@@RossdinkIn other words work smart not hard
@@latishaconey5883 everyone has to find their own way, don’t tell anyone anything you don’t want the entire building knowing. Try to get along with everyone, cause they will talk shit about you to managers
Everything you said I witness everyday. Let me slow myself down 😆 🤣 😂
I always work hard, I can’t help it. Which is good, but we can’t get mad at other lazy people lol
@@RossdinkFacts
Thank you for this video! I start in 2 weeks.
How’s it going are you still there?
Thank you sir. You said everything that is to be expected about work except the paycheck.
The pay is small until you get a few years and some raises in. It happens fairly quickly.
Very helpful video. I appreciate the info as I consider pursuing a new job.
i go in for fingerprints on monday for MHA job but whats sketchy is that they sent me background check info and 3 days later they want my fingerprints for a job that i have no clue what the pay rate is and no clue what type of hours i'll be getting. I have to commute about 50 miles to this place so hopefully the pay is good and rewarding for hard work because if not i don't feel like putting my whole $15 to $16 an hour paycheck into my gas tank every other day lol.
Well that is far to travel. I think you start at 17.00-18.00
You should be getting 40 hours. Overtime probably during christmas. But overtime goes to the regulars first.
At first its not a great job, but what you have to keep in mind is its the only way to become a regular mail handler, after a year or so they will convert you to regular and then you get raises and all sorts of benefits. You bid on better jobs and better days off
Then you join the tsp and invest money in stocks. It sucks at first but after a while it becomes a career. After 15 years i get 5 weeks vacation per year. $50 per hour for overtime
And 69k-72k base pay per year. Which if overtime is worked i can make 80k-100k
Some people make more but they work insane amounts of overtime.
@@Rossdink sounds pretty good and worth toughing it out it seems like. any idea of maybe how long the fingerprint process takes?
@@pubert23 it varies.. 2 weeks? But some people complain online its been 2 months. You just gotta be patient and make sure to check your emails and spam
@@Rossdink I see, thanks for the info man i really appreciate it.
So is the max pay per hrs for MH once your regular 31-32/hrs?
I just got hired for MHA in Sarasota Florida and im making sure i take notes
@@latishaconey5883 remember there is a hazing period where they treat you like shit for no reason. Don’t take it personal. Eventually you will be accepted
How's it going so far. Thinking of applying myself.
I wouldn't recommend becoming an MHA to my worst enemy! I just spent four months doing that god awful job. I totally respect senority and I am not anti-union by any means but there are many regulars there that should be fired and are protected by the union. The money that you are paid is not near enough for the work that you do. They staff the dock with both MHA's and MH's but the MH's ride around on equipment all day and very rarely help with any of the heavy work. You start out with five or six people and the next thing you know, you are the only one left. People just walk off of the work area for extended periods of time with no explainations or accountability needed. Call-ins are excessive and it's usually the regulars who are calling in. The work load doesn't change though so the MHA's end up having to work faster or stay longer to get it done. I have never worked in such a place. It's completely mind boggling what people are allowed to get a way with. I absolutely REFUSE to work like two or three people and get paid for one. The regulars may have paid their dues but I'm going to say this: "Abusing your MHA's is only going to hurt you. " People have their limits and at some point are going to say, ''''The hell with it, this is just not worth it!" Several people have left that craft and I'm one of them. I've switched to a PSE and damn am I enjoying watching the regulars have to work overtime and mandated weekends because they no longer have any MHA's. I wouldn't say being a PSE is easy, it has it's own set of challenges but I no longer have to worry about co-workers just wandering off and I feel like the pay scale is more reflective of the work being done. Two of the MHA's I came in with just converted and I could of too. I don't care, it was that bad! I would rather be a PSE and have decent working conditions than a regular working like a slave. Life is short, choose wisely.
Yes it sucks at first, but you gotta remember all those mail handlers used to get treated far worse, when there was a lot more mail, like 60 times more mail than there is now. So in their minds you haven’t seen anything. The whole point is that, yes you don’t get paid enough now, and it isn’t fair, but eventually you won’t be junior. You become regular, you get raises. New hires will come in. You get the easier jobs
You won’t be the bottom forever.
Then in 10 years some new worker is gonna be complaining and you’re gonna say to them suck it up.
