I want another job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Long Vent

I have been at my current job for a little over 8mos, and I am so desperatly needing a change. First off I graduated from a medical assistant program last year in October. Where I work at now I work as a check in person at a oncology practice. I took this job because I had financial obligations I had to meet, and the opportunity to move on to work as a medical assistant. Those were the only two reasons why I took it to get at least part of a toe in the door. My boss knew this. I asked for a certain amount when I got hired. She said that because of my work history ( stability) she can only start me off at 11.00/hr, but assured me that I will get what I am asking for in 90 days. Well I started there in 8/2008 and i did not get my 90day review until 2/2009. I have busted my but workig in this place hoping that it would pay off. Well guess what, in my review I got a little .35 raise. My boss told me that she thought I was worth that much. I felt like reaching across her desk and choking the dog mess out of her. I felt like it was a slap in the face. Okay so a few months later we had another problem when she  was talkin to me like I was stupid. Her exact words" I cant believe you cant follow simple directions, a first grader can follow directions better than you, I thought better of you. Okay, that was the straw that broke the camels back. I have been insulted but not like that. I let he slide many months with her sly comments, and this day I could not let her shoot down my self esteem and belittle me. My comments were" I have bent over backwards to do everyhting you ask me to do, and this i how you are going to talk to me. I am not like your other employees total pushovers. You are dealing with a real person, and I have feelings and you have trampled on them long enough. I am done with letting you talk to me like I am stupid. I have been asking you so- called managers for help for months, and you have yet done nothing. Better yet since  am so dumb, how about I do you one better. You can take this extra responsibility you are trying to pile on me and do it yourself. " she then said, Oh yes you will do it" I told her, I bet my ridiculous .35 raise I won't, amd mark my words you will respect me. I told her, you want me to work for nothing. I have a Ivy League backgroung compared to your lucky 5 years of being a manager of which you never went to college to earn a degree. Do what you want, I see myself a a dead end job working here. You promised me this and promise me that. How many other people have you lied to? Your point of view is becoming more transparent each day, and I see through your bull****. You lied to me about how long I had to be in my position in order to trabsfer to another department. I dont have to wait a year. I can move anywhere as long as a slot is open" That was told to me by her boss, after I talked to her.

She does not want no one to do better than her, she is upset with me because I am not a suck up like everyone else. Before all of this happened, I talked to the lab manager and she was willing to give me a part time position, just so I can put my skills to use to start of. My boss and the lab manager are really good riends. After, I put my boss in her place, the lab manager all of a sudden changed her mind about letting me work. This really ticked me off, because my boss did tell me, that if she has anyhting to do with it, she will make sure I dont work in the lab. The lab manager is going to tell me that I cant hire you because it would be unfair to the lab techs,Now mind yo, I am cool with all the lab techs and theytold me that they would love to have me work with them. They know I have limited experience, but let me tell you this I always got the vein perfectly when I went to draw blood. Then the lab manager went on to tell me that the lab techs would not let me draw on them, I had talked to the lab techs when I first considered applying to the lab, and they volunteered. At, this time I knew she was feeding me BS, a whole unch of it at that. And thenwhat she said next, I kinda shut down because I am so angry. She said , You dont have any experience, I told her she knew that from the beginning. I know my boss went and bad mouthed me, I must admit she got me good, she got me really good. But what she dont realize, is that she does not want to face me head on. She think she;s bad. Okay I will show you who is bad. I am so ticked right now ladies. she has never seen my dr. jekyll mr hyde personality. I will have her think she is the one thats crazy. Everyone in that office is fake except for a few. Nobody in management has a college degree. The girl in human resources came from the lab, and don't have a degree either. I got a cake baked for everyone in that place. I always have the last laugh I guarantee you.


Then to make matters worse, I applied for a job yesterday and they called me today. It was for a MA position in a OBGYN ofc. In the past, I have been a CNA for 7yrs worked as a Medical Office Secretary/ Manager in a family practice for 3years. Worked in INsurance claimes for 2yrs. She told me that she was looking for someone with more experience. In my mind I was like, Okay then why did you call me. Before we got off the phone, I added I know I don't have what you want, but everyone has to start somewhere. She said " I will keep your resume on file and keep you in mind for future position. I was like okay and thanks for calling            For no reason............

Ladies I am too the point where I just want to give up, I was telling my mom earlier today, that i feel like I wasted my money even going to Kaplan, to find out later after I graduated, that the credits dont transfer.

How is anyone suppose to get experience if no one is willing to give someone a chance. This is ridiculous, I have always looke on the bright side, and always stayed optimistic. I got on alot of peples nrver being that way. My brother once told me" Tameka how can you be happy with life whenou get dealt a raw hand alot. And I always Said God didnt bring us this far to fail.

I am now starting to see how he felt, I dont like who I am becoming, I feel that with all of this negativity bogging me down I am starting to become hateful and bitter.

And then today, the lab manager tried to carry on a conversaion with me after my phone Interview. I wanted to say " I just wish you would stop alking to me you fake person" But instead I just ignoredher.


Sorry for the long vent, thanks for listening

I'm sorry, I didn't follow much of your post.  I would crawl on my hand and knees to get a job now.

They can take your body, but they can't take your soul.

Jean

On the brightside, you work in the medical field and there are more jobs in that industry than any other.  Your chances are better than most :)

I do try to stay on the brightside, and you are right the medical field does have more jobs than any industry. I am trying to be positive, but it reallly bugs me with how things are going right now. The economy is terrible and people are getting laid off left and right. I am thankful to have a job in times like these, but I feel bad for others who dont. Thanks for listening

It will get better! If you choose to stay there, just keep your head up.. do what is asked of you and brush off stupid comments like that. Obviously if a manager has to put you down instead of helping you she isn't worth your time.

Work with her manager to see about getting a transfer to another department even.. be sure to explain why you feel uncomfortable at work and try to keep it professional. Don't talk about how it makes you "pissed" or anything.. just explain that the behavior itself is unacceptable and that you do believe that as a manager she should hold a higher example of professionalism than this. I would then move onto the idea that you clearly did not receive help to learn how to do things "their" way.

Sometimes it's hard to keep it that professional, but remember that if you go in with guns blazing you'll make yourself look bad instead of her.

Good Luck!

Instead of thinking about how to put your boss in her place, my suggestion is two-fold:  1.) think of how you can use your Ivy League background to get what you want and come out smelling like a rose, and 2.) think of how lucky you are to actually have a job.

You probably shot yourself in the foot when you "put her in her place".  Potential new employers always call the former/current employer for a reference. 

And I'm not trying to insult you, but did you infer that you are a medical assistant with an Ivy League background????  What do you mean by that?

If you are that miserable in your job, cut your losses and find another.  Chances are you will need to leave that organization to do so.

Good luck.

When i said ( Ivy league background) I was saying that as a figure of speech. I wish I had a Ivy league background I would not be a medical assistant. I was comparing my education to her when I said that. My boss have never went to college, on the other hand I have been to college and graduated. I am more professional thab she is and I know how to deal with people better than she does. It was a comparison.

If you are "putting someone in their place" in an office environment I find it hard to believe that you are more professional than she is.  People who want to be respected in an office environment do not act like that.  I have never once lost my cool at work, no matter what the situation was, If someone that was my employee spoke to me that way they would no longer have a job.  If I read correctly the boss was initially concerned about your lack of stability and I would venture to guess you have had these types of conflicts in all your previous jobs.  The world is not out to get you and the only common denominator in all these conflicts is you.  Until you grow up and learn to act like a real professional and not a spoiled  brat, nothing is going to happen for you in your career.

Excellent Analysis, Sam!