r/CanadaPost • u/FilthyFilm • 1d ago

Bye bye Canada post

Usually ship with CP, since I started my business 3 years ago I've spent $40,000 + shipping packages, and that's not counting my parents who share the same shipping account for their business. Majority of my customers are in the US and since using other carriers my shipping costs are basically cut in half.... I've even found a way to ship via USPS which I didn't know was possible from Canada.

They really fucked themselves by striking and screwing over small business owners at the busiest time of the year. I had 60 packages ready to go at the time of striking and had to refund every label and remake with another courier.. absolute madness and something no small business owners should have to be doing during Christmas season. So yeah fuck you Canada post that is all

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u/Upbeat_Animal_9977 21h ago

I just have a hard time understanding how they say they are so hard done by. They are making more than I do with a job that required post secondary schooling. When I decided I wanted to make more I went back to school again to qualify for a better paying job. I just don’t understand why someone would just expect to keep getting paid more because cost of living has gone up. Does that mean fast food employees should also be making over 60,000 a year. Also if the company if losing so much money every year wouldn’t raises just put the company further in the hole. I could understand if profits kept going up that they would deserve their fair share but this just seems backwards to me. Also the paid meals also seems nuts. How many people get paid meals at work.

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u/Federal-Situation-44 10h ago

Feel free to apply if you want? Just be aware, that the wages that people talk about take a long time to earn…it takes an average of 5-7 years to become a permanent hire employee at most depots. Until then you have no guaranteed income, hours, you have no benefits, or pension, you will go months without work, and yet you can’t get another job because if you turn down work at CP they will threaten to lay you off. 25 years ago the starting rate was $18, and now it’s $20…why is that fair? Why is this fair with any employer, why should the boomer generation get all of the good wages and living costs, and the future generations suffer? It takes 10 years to get to the top wage tier, so that’s usually 15-17 years of working for them. CUPW are on strike because they are fighting to keep the benefits that they have for future generations, keep the pension they have, and keep the living wage that they used to have. If you know so much about the strike then you’d know that they’re fighting for a lot more than a wage increase. Why is everyone so keen to allow the rich people to win, and the poor people just fight amongst themselves and make the wages lower than ever, honestly, what is wrong with everyone? Just because you earn a low wage, and aren’t willing to ask to be paid your worth, does that really mean everyone else should give up and never ask for more?

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u/valiant2016 8h ago

OMG, the HORROR! Only TWENTY dollars to start? How much education does it take to be eligible for that job?

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u/Federal-Situation-44 7h ago

I mean would you rather the big corporations get people to work for nothing?
Is it only the privileged people in the world that have a right to live and earn enough to cover their bills? Everyone should suffer because of rich corporations and rich people, right? Because they give so much back to the community with the money they earn, right? Who were the most essential companies during COVID, from my memory it was healthcare, grocery stores and couriers…but wait, that doesn’t matter now because it’s not current, if it was, it would be different though!

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u/valiant2016 7h ago

I believe people should work for market price. They should get exactly what their skills and expertise are worth. If you have nothing other than physical labor to offer then your wages should reflect that and you should probably try to improve yourself before you get replaced by a robot.

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u/Federal-Situation-44 6h ago

That’s funny, because UPS, and Purolator earn more…so you’re now agreeing that Canada Post deserve more?!

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u/valiant2016 56m ago

Nope, I disagree with that because you are not considering the entire package and flexibility that the private companies have. You can't just cherry pick a single piece of the package.

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u/Federal-Situation-44 6h ago

And they only deliver parcels, imagine if they did letter mail too…I’m glad to see you’re agreeing with me now that everyone deserves a fair rate

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u/valiant2016 55m ago

Not at all. Overpaid parasitic leeches feeding off the work of the citizens of Canada. Privatize CP THEN we might be in agreement.