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Old 06-12-2011, 12:51 AM   #288
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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard View Post
$26/hour is good but that isn't a great top end earning potential. Plus I am going to guess that you wouldn't be able to do the job that they do. I know a bunch of them and many of them have to walk roughly 15 km a day, 5 days a week... and that is while carrying a significant weight the entire time. Honestly, do you think that you would be able to do the job? Would you want to do the job for $19/hour? I am thinking it would be pretty simple to find a decent job that was much less physical that paid roughly the same.

Maybe I am just out of touch with reality but topping out at $26/hour doesn't seem like a great gig to me.
For the amount education involved to do the job I think it's a great wage. Even better is the benefits package. You don't have to go to college or university to a postal worker.

Most workers don't get 7 paid weeks vacation per year nor do they get sick benefits. There's a cost to the employer to pay out those benefits which also must be factored into the wages they earn.

Yes it's a physicaly demanding job, but if you are in any kind of good shape I don't think it would be that hard.
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