People don’t realize that after doing this job for 20 years you won’t be able to run around like someone that’s brand new. You’ll be pissed if this new person starts saying you should be fired. You’d be like “I’m gonna go sit down, let this big shot Mha handle it. They are called mail handler assistants for a reason.”
Don’t get me wrong I think everyone should carry their own weight. I often work harder than the mhas. The point is seniority is what counts at the usps.
So when you’re 50 years old, some young kid can’t come in working like an idiot, lunatic which we all know isn’t sustainable.. he’s gonna end up injuring himself, but in the meantime he can act all high and mighty as if he’s some sort of hero.
Regulars call in because we have earned sick time. Should we not take the 5 weeks vacation we get as well? Or is that unfair to you? We also get paid way more than you do… is that not right? Or do you want to be poor forever too?
It’s a good job but you have to be at the bottom and pay your dues first.
The new people aren’t being shown how it works at the post office and they have way too many rights way too fast, they start calling the shots right away cause management has become ultra soft. They yell at regulars and throw scanning devices hard at the floor without repercussions. It’s as if they think they are equals. Mhas are not equal to mail handlers, I’m sorry but that’s just how it is. You should be working 3 lanes to my one lane and then asking me if it’s okay to go to the bathroom. That’s how it was when I started and I didn’t get mad about it. I just put in my time. This is how seniority works. The bottom guy presents his butt to the next guy, who then presents his butt to the next guy and it goes all the way up to the post master general. If everyone follows this, every one is eventually happy. Only the new guy complains in this system and that’s how it is designed. The problem is when there is no mail and jobs need to be cut the system breaks down.
The regulars I'm referring to have been there three years tops. And when they call in, they're not sick. It's habitual. Everyone else has to work harder as the same amount of work has to be done regardless of whether the plant is fully staffed or not. It's not fair. As I've aleady stated, they are only hurting themselves and are now reaping the rewards of thier "seniority"by having to work OT and weekends because there are no MHA's left. The new people are the ones that sustain all the all of the priviledges that the older ones have. If they weren't there working all of the crap hours, weekends, and holidays, it would be the older ones. You would think they would be treated better. I'm starting this job late in life and I run circles around the twenty year olds. It's called work ethic. I've realized I need to ease up on mine though because it's not something that USPS values. I'm there for one reason only, to pay my bills and eat. Not to be a punching bag for those who have superiority complexes. The USPS is not the only game in town.
@jnnfr4387 I mean I hear you, it’s not fair at the usps, and the new wave of weak management the Usps has allows for junior regulars with just 3 years in to be slugs. If I were boss I’d be on those junior regulars.. what I can say to you is you don’t have to kill yourself. Just work “safely” and If they are sitting down you can “step in” or just sit whenever they sit, and when the boss says something you say “hey I’m always killing myself, while these assholes do nothing..”
I have a limit you know…. Make your workers work. Of course people won’t like you after that but who cares? You can also ignore everyone else and just work at a pace you are comfortable with, this seems to be the best way to deal with people. Cause what others are doing is really none of our business. They don’t work for you, you don’t work for them. You have to work together, so just do less if you are doing all the work. Otherwise you will go insane when you realize how unfair everything is. The problem is everyone has their own idea of what being a good worker is..
After about 10-15 years you won’t have to deal with that sort of bullshit. You will be senior enough that you will be able to dictate terms on how your day goes.
I don't work in that craft any longer. I'm a PSE. The people I work with now have a better work ethic. It's a much better atmosphere.
Oh okay, good luck 🙂
Being an MHA is a terrible position. Never been treated more like dirt in my life. Supervisors don’t even say “thank you” or “please”. Supervisors watch you like a Hawk and don’t give you personal space. Not to mention my postal warehouse makes MHA’s work 6 days a week for 2 years until you become a “regular.” I’m currently 4 months in and i’m beat. Coming from a 20 year old I feel like i’m 20 going on to 60. My whole body hurts and i’ve been experiencing headaches quite often lately. Also the training is terrible. They throw you to the wolves like a piece of meat. They don’t train you they just expect you to know everything. This is all honestly just the tip of the iceberg of how poor USPS treats it’s employees.
