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This was the worst job I have ever had. I took it to work during the night while I worked during the day to help pay the bills and I ended up just breaking even through the gas that my car guzzled from idling to stop and throw papers, and the numerous times that the company took money off my paycheque due to reasons I could not control. I was charged every time a paper was thought to be missing whereas sometimes it has rolled due to the wind. If papers were not in the exact spot that customers stated such as their door step, and had rolled across the porch due to wind, I was charged for complaints. You have to supply your own elastics which adds up quickly, and the bags are almost $30 a box which you go through very quickly when you bag hundreds of papers every night it rains or snows. The truck was often late (sometimes hours late) getting to the depot, so I would end up just sitting and waiting. I signed up for the text alerts for this and they didn’t help. The manager lied frequently to me about the terms of my contract even though I had read and analyzed it multiple times, and often ignored my emails. This job caused me more stress than my other high risk job does, it cost my car quite a bit of money in gas, my car seats are filled with black ink, and I constantly felt uncomfortable talking with the manager. I do not recommend this job, and I would suggest working your butt off somewhere else if needing extra income.

Flexable and good hours . Specs could come out at a certain time to make it faster but it works well . You are timed when doing missed flyers someone missed on a route from the time you get it until the time it gets to the house. Different neighbourhoods and areas so time and bundle the streets wisely . I helped out a lot at this job and ran house to house and honestly if you like driving alone and listening to music at night this is the perfect job

I loved working in the mailroom , I learned how to work with a large group of people at previous jobs , I worked alone or with a few co workers. I enjoyed working with my co workers and the days went fast. The hardest part is that due to the computer world, the media sector is suffering and steady hours of work is lacking. Not enough hours available to employees.

I would deliver newspaper and flyers once every week, sometimes I would also deliver phone books as well.I learned many communication skills talking to various customers while delivering papers.The hardest part of the job was getting up early and delivering the newspaper.The most enjoyable part of the job was getting fresh air and exercise.

You must learn to be on time and efficient, outside work and must be able to complete your task in all weather conditions, I worked the age 12-15 branch so the adult branch may require more work days and security and such and higher pay

It was my first job, a student job and I only worked on the Friday night shift.  It wasn't bad for what it was, but it was dirty and i worked hard.  If the papers ran late, I had to stay late and it often made me late for my other job that I had on weekends.

The work experience was extraordinary. I worked from 4am to 6am when I was only 11 years old. Time management was very good. The hardest part was staying awake because it was so early in the morning and the most enjoyable part was running of course.

MY responsibilities were of a simple variety. Not too much thought put into it. Dropping off news papers at doors every morning. I had been feeling more under accomplished working at a job that required absolutely no skills. I didn't like the pay or the hours but continued as a job for a source of income for myself.

Delivering 200 papers, much more difficult and time consuming than it seems. Great management always responsive and helpful. Hardest part is not having a set schedule every day and waiting for the papers to arrive on time and being able to deliver the papers before the deadline.

Work starts with us all arriving and waiting for the paper press to start, assembling the sleeves to be put in the paper and rotating between hoppers Management would supervise the process and correct any mistakes made in a fast and proper manner.

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