USPS scheduled pickup, does the carrier get extra payment for those packages?

[dcintennessee]

On quite an old thread about USPS scheduled pick ups, it said the carrier gets a small payment based on the number of packages scheduled. The point of that post was whether it's okay to add more packages for pick up than you stated on your request. The answer is yes, although it could be an issue if the packages are going to take up lots of space, and the carrier only gets paid for the number you listed. I have a WONDERFUL carrier, and I want him to get paid every cent available to him.

I just bought (here on eBay) this awesome giant mailbox, at about 24" deep x 15" tall x 12" wide. There's no need to issue a pick-up request when whatever I'm shipping will fit in the box, but I'll do it anyhow if it means my guy gets paid. Yes, he's special enough for me to spend those few seconds on his behalf. Does anyone know whether it's (still?) true that they get a per-package spiff? And, they get that $ only if it's a scheduled pick up? 

Gibraltar Jumbo Mailbox

[johnrj1226]

Don't know about your area but our carriers gets paid by their assigned delivery  route.

[missjen831]

I don’t believe USPS has ever paid the carrier extra for picking up packages. Unless maybe it’s only for contracted workers or something? @lja440will know the answer though!

[gkyn29]

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@dcintennessee wrote:

On quite an old thread about USPS scheduled pick ups, it said the carrier gets a small payment based on the number of packages scheduled. The point of that post was whether it's okay to add more packages for pick up than you stated on your request. The answer is yes, although it could be an issue if the packages are going to take up lots of space, and the carrier only gets paid for the number you listed. I have a WONDERFUL carrier, and I want him to get paid every cent available to him.

I just bought (here on eBay) this awesome giant mailbox, at about 24" deep x 15" tall x 12" wide. There's no need to issue a pick-up request when whatever I'm shipping will fit in the box, but I'll do it anyhow if it means my guy gets paid. Yes, he's special enough for me to spend those few seconds on his behalf. Does anyone know whether it's (still?) true that they get a per-package spiff? And, they get that $ only if it's a scheduled pick up? 

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I doubt it given the recent budget woes. Giving a nice xmas card with a little extra something inside as thanks is always welcomed.

[agent006140]

years ago a subcontractor of USPS told me it does make a difference what kind of packages you pickup and deliver,the most prized ones are the express mail.

priority is good too,but express is the best.

It does count toward how much she wil get paid next year.

whatever it means,but it does not apply to full time USPS carriers.

some will accept a tip,some get a fruit cake

[muttlymob]

Rural carriers pay is based on an annual mail count of maybe 2 weeks for each route, usually in the spring or fall.  Whatever the mail volume and type during that counted period determines the time allotment for the various tasks, thus the pay rate for the route. 

So no, rural carriers do not get an extra 5 cents or whatever tacked onto their paycheck for each package pickup, whether scheduled or not throughout the year.  The pay is based on the route values determined during that mail count period so indirectly may be affected by the amount of pickups scheduled during count. 

As far as I know, city carriers are paid hourly and do not get extra for package pickups either.

[chasearooauctions]

FEDEX gets money for the carrier. If FEDEX drops off something to your business and you say "hey, can you take a package for me?" they charge you more than if you drop it off at a FEDEX location.

[lja440 · Accepted solution]

I have been a rural carrier with USPS for 18 years. We DO NOT get paid anything extra for picking up packages. It does not matter if they are scheduled or not. UNLESS we have to make a second trip out to get them.

I do have an Amish business that ships huge packages (30"x36"x5" or larger). One or two is sometimes all I can pick up depending on what I have yet to deliver. If I have to make another trip out or if the Postmaster has to get someone to fetch them in a LLV then that person gets paid the time it takes and if they, like me are using their own vehicle they will also get mileage. 

City carriers are a bit different. Their routes are adjusted if needed (bulk mail rolled) if the scheduled pick ups are going to put them behind. With them they have to reach certain points on the route within a certain time frame. 

But for the most part our pay is determined by mail count (counting every mail piece both delivered and picked up for usually a 2 week period) and unless there are so many mailboxes added or there is an extension (more miles) added to the route it remains our pay until the next mail count.

[mg152]

I have that very mailbox. I love it.

[dcintennessee]

I left a note for my carrier to come to the door for a quick question today. @lja440 Is exactly right for USPS employees here as well. Overall mail count matters; scheduled pickups don’t affect that any more than items left in the box. Thanks for the clarification @lja440! 

[ryanrobyn]

No carrier does. But it doesn't always pay to use carrier pick up as some are too lazy to scan it into the system so it shows up the next causing you shipping defects. l

[ryanrobyn]

No carrier does. But it doesn't always pay to use carrier pick up as some are too lazy to scan it into the system so it shows up the next causing you shipping defects. l used to do this but one day the carrier clicked "returnd to sender on all of them" so I lost several hundred dollars that month in claims of items not received.

My post office says the carriers love picking up packages as it caused them to use extra time on their route. If they finish early they have to go back to the PO and are given extra work to do. Also if they go over their paid time they get overtime.

[buyselljack2016]

My parcel overflow box is 18 X 20 X35 with a flip up back panel that allows for another 2-3'.

Not USPS approved, but no complaints from the carriers, as it is no longer necessary to dismount to put most items in the garage.

Small items are bagged and placed in the lower green box.  Larger in the upper. Small items can not go in the top as I have a murder of crows that cruise the highway on a recurring basis, and will take small items from the top box.

Not sure if there have been changes, but at one time requesting a package pick up created more work.  A morning printout was done with the pickup requests. Carriers were notified. When the carrier came back in someone had to verify the listed items had been picked up, and input that fact. So,.............  if everything going out fits in the box, it may be less work not doing a request.

[lja440]

I have a jumbo mailbox also, I love it. I can fit a LFRB and several FRE's in it with ease. 

Love your little parcel hut, and that size step two mailbox isn't bad but the singles and trim lines should IMO be taken off the market. The singles look like a standard size but they pinch in in the middle of the box  making it smaller. The trimline ones are even worse. No one should get them unless they only get a few letters a day, no catalogs or parcels. 

I have a family that gets probably 8 to 10 packages per week. Never anything huge but it seems like 9 out of 10 are just a tad too big for the box. I have asked them repeatedly to get at least a standard size box.