I worked for the Post Office for 3 1/2 years. The starting pay is around $17.07 per hour. That depends on what department you work. That is for City Carrier pay. Good luck getting hired! The only reason I got in was prior military with VA benifits for havving 10% disability. I do know that The Atlanta district is in a sever hiring freeze right now. They had to send around 300 carriers to other districts. The PO is a good place to work if that is what you want to do. Just be ready for a bunch of Union B.S. and crappy hours. Ass a City Carrier, My first year I worked around 65 - 70 hours a week. My route was all walking...in the ghetto. I worked 6 days and sometmies 7 days a week. Because I was new, I also worked holidays. If you get on in the warehouse, as a mail handler, be ready to work the night shift. Everything is done in seniority....a friend of mine had been there for 6 years and was still working the crap jobs...

I had knee surgery that prevented me from carrying mail, so I sat on workers comp for 5 months...getting the PO to pay anything was a nightmare...then they wanted to change jobs on me and send me to Savannah...I left there as quick as I could.


I am not wanting to discourage you, but people don't go Postal in jobs they love....

Good luck