USPS employees are barred from certain types of outside work

[Ruralinfo]

The Postal Service wants employees to know they can have second jobs, but there are certain types of employment that are not permitted. Employees cannot engage in any outside work that conflicts with or affects their postal duties. Ethics regulations also prohibit employees from: • Working for an entity that delivers mailable matter that could ... Read more

 

[AtomWaffles]

USPS inability to keep up with rising costs (or provide a non-fluctuating salary like nearly every career in earth) interferes with ability to work. Will this be addressed?

 

[jaymacgthree]

Monthly announcements like this are tantamount to harassment from the Postal Service. They should seriously choose their battles wisely because having to choose between USPS and a second job, the second job will probably win. I know a Regular city carrier in one office that was working 40-48 hours a week that took a second job working pizza delivery in the evenings and said he was making more money that way than his day job he had been doing since 2017... How sad is that. I realize it's not rural work or other logistic industries but still boggles the mind that USPS would risk losing employees. Especially when Postal Management has no business lecturing us on ETHICS.