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Hi all!
I wasn't sure where it would be best to post this but I have a general non-study related question that I thought some of you may be able to help me with:
I currently work at a small 2-doctor clinic as a vet tech. I am one of three techs, not including our head tech. I am experiencing a couple issues that I would love some advice and/or help with, if anyone has ideas. Let me preface this by saying I LOVE my job, I LOVE the clinic, and I adore my coworkers, they are all lovely people who have great hearts and the best intentions. That said...
I'm having a bit of a tough time because there is some general favoritism around the clinic - doctors have their favorite techs, head tech has her favorite tech, etc. and I didn't really care much but recently I have really been busting my butt around the clinic, being the only tech in charge of covering appointments for 2 doctors at the same time while also being in charge of rx refills, cleaning, etc. spreading myself thin taking care of almost everything, and I'm being treated, by one of the doctors, like I'm always doing something wrong or not doing enough. He and the head tech will openly rave about the other two techs, including in front of me, while I'm juggling his appointments and the other doctor's appointments and more, and they'll praise the other techs for how hard they're working but have never said so much as a thank you to me. I left the clinic the other day with a coworker and the doctor said "thank you so much for all your hard work" to my coworker and I left a few minutes after after having stayed late to make sure all refills were completed and the clinic was clean and all he said to me was "see ya". Today I again took care of everything for this doctor's appointments, did rx refills and more, and while I was doing all of this, the doctor and head tech stood there in front of me and said "oh X (other tech) should get a medal, she's such a hard worker." There's just a constant narrative of "oh y, you're such a rockstar" "oh x you're amazing, you work so hard!" to the other two techs while I'm in the room and not a word of praise or thanks is said to me. I know this is a stupid thing to complain about and I should just ignore it, but it's just very frustrating to be working so hard and be treated like I'm useless and I don't know how to not get upset. The OTHER doctor and I work very well together and he's very appreciative, which is nice, but the way I'm being treated by the other staff members has really started to get to me and I don't know what to do to not let it affect me.
In addition, the favoritism is bleeding over into the learning opportunities I get. I'm new to the profession so am just now learning how to do blood draws, etc. - I was assigned to be training in surgery and for a couple weeks, I was being trained, but now no matter what I do - conversations with management, asking the head tech to teach me things, just inserting myself into surgeries, etc. - I'm ALWAYS bumped out of surgery for the tech who the head tech is close with. Our manager even so much as set a schedule for which tech was to be in surgery on which days and which tech should be in appointments and if I try to go into surgery on my assigned day, the doctor/head tech/other tech will turn me right back around and send me into appointments instead. In addition, with the one doctor I mentioned above, he'll get annoyed that I don't know how to do something like draw blood in the room on a thrashing chihuahua, but when I try to learn, he'll get frustrated that I'm not doing it right quickly and will shove me aside and do it himself. I'm applying to DVM programs in a year and a half and I'm working at this clinic to learn and get experience and I just feel like I've hit a wall and no matter what I do, I'm being pushed out.
Basically I'm just looking for any advice any of you may have on either of these matters, or if anyone has experienced stuff like this before in a clinic, etc. Would love any words of wisdom you guys have to share.
Sorry for the rambly post!
I wasn't sure where it would be best to post this but I have a general non-study related question that I thought some of you may be able to help me with:
I currently work at a small 2-doctor clinic as a vet tech. I am one of three techs, not including our head tech. I am experiencing a couple issues that I would love some advice and/or help with, if anyone has ideas. Let me preface this by saying I LOVE my job, I LOVE the clinic, and I adore my coworkers, they are all lovely people who have great hearts and the best intentions. That said...
I'm having a bit of a tough time because there is some general favoritism around the clinic - doctors have their favorite techs, head tech has her favorite tech, etc. and I didn't really care much but recently I have really been busting my butt around the clinic, being the only tech in charge of covering appointments for 2 doctors at the same time while also being in charge of rx refills, cleaning, etc. spreading myself thin taking care of almost everything, and I'm being treated, by one of the doctors, like I'm always doing something wrong or not doing enough. He and the head tech will openly rave about the other two techs, including in front of me, while I'm juggling his appointments and the other doctor's appointments and more, and they'll praise the other techs for how hard they're working but have never said so much as a thank you to me. I left the clinic the other day with a coworker and the doctor said "thank you so much for all your hard work" to my coworker and I left a few minutes after after having stayed late to make sure all refills were completed and the clinic was clean and all he said to me was "see ya". Today I again took care of everything for this doctor's appointments, did rx refills and more, and while I was doing all of this, the doctor and head tech stood there in front of me and said "oh X (other tech) should get a medal, she's such a hard worker." There's just a constant narrative of "oh y, you're such a rockstar" "oh x you're amazing, you work so hard!" to the other two techs while I'm in the room and not a word of praise or thanks is said to me. I know this is a stupid thing to complain about and I should just ignore it, but it's just very frustrating to be working so hard and be treated like I'm useless and I don't know how to not get upset. The OTHER doctor and I work very well together and he's very appreciative, which is nice, but the way I'm being treated by the other staff members has really started to get to me and I don't know what to do to not let it affect me.
In addition, the favoritism is bleeding over into the learning opportunities I get. I'm new to the profession so am just now learning how to do blood draws, etc. - I was assigned to be training in surgery and for a couple weeks, I was being trained, but now no matter what I do - conversations with management, asking the head tech to teach me things, just inserting myself into surgeries, etc. - I'm ALWAYS bumped out of surgery for the tech who the head tech is close with. Our manager even so much as set a schedule for which tech was to be in surgery on which days and which tech should be in appointments and if I try to go into surgery on my assigned day, the doctor/head tech/other tech will turn me right back around and send me into appointments instead. In addition, with the one doctor I mentioned above, he'll get annoyed that I don't know how to do something like draw blood in the room on a thrashing chihuahua, but when I try to learn, he'll get frustrated that I'm not doing it right quickly and will shove me aside and do it himself. I'm applying to DVM programs in a year and a half and I'm working at this clinic to learn and get experience and I just feel like I've hit a wall and no matter what I do, I'm being pushed out.
Basically I'm just looking for any advice any of you may have on either of these matters, or if anyone has experienced stuff like this before in a clinic, etc. Would love any words of wisdom you guys have to share.
Sorry for the rambly post!
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