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Address it to the person by full name, add their department or desk location if you know it, and check first whether the employer accepts personal parcels. Many workplaces route deliveries through a mailroom or reception desk, and some refuse personal packages outright, so a quick check before shipping saves a return trip.
Ask before you ship. Some employers welcome personal deliveries and have a mailroom that handles them daily. Others refuse personal parcels outright, for security reasons or because the mailroom is already overloaded. A refused parcel is not just an inconvenience: it may be returned to you at your expense, or held at a depot until someone collects it. A short message to the recipient, asking whether their workplace accepts personal parcels, answers the question in seconds.
Large offices often have a central mailroom that signs for deliveries, sorts them by department, and delivers them on a daily round. Smaller offices may have a reception desk that holds parcels until the recipient collects them. Either way, the parcel rarely goes straight to the person's desk, so the name on the label does the heavy lifting.
| Detail on the label | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Recipient full name | Mailrooms sort by name first; nicknames cause misdeliveries |
| Department or team | Routes the parcel when several people share a name |
| Floor, desk, or office number | Speeds the internal round, especially in large buildings |
| Company name and street address | Gets the courier to the right building, not a neighbour |
This is where workplace deliveries differ from home deliveries. An employer generally has broad rights over items delivered to its own premises, and many workplaces reserve the right to inspect parcels for security reasons. Some open only parcels that look suspicious or that trigger a scanner. Others log every parcel and may open any of them. A personal parcel sent to work should be treated as something the employer could see: do not ship anything you would not want a coworker or manager to know about.
Privacy rules vary by jurisdiction, and union agreements or company policies can add extra protections, but the practical rule is simple. If the contents are private, medical, or sensitive, ship to a home address instead. The same caution applies to the return address: a personal parcel sent to a workplace still carries your name and home address on the label, visible to the mailroom.
Yes, for deliveries within Canada. LetterAgent labels are Canada Post Xpresspost labels, up to 5 kg, and you get one by asking your AI assistant: you get a per-label quote, approve the exact price, pay once through Stripe, and receive a label PDF. Before you buy the label, confirm with the recipient that their workplace accepts personal parcels, and put their full name and department on the label so the mailroom can route it without guessing.
Ready to ship it? Get a shipping label with LetterAgent: describe it to your AI assistant, approve the exact quoted price, and get your label.
LetterAgent is a working name. Prices include print, postage, and our service fee. US prices in USD, Canadian prices in CAD (Canadian prices exclude applicable sales tax, added at checkout). Currently in private testing.
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