mailroom clerk

Office mail handler

A mailroom clerk is an employee who handles incoming and outgoing mail for an organization—sorting, distributing, and processing packages and correspondence.

The position is often entry-level, associated with starting at the bottom of a corporate hierarchy: He worked his way up from mailroom clerk to CEO.

Opposites
organizational hierarchy

mailroom clerkCEO

Top corporate officer

chief executive officer · executive director · managing director · partner · department head

career trajectory symbolism

mailroom clerkCEO

Top corporate officer

industry titan · tycoon · mogul · captain of industry · corner office

Family

mail, room, clerk, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailman, mailbox

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G