used to be a good gig, but not any more for the rural carriers.
She makes $10k less than 10 years ago and has to work more hours for it on top of having to furnish a vehicle. About 700 miles a week, stopping every few hundred feet, so brakes and tires don’t go long.
They are going more and more to part-timers who get paid even less, with absolutely no benefits.
But they will pay someone hourly to drive out and hand deliver a single $8 next-day parcel 15 miles from town.
And they wonder why the PO is losing money
they need to raise rates for junk mail!