Gap Year Job Issues!! Help!!

[CNAGirl]

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So I have been a long time lurker! However Now I have a personal issue that I need help with.

About 8 months ago I was going through a rough time and had some major family issues mostly financial. My mom had lost her job due to layoffs and I was forced to quit my CNA job to work for another company that was paying me double the wage I made as a CNA. I really didn't want to leave because I loved working at the nursing home and the patients where just a joy to be around and help. The company I work for now has no patient care exposure. We only deal with the verification of patient insurances in the back office for the urgent care clinic I work for.

Every since I started I noticed that the other workers where not happy with management and our supervisor is no help to us with issues that arise on the job or among coworkers. Our supervisor is a RN that is the supervisor for the entire clinic. The problem comes is that she has no experience with working in a medical office setting. Anytime we go to her about issues she always tells us to figure them out. Well we do, but sometimes we do need help from our superiors.

Our supervisors method of getting us help on the job is to have another coworker relay the messages. The problem is that this particular coworker is very difficult to work with and rude. Whenever she is correcting one of us she yells and makes us feel like we shouldn't have been hired. I understand that she has been in the company for a long time but it still gives her no right to disrespect me or the other ladies in the clinic. Especially Infront of the patients.

I am considering quitting and going back to my CNA job. I know it want be enough to help my mom with but I just can't bare another day working there. What should I do?

 

[Frostbite22]

I'm so confused....please edit your post.

 

[CNAGirl]

I'm so confused....please edit your post.

Sorry I am new to this. I am in my gap year hoping to apply this cycle and I am currently working at a urgent care clinic that is my gap year job.

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

That was very nice of you to take the new job to help out your family. If the issues are resolved, I don't see any reason not to try to get your CNA job back. If your financial issues aren't resolved, then this becomes more complicated and probably not a situation that SDN can adequatly advise on.

I should also note that you shouldn't give up your current job unless you 100% know that you can have the old job back.

 

[CNAGirl]

That was very nice of you to take the new job to help out your family. If the issues are resolved, I don't see any reason not to try to get your CNA job back. If your financial issues aren't resolved, then this becomes more complicated and probably not a situation that SDN can adequatly advise on.

I should also note that you shouldn't give up your current job unless you 100% know that you can have the old job back.

Thanks WeeIceMan for replying! I actually have been thinking about this for months and I called my old supervisor and she stated it would be fine since. I left the job on good terms. I just am not happy working there everyday I feel as if I'm always at war with my bosses and coworkers. It's just not a good environment to work under. I haven't told my mom because I think she would feel as if she was the reason I'm going through this because I took the job to help out. It's not her fault I love my mom and would do anything to help I am just confused about whether. I should quit and no my mom is still looking for a new job.

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

Thanks WeeIceMan for replying! I actually have been thinking about this for months and I called my old supervisor and she stated it would be fine since. I left the job on good terms. I just am not happy working there everyday I feel as if I'm always at war with my bosses and coworkers. It's just not a good environment to work under. I haven't told my mom because I think she would feel as if she was the reason I'm going through this because I took the job to help out. It's not her fault I love my mom and would do anything to help I am just confused about whether. I should quit and no my mom is still looking for a new job.

I think this is probably something that you'll have to talk over with your mom and determine if taking the CNA job back is going to put a financial strain on your family or not. Unfortunately, I don't think I can give much useful advice past that. I hope it works out for you.

 

[Shirafune]

Just talk things out with your mom and come to a reasonable conclusion about your future plans. Regardless of your choice, you will regret some aspects of your choice in the beginning, but by the time you're in med school, things will hopefully all be in the past. Things have a way of working themselves out, even if the end result is perfect. It's better than being in a pit of unresolved issues.

 

[deleted480308]

if this happened 8 months ago, your mother will need a plan that doesn't involve you paying bills....you are going to be useless to her once you are in school. help her find her long term plan

 

[lalax]

So I have been a long time lurker! However Now I have a personal issue that I need help with.

About 8 months ago I was going through a rough time and had some major family issues mostly financial. My mom had lost her job due to layoffs and I was forced to quit my CNA job to work for another company that was paying me double the wage I made as a CNA. I really didn't want to leave because I loved working at the nursing home and the patients where just a joy to be around and help. The company I work for now has no patient care exposure. We only deal with the verification of patient insurances in the back office for the urgent care clinic I work for.

Every since I started I noticed that the other workers where not happy with management and our supervisor is no help to us with issues that arise on the job or among coworkers. Our supervisor is a RN that is the supervisor for the entire clinic. The problem comes is that she has no experience with working in a medical office setting. Anytime we go to her about issues she always tells us to figure them out. Well we do, but sometimes we do need help from our superiors.

Our supervisors method of getting us help on the job is to have another coworker relay the messages. The problem is that this particular coworker is very difficult to work with and rude. Whenever she is correcting one of us she yells and makes us feel like we shouldn't have been hired. I understand that she has been in the company for a long time but it still gives her no right to disrespect me or the other ladies in the clinic. Especially Infront of the patients.

I am considering quitting and going back to my CNA job. I know it want be enough to help my mom with but I just can't bare another day working there. What should I do?

I feel the pretty obvious choice is to buckle down and sacrifice yourself for your mom until her financial situation improves. Try and find a different job with similar pay, but I would not go back to the old job if the financial situation at home hasn't been resolved. Is your main worry that you're not getting enough patient exposure for medical school applications? Trust me... they will more than appreciate your situation if you describe your current job in that sense.

 

[DokterMom]

Stay for two reasons:

1. The money. But the advice from @sb247 about letting Mom know your help will be finite is very sound.
   
2. Your med school interviews will ask about a challenging experience or conflict with co-workers and how you handled it, and here you have the perfect opportunity.

So use that opportunity. Think about what you can do to improve your workplace situation and do that. If it helps, think about how you would like to be able to answer that interview question, and what the right thing to do is (regardless of whether it's uncomfortable) and do it.

Good Luck.

 

[Ironman322]

If you're on such great terms with your CNA job, try and get your mom a job there. 2 birds 1 stone.