I am not sure if you have the possibility for parcels to be "held" in the post office in the US, but this has been the most acceptable solution to most of my delivery problems here in Europe. In my experience, problems usually start to appear when home-delivery is involved: parcels being stolen from porches, deliverymen being in a rush not wanting to get a signature, you name it. If you take the home delivery out of the equation and just collect your parcels from the post office, things usually run much smoother.
Another option is having parcels delivered to your office if your employer allows this. Most postal service providers have much stricter delivery rules for business-to-business (B2B) deliveries, as opposed to business-to-customer (B2C) deliveries. Fact is that the "big money" is not in the B2C sector and this makes them simply not care about your private delivery.
I have literally been told by customer service agents that private B2C deliveries are not a priority and deliverymen may skip a private delivery in order to be able to fulfil all business deliveries when time is tight. After all, a disgruntled private person does not harm their business as much as a disgruntled company - which could have been or already is a big-time customer.