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I hate to bore you all with my problems, but I need some advice
I have been working 3 weeks at my first animal health experience job. I was hired as a veterinary nurse at the emergency center. They hired me knowing that I had a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering, but knew nothing about handling animals other than pet and show experience.
Well today, the first day of week 4, the nursing supervisor (who btw is a total bitch to me all the time and applied 3 times to vet school and never got in and resents me for even trying) pulls me aside and says basically that I have been doing a bad job and I need to learn all of the skills to handle critical patients by the end of next month or they will fire me. She says she doesnt know how to talk to me because I have all this education and no experience in the field. THEN, she tells me that instead of watching and learning with her, that I have a whole list of housekeeping chores that I need to be working on. She refuses to train me frequently, but this time she flat out told me that she didnt want me follow her around and learn anything! She wants me to spend all my time completing this cleaning/stocking checklist and somehow learn all of the handling stuff without anyone training me. On top of all of this, they want to pay me at a level 1 (out of 6) but they want me doing at least level 3 work by the end of next month.
So...I got an offer from a therio vet (that I really like and would love to work with) for part time. I am thinking of taking it. My concern is that it will look bad that I only stayed at the other job a month. What do you guys think! Do you think Im being a baby, or do you think this kind of crap is totally not worth it when I can build hours elsewhere.
I have been working 3 weeks at my first animal health experience job. I was hired as a veterinary nurse at the emergency center. They hired me knowing that I had a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering, but knew nothing about handling animals other than pet and show experience.
Well today, the first day of week 4, the nursing supervisor (who btw is a total bitch to me all the time and applied 3 times to vet school and never got in and resents me for even trying) pulls me aside and says basically that I have been doing a bad job and I need to learn all of the skills to handle critical patients by the end of next month or they will fire me. She says she doesnt know how to talk to me because I have all this education and no experience in the field. THEN, she tells me that instead of watching and learning with her, that I have a whole list of housekeeping chores that I need to be working on. She refuses to train me frequently, but this time she flat out told me that she didnt want me follow her around and learn anything! She wants me to spend all my time completing this cleaning/stocking checklist and somehow learn all of the handling stuff without anyone training me. On top of all of this, they want to pay me at a level 1 (out of 6) but they want me doing at least level 3 work by the end of next month.
So...I got an offer from a therio vet (that I really like and would love to work with) for part time. I am thinking of taking it. My concern is that it will look bad that I only stayed at the other job a month. What do you guys think! Do you think Im being a baby, or do you think this kind of crap is totally not worth it when I can build hours elsewhere.