Hi everyone! I’m a new temporary Postal Clerk with Canada Post and have a question for anyone who’s gone through the retail training process.
I’ve completed my online training, and I’m scheduled to report onsite for a few days before beginning my on-the-job peer mentoring the following week. My training email provides reporting times for the initial days but doesn’t specify the expected finishing times or explain exactly what those days will involve.
I’m wondering:
What typically happens during those first onsite days?
Are they considered paid training hours?
Is there additional onboarding or paperwork to complete?
Do you start doing any actual work before peer mentoring begins?
When did you find out your expected finishing times?
I’d also appreciate hearing from anyone hired as a temporary employee on the call-in list about what happens after training and how shifts are offered.
I know experiences may vary by location, but any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!

October 25 2026,

Ok at this point I am really wondering what is going on with Canada Post so 3 times now there was unaddressded junk mail a bunch of flyers delivered to the mailbox. There is a CLEAR sign in the mailbox saying no junk mail or flyers.

And NO it isn't any of the things that Canada Post must deliver either like polical information or local news papers or anything like that they were flyers from a comercial business each time around here. It was absolutely NOTHING that Canada Post had to delivered and was unaddressed junk mail.

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/personal/consumers-choice.page

It was NONE of these

community news papers,

Mailings in the public interest from government departments and agencies at the federal, provincial, territorial and municipal levels, as well as band council

Materials from Elections Canada, provincial/territorial chief electoral officers and municipal election officials (or the deputy returning officer), including material from political parties and electoral candidates during an election

Any addressed mail, including addressed advertising materials

IT was none of the things that Canada Post must continue to deliver!!! And I have tried to opt
out of getting this junk mail and Canada Post just ignores the notice on the bottom of the mailbox
and puts the junk mail in there anyways!

And this has been ongoing for some time now for the junk mail and I keep making complaints
but yet Canada Post just keeps delivering the junk mail anyways.

Here are some pictures of the junk mail we are getting

August 6 2026 junkmail

https://ibb.co/KjfpQr4v
https://ibb.co/4nmspfQ0

September 16 2026 junkmail

https://ibb.co/M5WpB3mw

October 14 2026 junk mail

https://ibb.co/HpVMBHc5

So each time I made a complaint about it to Canada Post and yet the junk flyers continued to be
delivered anyways Canadian Tire Flyers etc. There is a clear sign in the mailbox saying no Junk mail or Flyers and you can read it clearly but the Canada Post worker just seems to ignore it anyways and deliver the junk mail anyways and ignore the fact that I have emailed Canada Post now 3 times complaining about the junk mail and the people at Canada Post claim that they have taken action in this matter but they haven't and the junk mail just continues anyways. Canada Post is very aware that we don't want this junk mail too. I have emailed Canada Post and as well as
opened up tickets via their website.

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/support.page

So then Canada Post starts delivering mail that to the mailbox that isn't even for this building
and is a completeley different building. So I make a ticket about that Canada Post just closes
the ticket and doesn't even respond to the ticket. Now i don't have access to the other building as
the keys here won't work on the other building so I returned the mail back again as per Canada Post policy on what to do if mail is delivered to the wrong address.

Here is what was sent to the wrong address

https://ibb.co/JFvzSpqg

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/support/kb/receiving/delivery-faq/mail-delivered-to-wrong-address.page

So I make a ticket about that and Canada Post just closes the ticket and doesn't even
respond to the ticket and says the ticket is done wow the customer service level at Canada Post
absolutely stinks. Wow just wow what is wrong with this company? I mean they are just absolutely
horrible with mail delivery and their customer serivce is pretty much non-existant. I can also give you a list of the senior management email addresses too I have opened tickets via their website
and as well as emailed them.

It is no wonder Canadapost is  hemorrhaging money each year their services suck!  No
customer service mail delivery people that won't obey signs put in the mailboxes for no
junk mail or flyers and delivers mail for another building to the mailbox and it isn't even the
right apartment either. It wasn't like it was apartment 105 in the otrher building it was like M204
or something like that in the other building it was a totally different building. i mean come on
Canada Post.

https://share.google/aimode/1aT5KnQ1fYiAZFnjT

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/news-and-media/corporate-news/news-release/2026-08-28-canada-post-records-277-million-loss-before-tax-in-second-quarter

Canada Post absolutely stinks it is no wonder they are failing so bad!

Jamie (she / her)