[Merged] Ask Me About Working For Canada Post

guccimanilla1 wrote: ↑ Thanks for all the great responses I'm been getting here.

What's been on my mind recently is whether or not working for Canada Post is a worthwhile career, or if I should use it as a stepping stone to other things. I don't mind being a letter carrier, and the pay sure as hell beats minimum but I feel room for making a serious living isn't that great. In training they told us our pay would only max out at 25 or 26? Which is pretty disappointing. Hoping that once CUPW has a deal, things like this could change...

airmail wrote: ↑ Unfortunately CUPW has been giving away benefits year after year, so don’t expect any huge increases in the future. Urban carriers took around a 3k haircut on flyers alone last year.

Purolator and UPS have had huge gains over the past few years. If you can afford to start out at a lower wage, there final wage is almost 5$ more an hour and pretty well the same benefits. There union is focused on wages and not hybrid vehicles

guccimanilla1 wrote: ↑ Yeah. I'll have to start looking elsewhere soon. I mean the job pays the bills, and they are pretty fair about overtime, but the extreme gap between me and "3-hour Bill", and all the BS, isn't worth the few years of seniority I'll have to get before the job isn't complete garbage (for peanuts).

dcjcdc wrote: ↑ just got a referral from the doctors for orthotics
- forgot the process,,,im guessin go to your wellness place and get your foot shped for othotics....do we pay first and than submit receipt to great west life or is it automatically done at well ness place
thanks

gotwgoty wrote: ↑ Another benefits question.

I have some social anxiety that waxes and wanes and is full on waxing right now. I figure I should finally do something about it.

Anyone get therapy via benefits? I saw somewhere that we have a 2k limit? How does the process work?

pike18 wrote: ↑ Orthotics have to be prescribed for an ailment, not symptom. Most GP’s get this wrong and it will be denied every time. So, “back pain”, won’t cut it. I found it’s easier to cut out the middle man and go straight to a podiatrist, who can prescribe themselves. My podiatrist did a consult, created a mold and submitted an estimate for both an orthotic and orthopaedic shoes. Once it was approved, the turn around time was about two weeks.

pike18 wrote: ↑ Yes. The limit is $1600 and covers psychologists/social workers. You’ll need a referral from your GP. Psychologists are in the $150-$200/hour range, so it’s best to determine if a psychologist is needed, or a psychotherapist/social worker is more appropriate. The process is simple to submit online/via app and you’re reimbursed at 80%.

timetotellthetruth wrote: ↑ CN and teamsters come to a negotiated agreement. See how that works when a company realizes that there is no back to work legislation? Why the hate for us Trudeau?

dcjcdc wrote: ↑ hmm
doctors note says please provide custom made shoes and orthitics dx. plantar fasciitis

gotwgoty wrote: ↑ I don’t have a gp. Walk in clinic works?

jonny_fishead wrote: ↑ Did you forget that China packets are an essential service?

timetotellthetruth wrote: ↑ CN and teamsters come to a negotiated agreement. See how that works when a company realizes that there is no back to work legislation? Why the hate for us Trudeau?

timetotellthetruth wrote: ↑ CN and teamsters come to a negotiated agreement. See how that works when a company realizes that there is no back to work legislation? Why the hate for us Trudeau?

gotwgoty wrote: ↑ Can the people claiming that the union is turning down raises solely because they want electric cars just stop. It’s super dumb.

jonny_fishead wrote: ↑ I don't even know if they want electric cars, one thing they were asking for was for charging stations to be installed at post offices, not for us necessarily but for public use. I mean its great for electric car owners on a road trip and for society in general but not sure how it would help the corp. Would we make money off them somehow?