Hi All, So yesterday I was offered the role of the Practice Manager, as they recently quit, with additional administrative work on the side. However the job has been offered to me as “Admin assistant” – it was “sold” to me as this with the CEO adding “and also managing the staff” as though it's an admin role with manager responsibilities on the side, however it's very clearly a manager role with administrative support. The CEO made it clear she doesn't want to have anything to do with this business as she's focusing solely on the other aspect of it, which is where I'd be the supporting admin – pulling data to give you her so she's able to make that part of the business viable. I'm currently a receptionist, been here since Feb 2022, who's doing more work than initially discussed because I have the appropriate skillset for pulling…
Month: January 2023
Constant mandatory overtime.
I hope this is ok to post here, but I have to know. Do any of you have constant mandatory overtime, or do you think it should be acceptable? It really grinds my gears and the last few jobs I’ve had were big on it. I personally think if I was scheduled 8 hours that I should have a say on when I should leave.
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