I am an RDH and have been working for 10 months. I graduated May 2022. The office I work for has struggled to get me my hours from the very beginning but there were periods of time here and there where my schedule was full and I was promised it would get better. They hired me for Monday to Thursday 8-5. The other hygienist is 8-3. I went in with the intent on being a temp, as their post said, but then changed to wanting me permanent before working officially. Before several assistants were hired recently, I was also allowed to help with sterile laundry etc. to pick up just a little extra time and help where we needed it. I would pick up where things were slacked off on and where other coworkers were leaving early from work.
There were a few situations that happened that I felt the Dr. was mad at me or annoyed with me and would become spiteful. One day in March I asked about a note he had left that no one could understand so I just wanted clarity and he snapped at me. I was then moved to the known crappiest op in the office and the brand new hygiene cart was no longer mine to use. Before this happened a patient was talking about how my op was the best one in her opinion and I agreed that I loved it. I know he heard that conversation and the next week I was moved to the shitty op where the cart was pieced together and often wouldn’t work making appointments sometimes take longer in which he would get annoyed about. No matter what I did my job and made it work. The op I was originally in rarely ever got used after I was moved from it. My patients that I was getting to know, who liked my work, and scheduled their next appointments with me, were also being moved out of my schedule into the other hygienist schedule leaving me with days off or coming in for a patient or two. I am a single mother so it had been so frustrating. It makes me sick.
I have felt very uncomfortable for a very long time but tried to push through because I was told I was too sensitive when going to the office manager about issues that I had. This being said in front of the doctor and his assistant during a meeting they wanted to have with me. The office is full of drama and petty. Everyone talks about everyone. The doctor is financially irresponsible and can’t afford two hygienist. The office manager told me recently that they have never been able to support two hygienist so I feel my time has been wasted. The doctor also takes about 5 weeks off a year for his personal vacations that we do not get paid for or have the opportunity to work while he is away
The end of May of this year, my daughter and I got really sick. I decided to use my sick pay to cover the days missed. I had never used my earned hours to pay for sick leave. I had a weird feeling so I took a screenshot of my time earned. Time off and sick time off being separate. I had requested a day off in April for the end of June and wanted to use my PTO to cover that day for a visit out of state. . Next time I check my hours, my earned time off was gone. I never used it, and all of the sick hours that I wanted to use were gone as well as they should have been leaving me with just over an hour left. I never used my time off. This was a few weeks before the day I requested off came up so they wouldn’t have been used yet and I had more than I was wanting to use anyway, so I would have had a few hours left regardless but they were gone like they didn’t even exist. I have asked the office manager about this and have not gotten any answers yet.
I have worked 64.44 hrs 4/01-5/31 and 51.16hrs 06/01-7/06. I should be working 128hrs a month. I have been working on finding another office but have decided to move so just trying to get by until I feel I have something stable. The move is needed and I am looking forward to it and I knew it would be a bit of a struggle, but I have lost respect and patience for this office. I have been waiting to get through my apartments lease as well so that is part of why I stayed
My schedule has been blocked giving me only 2 days of work in the next two weeks and that is broken into 1 half day one week and 1 half day and a day the next week. I do not feel the need to give a two weeks notice, nor do I want to. I just have an afternoon of work on Monday, but I don’t even want to give anymore of myself to this place. Am I wrong for wanting to just quit?
TLDR: office I am working for has wasted my time, has been spiteful/petty drama, no hours, took my patients away from me and my PTO. Am I wrong if I don’t give a two week notice?