I guess it's time to dust off the old resume and get it updated.  I'm quite saddened that I have worked this hard to get this RCA job first of all.  I went through so much to get it, then I worked so hard to make it through probation.  Now that I've had my baby, it's caused too much of a problem at work. 

I have basically been unavailable to work on call in's the past couple of weeks.  My baby was sick and had to go to the emergency room and now my two kids have strep throat.  I have to take the oldest to the doctor tomorrow and I'm not sure when they'll be able to go back to school. 

Yesterday I was basically blessed out by both my supervisor and manager.  Apparently they changed my schedule last Saturday afternoon and I failed to check the schedule on my way out the door on Saturday (?)  I ALWAYS check my schedule.  I come in on my day off to check my schedule and I check it every day that I come in to work.  In fact I had checked it that Saturday before they CHANGED it.  Now because I did not come in for the two days that I didn't know about, all hell broke loose. 

The manager basically lectured us yesterday and said that EVERY RCA must be available to work 6 days a week and should wait for a call from the post office until 2:00pm.  (?)  I don't mean to be sassy here but being that I'm at the BOTTOM of the list of about 20 RCA's, seems to me that if all the other 19 had been available to work until 2:00pm 6 days a week, that there would have been no need to even get to me at the bottom of the call sheet.  In fact, I would probably NEVER work. 

Not to mention that since I had been on maternity leave for 2 months, it really put my husband and I into a financial situation.  I've had to sell my own stuff just so I could afford to pay a nanny $100 every Saturday so that I can go to work and keep my job.  Now that I'm being yelled at when I show up on Saturday, I'm failing to see the point of fighting so hard to keep my job. 

I guess I'll always be confused when it comes to the post office.

I haven't been on here in quite sometime.   While I was away, I had a baby about 8 weeks ago.  I'm an RCA, for those who don't know. 

When I came back to work a couple of weeks ago, I was only on the schedule on Saturdays.  Now, the post office is trying to contact me virtually every day due to inclement weather and regular carriers on FMLA leave, leaving them short handed.

The problem is childcare.  I cannot commit myself to paying a center $230/week in hopes that I will be working more than 2 days every week to cover the cost.  Mail count will be coming up soon, and I'm sure that I may not even be scheduled some weeks during that time.  They are getting irritated that I do not answer the telephone during the week when they call.  Now with the 5 day a week proposal, that adds even more uncertainty to my future at the post office. 

Can they take any action on me for not answering the phone when they try to call me in?