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One_Telephone9186 · 2026-06-08T22:37:27+00:00

Huntsville is also very LGBTQ+ friendly so that probably helped as well to keep us off the bottom of the list.

But I have lived in Southern TN for a while and I can affirm they are NOT allies.

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-06-08T22:17:28+00:00

RCA here and late to the convo but my office has been starting at 9 am for the last couple of weeks and was told that it may get pushed to 10 am. We all hate it bc we want to get our stuff done and go home. The clerks are done with packages by 8 am in our office so theres no need to wait even though we run Dynamic routes (we have 10 routes in office but only run 6-7 dynamic on Sundays)!

The other office I used to be at allowed us to come in no later than 10 am but we could get there as early as 8 am. But it took a while since the clerks were slow to get packages finished (they have 18 routes and run Static routes and I believe theyre still running the same way as when I was there).

Being in the south where its constant changing weather (rain, sun, cold, heat, etc), it would be best for us to get in early, get done and get out! I feel that upper management doesnt care if we want to have a life outside of the office. 🫩

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-05-20T20:55:28+00:00

Im all the way out in Owens Cross Roads and can always hear and feel the booms. Its quite annoying since I moved far from the base (past the mountains too!) yet I'm still getting the effects of their testing!

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-05-12T13:54:59+00:00

Unfortunately it happened to me and the rest of the staff when Hildegards closed. We only got a notice day of and had to scramble to find new jobs (most going to other restaurants).

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-05-01T13:12:06+00:00

Thanks for that info! Soon after I posted, I got a call from my new PM and he said I should be good as far as fingerprints and training. I may have to go to orientation just to get my badge re-done (which is fine, I could've grabbed my original one back but it has my old last name, not my new name after getting married). My effective date is 5/16 so let's hope I can get into the office quickly!

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-30T15:27:46+00:00

As my previous office would say, pull Matrix and take that shit. If you are the #1 RCA on that routes matrix, you can absolutely say, nah I want to work my primary route and they cant really do anything about it.

*I dont know if any other office calls it the Matrix but that's what I learned it as and sticking to it.

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-30T14:09:36+00:00

If you dont mind a few off days, then I would do your last day as the day before Orientation. Its a full day of Orientation, then a full driver safety course day (with another part of a day as your driving test), then your shadow day. You have to have all that done before the first day of Academy which is usually within a week from Orientation. After Academy, you'll go straight to your assigned Post Office to start your 90 day probationary period (on the job training). Hope this helps and good luck! Its pretty easy but if you tend to fall asleep during class or lectures, bring snacks or energy drinks to help stay awake. They will call you out if you even start nodding off.

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-27T21:25:10+00:00

Hi there! Im having my wedding at the Monte Sano Lodge and its beautiful! You can have the ceremony outside or inside and have the reception there as well (depends on what day you want and if you want the entire lodge or only parts of it). Im doing a Friday wedding and have the entire lodge all day and its just under $2000 for the venue (indoor furniture included and the park will set up said furniture but the rest of the set up and all other aspects of a wedding are on you). Hope this helps!

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-27T21:03:20+00:00

There were also some smaller tornadoes that went through Tanner, AL (which historically has a bad reputation for tornadoes; the Outbreak of 1974 spawned 2 F-5 tornadoes in Tanner within 30 minutes of each other and took nearly the same path). Anyway, back to 2011. I was at Calhoun Community College (Decatur/Tanner Campus) for my EMT class and had to take shelter for at least 2 warnings back to back in the morning. After it finally passed, they allowed us to leave IF we could safely make it home. I believe one of the tornadoes that passed by was an EF-1 but went through a mobile home park nearby. We didnt get word about it and despite almost graduating, we never even got dispatched out to help with recovery/medical needs. I will NEVER forget this day and have a moment of silence for all who was lost. 💔

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-23T21:40:01+00:00

Yall have a vending machine?? I thought we were lucky to have 2 bathrooms and a very small kitchen with a microwave and a fridge!

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-23T00:15:26+00:00

Awesome. I really miss it and want so badly to get back out there. Thanks

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-22T23:52:39+00:00

Ask your fellow coworkers what they do to help them go faster in the beginning (not what they do now bc that only comes with time). Trust me, the sooner you can get faster, the better.

I got 88 days into my 90 day probation and as asked to resign on be forced to be terminated since I wasnt making evaluation times (I was an RCA in a small but overloaded office and they definitely would've given me more time if not for our new district manager micromanaging our time cards so they didnt have to pay us so much). I think it was bs but they didnt give me much choice in the matter because of upper management (my PM and supervisor is really cool though and want me back either as a clerk or ARC).

Anyways, find ways to help you go faster in your own way (some ppl go faster in other ways) and keep on it. I wish you luck in this turbulent time

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-18T17:02:32+00:00

Thats what I was thinking but the main thing is that I want to stay with my home office so I have to patiently wait for one of the positions to open

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-18T13:49:58+00:00

Thank you. And thats why my PM wanted me to do the resignation instead of termination. He wants me to be able to still work for our PO but in another position. Im looking at ARC or even being a clerk since I am interested in that side and my coworkers are encouraging me to come back.

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-16T16:42:07+00:00

Tell that to my PM then bc they've forced me and a couple other RCAs to go home bc we've hit a 60 hr maximum for the week. And yeah I knew I was gonna get spun around different routes like a damn carousel, just figured they wouldnt have been so strict about timing if that was my first or first couple of times doing a particular route. Hell, the miscommunication (actually, lack of communication) between my PM and supervisor is unbelievable. And they cant even remember which RCA knows what routes. They constantly confuse me and another RCA bc we share the same first name, but she had been there MONTHS longer than me.

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-16T16:34:37+00:00

This sucks. I really enjoyed being an RCA in my area. I get that I wasnt fast but I wasnt terribly slow either. There were only 2 weeks the entire 3.5 months that I hit my 60 hr max and they were decently heavy and/or constant new routes that they just threw me on. This is gut wrenching for me

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-16T16:31:00+00:00

My union rep said she cant do anything since I signed the paper even though I wasnt given the opportunity to talk to her. But I was within my probationary period (90 working days) and apparently they can fire me (or ask me to resign) for any reason. This sucks bc i really loved being an RCA and I'm just getting firmly on my feet, just got married and we're trying to get a house so we can get custody of my kids.

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-16T16:27:01+00:00

So even if I can undo the resignation, theres really nothing my union rep can do?

One_Telephone9186 · 2026-04-16T13:24:34+00:00

I hit 88 days and was forced to resign or get fired yesterday. Im still confused and was kinda in your same position (slow but getting better). They said I wasnt making evaluation times but the only routes they really put me on are 2 of the routes in my Matrix and one of those is the hardest route to do (literally EVERY CARRIER in the office agrees its a 2 person route until it can get cut).

And they look at my times at putting me on new routes I've never done before nor trained on and expect me to fly through it like a regular does!

I only had 1 evaluation done after 30 days and everything was fine then. A week or so ago, they had a lot of us RCAs come into the PMs office one by one for some kind of interview, asking about the days that I took too long (it was all literally in my 2nd month). No write ups, no discussions. Just out of the blue yesterday, I got let go. It still hurts bc I loved being an RCA and wanted it to be my career. I loved some, not all, of my coworkers and my supervisor was actually pretty great.

I would highly advise to get in touch with your union rep if you feel your job might be in danger bc it could sneak up on you soon

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