Let me break down this B.S.
I spent 2 months trying to find a job.
I finally got one and started Monday, the 27th of June. That Monday, I was only there for 3 hours. We didn’t go over a lot, just an introduction into the company culture.
Tuesday the 28th, I worked a full day. However, I was only trained in 1 area: How to greet patients and get them situated in their treatment rooms.
Wednesday the 29th, me and the other new girl, who had only been there a week before me, were left alone to run things the entire day. The only person who could train us couldn’t come in, so we ran the practice by ourselves with our limited knowledge: She did the technology/computer side of things that I wasn’t trained on, and I placed patients in their rooms.
Thursday the 30th, I start to get training on the technology. The problem was, we only had a half day because of the extended holiday weekend, so I only worked for 3 hours.
We then had FIVE days off for the holiday: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
I come back into work Wednesday the 6th, and I spend half the day handling patients, and the other half learning the technology. During this time, I’m asking for a refresher course on a lot of things we went over the week before. I mean, it’s been pretty much a full work week since I was last trained on anything. I don’t remember much.
Thursday the 7th, same exact thing.
Today, Friday the 8th, I go into the office for our admin day (we don’t see patients; we only catch up on billing and cleaning on Friday’s).
I walk in, and immediately my boss goes, “I need to let you go.”
I ask him why.
He tells me that I’m “not learning fast enough” and that they “keep having to repeat things to me”.
To which I pointed out that repeating how to do things is called teaching, that I’ve been there for less than a week with a 5-day break in the middle of it, and that I had 1 full day in total of learning their complex computer program.
He said I’m a really great girl, he’d give me a good reference if I needed one, and then sent me on my way with my last paycheck.
I feel like I was set up for failure.
And, before you ask: No, I didn’t do anything wrong.
I was on time.
I was extremely well groomed and put together.
I got along great with patients.
And I picked up the clinical side of things very fast.
I did all I could with the limited amount of training I was handed, but I literally wasn’t given a fair chance to fully succeed in my role.
I’m sick and tired of giving employers so much power over my life and well-being. They don’t care about anyone but themselves.
So, you know what? O.F. here I come! I didn’t think I’d join the club, but you know what they say: There’s a first for everything. And after today, I’m done doing things conventionally.