
Maria Thomas
Manager for Postal Service
“Remember you can't start at the top of the totem pole.”
“Remember you can't start at the top of the totem pole.”
Manager for Postal Service
Retired, but ran a large Post Office for several years.
Running a Post Office entails dealing with customers, employees and unions on a daily basis. Your first priority is to get all the mail delivered every day in an efficient manner. My job also entailed total responsibility for everyone and everything coming and going into my building and delivery within my city. Also responsible for establishing delivery for new homes and route adjustments, requesting additional staff, hiring, and firing, etc.
Here's the first step for college students
Do some research on their hiring procedures. Remember you can't start at the top of the totem pole. Your first goal is to get hired, then work diligently at whatever job you attain. Think about your options; figure out what steps to take to prepare yourself for the next step-up the ladder. Work hard and learn from others. Ask senior people to mentor you on your journey. Always behave appropriately both on the job and off the job.
""You're too young to be a manager. How can I yell at you, you're a woman. Don't help her she has to learn to do it by herself." (unloading trucks when I first started). The Postal Service was very male dominated when I started."
They liked the classes the major offered, and what the major entailed.
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