Work Stuff Around

[sconeonamission]

Where do I start?
I started with the company (as a whole) in January 2005. Been there full time since word go.
December 2007, I told my boss, and supervisor, that I was pg. The way I was treated soon changed. I had to start training my replacement about 2-3mths before I left. As soon as she started, the mood changed again. My boss and I had come to an agreement that I would come back part time when Jensen was 6mths. I went back to have a chat to my boss at 3mths - so I could organise day care. My boss had left the week before and there was someone else running the show. He's been with the company longer than I have, so I know him, but he didn't know anything about it.

The office had gone to the dogs. The supervisor had left and come back. One girl quit and her replacement had left the day before I came in for a chat. I mentioned to my boss that if he needs, I could come back one day a week. After that one day, he let me know how much an hour I'd be getting (it was decent and we were going to need the money). He also said if you want you could come back 2 days a wk. It wasn't much a question as a plea. So I said yes. Mondays and Wednesdays 730-230. This was fine.

Things changed again the first time I had to leave because Jensen was sick. We're a young office, with a total office staff of 5(inc me) or 6 inc the boss. The boss has 2 kids, the youngest just turned 3, so I hope I sorta have him on my side. One of the girls has 2 kids also, but they're 6 & 7. The replacement and other girl are best friends. The supervisor, other employee and my replacement have none. So, the supervisor is none too pleased when I have to go.

Just within the last month, the girl with 2kids, the supervisor and my replacement have started treating me like *****. We do have a different system since I left, but I know how to use what I have to use. My replacement was friendly to me most of the time, and only got rude to me occasionally. Other girl treats me like I'm simple, and haven't been working in the industry for the last 3 years. I was told "to have everyone know how to do every job" I was put in the other girls position, while she was taught how to do mine/my replacements. Last week I was told it was so that my replacement could have a holiday/break/move house/day off etc. It now appears that each day that I will be in will be in her job. The boss knows I hate that job, and has done for years. They are all very chummy and don't include me in anything. I had to fight the supervisor just to get my name on the footy tipping chart as "just for fun".

On Wednesday just gone, I had to take Jensen back to the health nurse during the drop in clinic. I was there at opening 830, and didn't get to work til 930. There were two hours I missed. I also don't decide when and how long my carers of Jensen can look after him for. As far as they know, they look after him from 7 to 3. So I left at 2 (supposed to be 230, just couldn't stand them looking down their noses at me and speaking to me the way they do anymore). I msged my replacement (as conveniently my boss was on holidays) about doing 2hrs to make up for that morning, on Friday. She came back with "its not up to me when you come and go. you need to discuss it with the supervisor. I just assumed due to the agreement of 7hrs monday and wednesday, the later you came in the later you stayed but im not the boss man so its not my place. no need to come in friday". I fumed. I don't decide when the carers can look after him. (I know, she has a point, but still - carers.....) She changed her facebook status to saying something like ....is so sick of ppl who only come to work for a paycheck and whinge and are lazy. SOOO ****ed off, no doubt about who it's about. She's also a smoker, as is the supervisor, and they spend a lot of time outside puffing. Her b/f works for us also, and when he comes in, out she goes again and spends more time outside. So when I have a small chance, I pop on here, or ebay, check my mail, whatever. Why should I have to work the whole time when she gets a 10-15min break to smoke? How fair is that? Sometimes her and the other girl just stop what they are doing and talk, which, I might add, the replacement and I do sometimes as well. So if I'm being lazy so is she.

I also found out that my replacement is going from casual wages to a salary that is $10k MORE than what I was getting before pg. My dh pointed out to me that the maternity leave agreement was that my job would be held open for 12mths so that I could go back to it. ATM it feels like I'm being forced out. Also, how am I supposed to have my job back when they have this girl in and giving her more money? I had asked if they needed a person to do the work on the days that I'm not there, and my boss had said to me that there isn't enough work for another person. Only now have I realised that there may not be enough work for me, as I come in and my work in my tray that I left in there is gone. There is no way that I'm going to be doing the other girls job, as MY job was/is what my replacement is doing and NOT what the other girl does. There is more to how they treat me, but can't really be explained on here. Just feels like I'm being pushed out and like I'm going to be fired.

I can't be fired on my maternity leave can I? I am more than willing to have the rest of my maternity leave off, no problem there. But it seems like I'm not going to have a job to come back to when I finish it, in the middle of July. I have to have a chat to the boss, but I don't know when he'll be back, and if he's not back on Monday, its going to be awfully awkward. I just don't know what to do or where to stand. I went off at the supervisor on wednesday, as I said to him when he asked me to do the other girls job(which you really don't get a break from) that I need to express, and I actually had to stand there and explain what expressing was. He said he knew nothing about that..... I've been back there 2 days a week for the last 4mths, and did it everyday at 2hr intervals, and he knew nothing....

Where do I stand, what do I do? My dh reckons that if the boss isn't there on monday to go straight home, which I'm not going to do.

Any ideas? If you need any clarification on any of it, let me know, I need to get this off my chest.