That hasn’t changed then - a friend of mine, back around 1990, got into the postal service. He had the advantage of having been in the army. They give you (or did then) 10 points for military service, 10 points for being “of color”, and extra points for being female as well.
And by hiring unqualified or less qualified people, the USPS has gone downhill. Too bad they don’t have competition for letters and junk mail.
Sickening.