Haha. Yeah. All very true. Try to look at it this way though. When I first started there was no such thing as being an Mha. Some people worked as casuals for 17 years straight because they couldn’t pass the postal exam. I was a casual for two years,
they used to treat me like shit and then tell me I’d never make regular. You at east have a path to becoming regular. Also “regular” is where you’ll end up making 80k per year. 5 weeks 1 day vacation every year. Pension 401k
You will have set days off and a bid. As you become senior you’ll get to do the easier jobs and the bosses will watch the new employees like a hawk and leave you alone. Although it will take a good ten years before you see that.
Luckily you’re young. If when you become regular you start contributing to your tsp and get the 5% match. Put it all in the C and or the S fund. Put as much money as you can stand in there and you will retire with half a million dollars. You being so young you could have a million dollars if you are aggressive enough. So suck it up. I mean unless of course you have education or a skill, then you can work somewhere else. I know After ten years UPS pays more than USPS but you’re gonna have to really work a lot harder. Still something to think about, perhaps driving a truck and lifting two hundred pound boxes to the third floor suits you better. If I was young, I think I might apply to UPS instead. Much harder work though.
Applying to be an MHA at the moment. worried how the hours will look like because the application does not give me something to work with. Scared that i'll get 60 hours a weeks like someone says. this is the field i want to be in even though i have a business degree. pay to me is great, just a bit scared :')
@@jvsntw how many hours you work will largely depend on where you are located. Our mhas get 40 hours but during Christmas time you might have to work 60 hours. If you have a business degree use it and apply for management when the time comes.
After 10 years start a business with the money you saved.
Don’t forget to contribute to your tsp once you are regular.
I'm considering becoming an MHA but the pay is too low. I'm not trying to kill myself for 17-18 an hour.
Well where can you get a higher starting wage?
You get a lot of raises but it will take like 5-10 years. You can work overtime in the meantime
@@Rossdink There's a few options out there. Working for anything less than 20 an hour in this economy isn't worth it.
@@TheLWebb100 yes you may be right, a lot of jobs exist now
@@TheLWebb100 agreed and it’s insane that employers think making 20/hour is a very high wage or something. Crazy interview processes and such.
@@osman1345 Yup the interview processes for these jobs are unrealistic. Spectrum wanted me to do an assessment, one way phone interview, zoom interview, and a final 1 on 1 interview just for 20 bucks an hour smh
I heard this whole seniority BS in many jobs long before the USPS, and the Millennials & Gen Z should not have to believe the crap spewing from their Boomer coworkers. Because that job of MH that they did back then, was enough for a young adult to live on their own and their house that they have 2X-5X equity in was made possible from the same job that younger generations are doing and they can't even rent a apartment in most locations. This Boomer attitude of "back in my day we used to walk through snow" is the same nonsense that they use to excuse their toxic lazy & entitled behavior that crap "runs downhill". Well the times are different, and when Boomers were doing MH at the USPS, the population was much smaller & there was no online shopping, so they had it super easy these last 30+ years just cruising to their pension, and they never miss an opportunity to brag to new hires how little work they did "for a honest day's work" because it was super slow. Now these newer workers have every right to be pissed, they are working with a much larger population in the last few decades, everyone is getting both mail & parcels, and the younger generations are carrying most of the workload, the Boomers can't do much because they had it too easy their whole life and now the pace is much faster. And let's not forget by the time Millennials & GenZ pay their dues, what are they going to get for their pension? The money is losing value, the current Boomers are delaying retirement, they're causing a ripple effect of new workers unable to become regulars faster, and they leave in a few months for something better. The pensions are going to be paid in toilet paper with presidents on them. The starting pay for MHA is a joke. They can't even go on strike for higher pay. Inflation is making MH even poorer, is it really worth breaking your back over a job that isn't going to set you up with a house like it did for Boomers doing less work? Let's stop pretending they were such hard workers, they were very slow, abused the OT, got more money & lived a middle class life which right now, if a new hire were to do OT would still fall short at the ridiculous overpriced housing market. The deck was stacked against the new generation of USPS MH. Adjusted for inflation, those Boomers MH working the same jobs that Millennials & GenZ are would be making six figures salary before OT. The wife didn't even have to work long ago, and now it takes 2 incomes to barely get by. Young people are not lining up to do these low paying, back breaking jobs pushing Boomer junk mail. They are not even competitive with starting pay & are few dollars behind retail & fast food workers in some big states.
