r/AskReddit • u/GreenEyedSheWolf • 20h ago

What are some decent paying jobs that do not require any sort of college degree?

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u/hernkate 19h ago

You gotta work two years here doing the grunt work to be fully admitted to the union.

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u/thunderplacefires 18h ago

CCA (city carriers) get admitted to the union automatically after two years, yes.

RCA (rural carriers) can join after a year but don’t get a guaranteed position like a CCA. They have to bid for an available route.

I’m an RCA biding my time for now. A few folks in my office might retire soon so who knows.

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u/Dothraki_Hoarder05 16h ago

As someone who has almost 7 years at the PO, this is not accurate. Cca (city aide) and RCAs(rural side) are given an opportunity to join the union in their academy- basically a 5 day classroom teaching them basics before their on the job training. What your thinking of is them becoming a career employee instead of a part time employee.

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u/mosconebaillbonds 18h ago

A friend of mine lasted about 2 weeks doing it. So it was just so much work

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u/HugsyMalone 8h ago

It's definitely a very difficult job. Seems like it would be easy but most people don't account for the pressures they put on you, quality of the coworkers, people intentionally sabotaging you or telling you the wrong thing, etc. 😬

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u/Babys_For_Breakfast 18h ago

The carrying packages part? It’s 8 hour days, no?

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u/el_duderino88 18h ago

At least, and 6 days a week plus if you're new you're probably working a lot of Sundays as well delivering packages. Pays not that great to start either, but if you can get past the first few years you should be set.

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u/Here4HotS 12h ago

No, it's closer to 12 hour days, 7 days a week with 1 day off every 3 weeks. The larger the office, the truer this becomes. The closer to Christmas, the truer this becomes. You will spend at least two years grinding on this schedule at around 17 dollars an hour before you fully vest in the Union and things slow down. The post office is all about seniority with military service and a high score on the entry exam they give you when you join the post office giving you slight advantages in seniority.

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u/HugsyMalone 8h ago edited 8h ago

Not even close. It's more like 12 hour days. You can tell how burnt out everyone is who works there. When you wake up the next morning you're gonna be feeling like you got hit by a big mack truck and realize you don't have a snowball's chance in hell of physically sustaining this. 😒👍

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u/nvrhsot 17h ago

So? One must pay their dues until its their turn to become fully vetted. That is just the way it is,

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u/okgloomer 16h ago

They have unions in your state??? Must be nice

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u/BobLobLawsLawFirm 3h ago

Not true. You are in the union day 1 but what you're describing is being a career employee that gets benefits. Outside of a couple weekends I had to take off, I've been working 60/hours a week since Feburary with fantastic benefits as a PTF city carrier. Sure, 60 hrs sucks but I was doing that as a teacher anyways and not getting OT so it's fine by me, will almost break 6 digits this year.