I really jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. I was at my last job for three years, and after I got back from taking a month long medical leave (FMLA approved and everything) my boss and coworkers got increasingly hostile. I was desperate to leave that toxic environment so I took the first job that I was offered, a remote 18 month contract that sounded wonderful.
Well, surprise, it’s not. I’m two months in, there was NO training (asides from the automated online ones that don’t teach you anything about your actual job), they expect me to train 10 new hires when I have 6 weeks of experience, and my new boss criticizes EVERYTHING I do. She expects me to know everything she does and have the answers to every email that comes our way, and gets angry when I ask questions. She says she doesn’t have time to spend more hands on time with me than 20 minutes a day. She waits until 5:30PM on Fridays after I’ve logged off to send a bunch of passive aggressive emails pointing out every mistake I’ve made over the course of the week.
I’m KILLING myself trying to be the best employee I can, I’ve spoken to my recruiter about how awful the lack of training and how snippy and cruel my boss is, and I’ve even directly spoken to her that I’m concerned with the lack of training and insanely high expectations for a brand new hire. My recruiter spoke to both her and her boss but didn’t want to rock the boat so was basically useless. Fun tidbit: they never told either my recruiter or me during the interview process I would be training and leading a team of 10 new hires.
I’m desperately applying for new jobs, but I feel like such an idiot for going from one horrible situation to another. I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, and I’m terrified every time I receive an email or message from her. I’ve never worked this hard at a job for this little recognition.
I don’t know what to do other than apply for new jobs. I can’t even put this on my resume. Does anyone have any advice or support? I am so miserable. I’m a Type A, straight A student kind of girl so this is eating me alive.