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Posted by Poet on November 24, 2006, at 10:40:43
For the most part things are great at my new job, I am using my brain, like the work and am good at it.
The not so good part is that I am feeling like I am missing the boat and have never had a chance to get on board.
They were in a big hurry to get me to start as soon as possible so I went in on Columbus Day (holiday at old job) and on the Saturday before my official start date. My first *official* day at work, the co-worker who was supposed to be doing orientation with me had a family emergency and took two weeks off. Understandable. What isn't understandable was that for those two weeks I heard *we have to get you set hours.* I didn't fill out any paperwork until the day before payday. The person who does payroll seemed surprised that in two weeks I hadn't done that. My employee orientation was self guided.
I found out my work schedule the first day the co-worker was back, including that I could opt to take the day after Thanksgiving off without pay. *You'll have to let me know any time off you want around the holidays.* The only time off I've requested was to come in late this past Monday because I had a Dr. Clueless appointment. I planned on making up the hours I missed by skipping lunch and working today. I went in at 8:00 a.m. and was locked out of the office. I waited 15 minutes, put a note under the door and left.
It's bugging me that I went out of my way to work for them before I had left my other job and they don't even have the courtesy to remember that I said on Wednesday that I would be in today. Yeah, those set hours really helped today, she said bitterly.
I'm wondering if on Monday my note will be acknowledged at all or if it'll be on the floor by the door with footprints on it.
I realize I haven't been there long enough to be intrusted with a key and the alarm code to get in the office, but I feel like they wanted me so badly, and now it's Poet who?
Poet Who
Posted by ClearSkies on November 25, 2006, at 13:15:38
In reply to Feeling Forgotten About, posted by Poet on November 24, 2006, at 10:40:43
There are bad organizations out there. Good companies, good employees, and terrible organizations. Someone who does the new hire paperwork, who can't be bothered to make the time to do it because they hate that part of their job. Someone who is supposed to train you, who figures that you'll be able to figure it out yourself... or maybe they are the person who used to do the job and resents being replaced?
I've seen your post below and that you've been "released from your probationary employment period". At least, that's how it's been presented to me in the past :-/ Please, please, believe this about what happened: it's a reflection on the company who hired you - couldn't be bothered to train you, didn't give you the courtesy of making you an official new hire and welcome you to the organization - they pretty much plugged you in and expected you to perform - NOT a company I would stay with. Good pay, good opportunity, but if they can't manage how a new hire is trained and incorporated, it's ulitmately not a good place to work.
I won't be trivial and tell you to look at this as a learning experience. It hurts! You have been let go! You left a perfectly good/horrible/depressing/underwhelming job to accept this!! I can tell you, just from these two posts on this board, that you are MUCH better off without this particular job.
And, once again, it's not YOU. It's THEM. Really.
((((Poet))))
ClearSkies
Posted by Poet on November 25, 2006, at 13:26:49
In reply to It's not you, Poet., posted by ClearSkies on November 25, 2006, at 13:15:38
Thank you, ClearSkies. I am feeling beyond low, I posted on psych about that, but thought the career/work end of this ordeal should be on this board.
If I ever get another job interview, I will say that I was released from my probationary employment period. I should think that no one would ask further questions as to why I think I was *released* but then again I've been asked so many inane questions in so many inteviews that it wouldn't surprise me.
Thanks for caring, thanks for letting me know that it wasn't me. I feel so foolish having to put one month on my resume/applications, but I don't know how else to explain why I left the mindless job. Crap, I'm crying again.
Poet
Posted by Jost on November 26, 2006, at 12:14:35
In reply to Re: It's not you, Poet. » ClearSkies, posted by Poet on November 25, 2006, at 13:26:49
Poet, this really doesn't sound like your doing-- this company or organization sounds completely screwed up.
Really unprofessional, chaotic, and irresponsible.
How do they know you had low productivity? You barely had time to find your desk. That's an absurd explanation of why they let you go.
Who knows what they were thinking, if they were thinking. They may suddenly have realized they couldn't afford another employee or something equally irrelevant to anything you did or didn't do.
I think madeleine was right about this-- frankly-- you're better off out of this job-- sooner rather than later.
Try to take comfort from their having hired you (the one right thing they did)-- cause you'll get another, much better job.
I"m really sorry that it was so disappointing.
Jost
Posted by Poet on November 26, 2006, at 16:16:21
In reply to Re: It's not you, Poet., posted by Jost on November 26, 2006, at 12:14:35
Hi Jost,
I found my job posted online. Now that I think about it, two women, met with co-worker and then boss last week. Normally clients didn't come to the office, if they did they went right to boss. I think they were interviewing and I suspect that since boss did come in on friday, as she found my note, she hired one of them and then emailed co-worker to fire me.
I know it's not me, it's not my fault, but I am hurting so badly and a lot of is because I've tried a harder than anyone I know to get a job and I failed until now. Then I get fired after a month.
Poet
Posted by canadagirl on November 26, 2006, at 19:13:04
In reply to Re: It's not you, Poet., posted by Jost on November 26, 2006, at 12:14:35
That's really crappy that they were even interviewing for another candidate. I agree it stinks. YOu sound quite competent and you seem to have been doing all the right things with job applications. You know what they say about getting right back on the horse after it has kicked you off. The right job will come along for you, remember what they say for every $10,000 you want to make it takes at least one full 9-5 month of job searching, at least that is the rule of thumb. So hang in there. It seems you are doing everything "right". Take care.
Posted by canadagirl on November 26, 2006, at 19:13:38
In reply to Re: It's not you, Poet. » Jost, posted by canadagirl on November 26, 2006, at 19:13:04
Posted by Jost on November 27, 2006, at 10:52:35
In reply to Re: It's not you, Poet. » Jost, posted by Poet on November 26, 2006, at 16:16:21
It hurts, Poet, but I guess what I hope is that you can combat some part of the hurt by knowing that it wasn't you.
What they did is unprofessional.
Job-hunting is tough, really demoralizing. I know. But it's just that if you keep up your hope, and just put your head down and keep going-- it will work out.
It's hard, no denying.
But this thing that happened, while it really sucks, doesn't reflect on you, either whether you will get a good job, in time-- or whether you deserve one.
Even if it hurts, you're more than OK.
{{{Poet}}} {{Poet's future job}}
Jost
Posted by Poet on November 27, 2006, at 12:12:56
In reply to Re: It's not you, Poet., posted by Jost on November 27, 2006, at 10:52:35
Hi Jost,
I'll keep repeating *it wasn't me, it wasn't me...* I left a message for a headhunter and hopefully she'll have something for me. What really hurts is that I am trying to get hired in a new field and the only experience I have is my last job and I can't list it. No matter how I try to pretty up why I'm gone after four weeks, four weeks is such a short period of time it screams ncompetent whether true or not. Damn them. I took a leap of faith and they let me fall.
Poet
Poet
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