Job & Interview Conflict

[hurricane123]

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I am lucky enough to have a few interviews scheduled for Sept/Oct, and even though I told my boss far in advance what days I will be out of town, she scheduled for me for every single one of them and told me that it is my responsibility to find coverage for the shifts (when I took the job I spoke with her about interviewing for med schools and she assured me that it would be no problem).

I am concerned that if I cannot find people to work for me, I may have to quit. I have another job that I like much more and is much more flexible. However, I included my position on almost all of my secondaries. If I end up leaving this job, will I have to contact every school and let them know?

 

[FunnyCurrent]

I am lucky enough to have a few interviews scheduled for Sept/Oct, and even though I told my boss far in advance what days I will be out of town, she scheduled for me for every single one of them and told me that it is my responsibility to find coverage for the shifts (when I took the job I spoke with her about interviewing for med schools and she assured me that it would be no problem).

I am concerned that if I cannot find people to work for me, I may have to quit. I have another job that I like much more and is much more flexible. However, I included my position on almost all of my secondaries. If I end up leaving this job, will I have to contact every school and let them know?

Get other people to cover you even if you have to slip them a 20.

 

[Beekachu]

What kind of work do you do that requires the schedule to be posted for October already? That's insane.

I would say, hopefully there are enough employees on staff that you can swap days with people. There's still a week before Sept even starts, so you have at least a week to neogiate with your coworkers--get to work.
I wouldn't quit your job over this though because interviewing is expensive 🙁 and I think it's really common for employers to require you to find your own replacements if the schedule is already posted.

Maybe talk to your boss again for future interview dates and see why she didn't give you the days off you requested in advance.

 

[HumbleMD]

I am lucky enough to have a few interviews scheduled for Sept/Oct, and even though I told my boss far in advance what days I will be out of town, she scheduled for me for every single one of them and told me that it is my responsibility to find coverage for the shifts (when I took the job I spoke with her about interviewing for med schools and she assured me that it would be no problem).

I am concerned that if I cannot find people to work for me, I may have to quit. I have another job that I like much more and is much more flexible. However, I included my position on almost all of my secondaries. If I end up leaving this job, will I have to contact every school and let them know?

1) Your priority for the next year is a successful matriculation at a med school. Don't let your job get in the way of it.
2) Desperately try to find someone to cover for you. If you can't, tell your boss and they'll make do. That's a manager's job.
3) Don't quit, get fired. Then you can collect unemployment.
4) Don't worry about updating your schools until you actually terminate at your job. And if it does come to that, you don't have to update schools. Just be honest if asked about your current job. Plans change and people understand that. Even admission committees.

 

[Don15]

1) your priority for the next year is a successful matriculation at a med school. Don't let your job get in the way of it.
2) desperately try to find someone to cover for you. If you can't, tell your boss and they'll make do. That's a manager's job.
3) don't quit, get fired. Then you can collect unemployment.
4) don't worry about updating your schools until you actually terminate at your job. And if it does come to that, you don't have to update schools. Just be honest if asked about your current job. Plans change and people understand that. Even admission committees.

+1

 

[Etorphine]

1)
3) Don't quit, get fired. Then you can collect unemployment.
4) Don't worry about updating your schools until you actually terminate at your job. And if it does come to that, you don't have to update schools. Just be honest if asked about your current job. Plans change and people understand that. Even admission committees.

Won't it look bad to tell a school you got fired at a job you listed on your secondary? Compared to the alternative of not getting fired, I think it might raise some concerns. I find myself in a similar situation, as my boss is getting kind of pissed that I keep leaving for interviews, and it is only just beginning.

 

[HumbleMD]

Won't it look bad to tell a school you got fired at a job you listed on your secondary? Compared to the alternative of not getting fired, I think it might raise some concerns. I find myself in a similar situation, as my boss is getting kind of pissed that I keep leaving for interviews, and it is only just beginning.

You didn't quote point number 1. And yes, it's only going to get worse with interviews. Your boss's priority isn't to assure a successful future for yourself; your priority shouldn't be to make your boss's life easy. They'll get over it. Again, that's a manager's job.

Does it look good to terminate a job? Of course not. Is it an application killer? Certainly no. If asked, you don't have to say "I was fired." People have come up with creative ways to explain terminations for years. You'd simply explain that you and your boss had different expectations about the coming year with regards to flexibility and interviews. Ad coms understand that this is a grueling process.

 

[410322]

Won't it look bad to tell a school you got fired at a job you listed on your secondary? Compared to the alternative of not getting fired, I think it might raise some concerns. I find myself in a similar situation, as my boss is getting kind of pissed that I keep leaving for interviews, and it is only just beginning.

It's all in the phrasing. "I got fired cause I said 'eff you guys I have an interview!!'" won't win you any favors. I would personally say, "The management and I could not reach an agreement about scheduling based on the dates of my medical school interviews, so I was dismissed."

 

[Disinence2]

Don't get fired, that's ridiculous!

Make it very clear that you will not be there, and its the managers job to figure something out.

I had to quit my job during interviews for a similar reason, and the schools didn't care at all.