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Originally Posted by JSH
No benefits to start - when do they kick? A quick look at the post office website says you have medical insurance that is almost fully paid for by the USPS, a pension AND the Thrift Savings Plan with 5% match. The benefits likely double the cash salary.
I get it though - people are short-sighted.
We have the same trouble getting assembly line workers starting at $18 to $20 an hour with VERY good benefits. People will take a job that pays $0.25 more per hour and ignore a career position that has great benefits.
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Those are all for career employees. When you first start you are some kind of "assistant" which means no paid vacation, no medical for a year, no TSP, the time you work doesn't count toward tour retirement multiple. This status used to go on for an indefinite time, many were in 3-5 years before converting to career. Now they made it automatic after 2 years but still. That's a long 2 years when everything is run by seniority and there is only a single $.50/hr raise baked in the whole time. Also if an aera is short, those people are forced to work pretty consistently 60 hours and many places deliver 7 days a week.
Edit: I was wrong about the health benifits, the PO will contribute $3250, towards a health plan your first year. That probably changed with the ACA. Your 2nd year it's 65% of whatever plan you choose.