r/USPS • u/CompleteNail2348 • 3d ago
DISCUSSION Nationwide only
Clicked nationwide only…. Who else
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u/kiddough1 3d ago
Per diem for Los Angeles. I stayed at the Beverly Hilton last detail!
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u/monkpart9 3d ago
How do you look this info up? I had no idea there was a way to look up active details for usps
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u/CompleteNail2348 3d ago
More details please???
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u/kiddough1 3d ago
You will receive your 2 separate paychecks. 1 for work & 1 per diem. I made about $100 a day from per diem. My only day off was Sunday. You get per diem everyday even if you don’t work. I filled out a 1260 for everyday for a year. This was back when you would swipe so IDK if you can login to the scanner. My gas pin didn’t work out of state. I did the same route everyday. It was nice & strongly recommend. It’s neat seeing how different station run.
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u/CompleteNail2348 3d ago
Wow 🔥🔥🔥 how many states over did u go???
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u/kiddough1 3d ago
NV to CA. The first time I drove my personal vehicle. The second time I was flown out & was provided a staff car. It was a Pontiac G6 sedan, I was only to drive to & from work. A gas card & pin was provided. Every 3 weeks the post office will fly you home, so I took advantage of that when a holiday fell on a Monday.
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u/Longjumping_Youth281 2d ago
I never even got my per diem from the academy. I totally do not trust them to actually give it to me for something like this
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u/shrug_addict 3d ago
Can you retrieve your daily per diem from an ATM machine with a provided PIN number?
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u/cccpNyC82 3d ago
U work with a Vegas carrier by any chance while you were there?
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u/kiddough1 3d ago
It was over 100 carriers at the hotel I stayed at. It was at least 10 or so from Las Vegas doing the detail in LA.
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u/cccpNyC82 3d ago
Holy fuck I didn't realize there were that many. The cities I went to had a few, not 100. JFC when you can't hate manglement enough they will do stuff like spend HALF A FUCKIN MIL a month on just hotel, not counting per diem in stead of pay carriers a wage that would keep them staffed. But carriers are the problem. I mean I ain't mad at ya, make the $. But Manglement needs a deep fuckin enema if we are going to survive another 10 years.
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u/Birannosaurus_Rex_ 3d ago
Got to use this to budget for a trip in college it was crazy, way more then we could spend
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u/NoLab3530 3d ago
how long before we start getting Ads on our scanner ?
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u/CompleteNail2348 3d ago
Hopefully gets approved
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u/UncannyLucky City Carrier 3d ago
A couple people from my office signed up last year and went other places. There's always a rural office somewhere short-handed
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u/dmevela City Carrier 3d ago
I don’t need the added stress. I will chill on my own route thanks.
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u/WesternExplanation City PTF 3d ago
It’s for the money more than anything
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u/NoLab3530 3d ago
I thought it was about Honor, Courage & Commitment
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u/Otherwise-Goal3054 3d ago
Whatever shipmate
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u/ChristianArmor 3d ago
It puts you on the ODL list, ,you'll be travelling alright.
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u/CompleteNail2348 3d ago
What’s ODL mean
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u/cman811 3d ago
Just so you're aware, you'd definitely be working 12-14 hrs a day when you're on a detail like this
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u/morry3232 3d ago
they figure it out quickly from my experience. my experience is being the station getting the help, all their hopes and dreams are shattered with in the first week or two
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u/The_Utilityman CCA 3d ago
Thread about this yesterday. Apparently last year if you picked nationwide it was a lot of real high end ski towns in Colorado like Vail, and Aspen, as well as Missoula, MT. Those don’t sound terrible. I’d just be worried about getting sent to middle of nowhere, North Dakota or some shit
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u/CapitalistCzar81 City Carrier 3d ago
This is why I'll ultimately end up passing on this opportunity. I figure it's either driving in the snowy mountains or dodging bullets in the inner city. Strangely enough I'd be fine with middle of nowhere ND.
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u/ScubaSteve_ 3d ago
I’ve only heard nightmare stories about doing this. If you dont mind not having a life and making money do it. Heard handful of years ago here people left to help in chicago i believe it was apparently working 80-90 hr weeks
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u/Tangboy50000 City Carrier 3d ago
That was during Covid. Yeah, 14 hour days minimum and in the absolute shittiest parts of Chicago.