When you’re new you do the jobs that no one else wants to do. I’m no boomer this was just 10 years ago I used to be junior and had to do the worst jobs for shit pay. Now I’m senior and do the best jobs and make the most money.
I don’t think they should have created Mha positions in the first place. Then you’d have to start as a casual which I had to be. Which is even worse than Mha. We all start poor.
Long term regular mail handler it’s worth it.
I don’t know why you’re blaming other people for being poor. You’re at the bottom accept it. Put your time in or get the hell out.
Also the mail now is way less than just 10 years ago. You’re not doing anywhere near what I did guaranteed. You have no reason to be pissed.
Nice video great incite I'm going to my orientation on Saturday
can you listen to music and podcasts with earbuds as a MHA?
It’s a must for your sanity. You can’t be walking around on the platform with big over the ear headphones if there’s high traffic. You need to be able to hear fork trucks, but you will be able to wear them at whatever stationary job you’re doing. Sometimes you keep one ear free type of thing. Don’t be driving a pallet rider with big headphones on they will say something to you.
The old plant manager used to call me headphone guy lol
@@Rossdink😂😂😂
that's right you will suffer they treat you like grap they don"t care about your safty and they don"t care about your health
So after the fingerprinting how long of a wait do you have before they call you back
If you got fingerprinted then you’re well on your way, you’ll be working soon. I don’t remember the exact timeline.
Within 2 weeks probably.
@@Rossdink oh ok thanks for the info Brother
Ty for the info, I start Monday orientation
Good luck 👍
What is the medical interview like? What are so things they ask. That’s the step I’m at.
The medical interview? Lol
If you’re going into the interview you’ve pretty much got the job I think. When I interviewed in a group of 40, everyone with me was hired. I dressed nice but some people had sweat pants on
They will ask you if you are willing to work crazy hours and overtime. You say yes of course.
Do they teach you to use a forklift?
Yes they have someone watch you with a clip board for ten minutes
They wouldn’t allow us
thank you for this video bro
Lmao it’s that fact that I say this to everyone that work to apply at the post office 😂😂😂 funny
Wanna rephrase that? What’re you trying to say?
Where is this?
Postal distribution centers across the country.
@@Rossdink 😄👍
Hi, Does the MH go through a process of interview?thanks
I didn't interview for my job. I did finger printing and my orientation is soon. No interview or drug test.
You started work without a drug test or interview?
@@Rossdink they're no longer requiring drug tests or interviews is the word.
@@noahtorres3267 ohh thats explains a lot lol
@@Rossdinkthat is correct. All you have to do is pass your background and fingerprint and you’re good
What would you recommend applying for cca rca or mha ?
I would say MHA but I'm biased..it all depends on whether you wanna be out on the road delivering mail in the freezing cold with management cracking whips and its all on you to get the mail done or if you want to have zero responsibility and just move cages and boxes around as a mail handler, but you'll be inside in a dungeon full of dust..or on the platform with garage doors open and you see the carriers outside in the sun but they are killing themselves
Full time flexibles.
Yes, that’s a thing now Apparently
10 years of Bull and another 20 years of misery ? And you're satisfied with this life style ??
No thanks !!
I worked for the USPS and left because the USPS of today IS NOT the USPS from yeras ago !
Everybody looks to get that famous Pension BUT what they dont tell you is that, they are using funds from the current pension to pay current retirees and are not puttibg the money back. This will leave future retirees with nothing to retire on Unless the Postal Service becomes a "Privately Owned" company. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, look to do something else and enjoy life while you're doing it.
Sincerley,
"GLAD I LEFT"
That’s a little extreme. We have a 401k as well as a pention. The pention is icing on top but you can’t really count on it. Overtime is $50 an hour, 5 weeks vacation a year 11 paid holidays and sick time… it’s a good job. You should only be glad you left if your new job now is better.
It is better !!
And I have my weekends back!
Oh mama !!
@@tonyro1805 you were too weak for the post office. Glad you left.
@@OcarinaHero93
Not too weak, just too smart !
Enjoy !
@@OcarinaHero93 now that's not fair to say. I know a lot of people that left and are doing ten times better now.
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Thanks