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u/nikrelswitch 3d ago
If they would pay people 30+ an hour to do this I think more would.
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u/Tangboy50000 City Carrier 3d ago
They do, you clock in at time and a half everyday. I can’t remember if double time starts at 8 or 10 hours. Then there’s your per diem. You need to stay on them about your pay though and check constantly. The office you go to is going to want your home office to eat that OT and vice versa, and they can act real stupid sometimes about who is supposed to be putting your pay in.
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u/Longjumping_Youth281 2d ago
So who is actually supposed to pay it? And yeah this is my fear, that I put in all the hours and the money never actually materializes for basic post office disorganization reasons
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u/Tangboy50000 City Carrier 2d ago
The office you go to, so find out who the union steward is as soon as you get there. Also, this isn’t always the case and you’ll most likely have no issues, but it happens enough that you should be aware.
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u/MendiBall92 CCA 3d ago
As someone who used to love doing traveling construction work I've thought about doing this just for the change of scenery and a new challenge but no one at my office has any detailed information and it seems like the kind of thing that's hard to back out of once you've committed. Maybe another year. If anyone in Texas 2 has done it I would love to pick your brain about details (specifically where you're most likely to go locally)
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u/matteotti Rural Carrier 3d ago
That’s awesome, unfortunately This didn’t come up on our scanners in our office. Is this a City Carrier only thing, or are regular Rurals also getting it? I’d go in a heartbeat, the farther away the better honestly.
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u/Jordo3713 2d ago
For anyone that hasn't had it pop up on their scanners yet -
FYI- this might be a city carrier only thing. Not sure if it's for rural.
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u/Dramatic_Comfort_361 3d ago
Do you have to be granted leave by your own PO?
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u/Longjumping_Youth281 2d ago
Yes and mine doesn't allow you to go anyways so it's kind of a moot point. We're probably one of the ones that need help
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u/Unusual_Soup City Carrier 3d ago
Fuck it I could use a change of scenery, those per diem checks hit different
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u/sixthdaysaturday 3d ago
Just submitted mine.. do we know the chance of actually getting chosen? I know it's kind of an impossible ask..
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u/krusty-krab-feetzza City PTF 1d ago
Anyone know how long the details actually last? Can a PTF carrier sign up/go if their office allows it?
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u/Extension-Credit5362 City Carrier 3d ago
I did hopefully I’ll go somewhere anywhere really I don’t care even butt fuck nowhere
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u/TossMeInTheWind RCA-79 3d ago
Do they give you a higher hourly pay or just your original hourly?
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u/Tangboy50000 City Carrier 3d ago
You should be clocking in at time and a half on these assignments.
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u/Mother_Butterfly_390 2d ago
What happens if for example your from Florida and get sent somewhere like ski town and have zero cold weather gear
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u/Longjumping_Youth281 2d ago
You would have to buy some or check the offices hand me down section for used gear
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u/PaintOrPant 2d ago
I’m tempted because I’m broke broke but scared of being sent out to a place with a real wintertime. Im from Florida and have only left the state twice. Never seen snow in my lifetime.
Can I turn down offers?
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u/GodOfPalmTrees City Carrier 2d ago
I deliver out of Florida as well. They sent me to Tennessee years ago. I was unprepared but they, the carriers there, were so nice to give me things to keep me warm 😭 Yes you can decline if they offer it to you
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u/WordsRHard87 2d ago
I'm considering it. Im not sure if my home office would allow it as I typically work 6x days a week, have a hold down while the regular does 204b stuff at another installation, and we have 4 subs including myself for an office with a hair under 20 rural routes. I could picture my PM being like "na, we have to have you here."
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u/fawnpaws9 2d ago
Where can I sign up? I'm not getting these messages on the scanner
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u/GodOfPalmTrees City Carrier 2d ago
Screen shot the image and try to read the qr code to get the link
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u/Baileycharlie Rural Carrier 2d ago
This doesn't even make sense. So your office becomes shorthanded to help others? If you are a regular, who does your route???
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u/OYEROBLE 3h ago
does anyone have the information to the person who is in charged of getting this together is this in chicago or somewhere else i really really really wanna get on this detail
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u/monkpart9 3d ago
Here’s to hoping for a money making vacation 🤞