Hey Guys! I would love to get outside advice since I have gotten differing advice from friends and family and am conflicted myself on what I should do. Sorry if this becomes long!
I started a full time 12hr night shift PCT job in the Emergency Dept so that I could get more paid clinical experience to put on my medical school application, didn’t take it for the pay but because I knew this would look good an thought I would learn a lot being in the ED. I am now 4 months in and miserable. When I interviewed, I was told training was 6 weeks and could be extended if needed but it was actually only 2.
My first day out of orientation and more shifts than not, I have been the only tech for the department since there is a high turnover rate, I see why now. Techs here act as transport, secretary, risk sitters, as well as techs among other things. In addition to being overloaded, nurses here do not care that I am alone as the tech. They will give me attitude and complain that things are not getting done like stocking while I am busy transporting patients, cleaning rooms,vitals, etc without any help instead of doing it themselves.
Even on nights where I am not the only tech, nurses will mostly ask me to do tasks instead of other techs since they are friends. This environment is really toxic, cliquey and mentally draining. My mindset has been to come in, do my job while being cordial and nice and go home. However, others come to work to gossip, be passive aggressive, rude etc and as a result it feels like a bully/ hazing situation as I am the odd person out. For example, a nurse approached me and said that he has heard I’ve been “snitching” on them, I went to my manager when she came in the next morning( my first time ever going her about these problems) and asked for a transfer since other techs have complained but nothing has been done. During this meeting, a couple of other nurses kept walking into the room and passing by 2 even came in and asked what we were talking about “playfully”. I applied to a lot of other jobs through this company and heard back from 2 for interviews but both are no longer responding back after reaching out, which makes me curious if my manager has sabotaged it or not.
This job is also taking me away from other things outside of work that I am doing to perfect my application like volunteering and shadowing, as well as my personal life. This job’s environment is also making me second guess a career in medicine since I am so miserable and frustrated here. Also, I am doing a lot of the dirty work so I haven’t been able to learn much here like I thought I would in the Emergency Department since most people here are not willing to teach.
However, the reason that I am not sure if I should I quit is because I don’t know if this will look bad on my app quitting after only 4 months and the benefits here are good. I don’t have any other medical paid work experience so it will be hard to find another job as I had a long search before this job. I don't know what I should do at this point so any advice is appreciated. Feel free ask any questions that I didn’t touch on since I tried to keep this brief while giving enough info. Thanks!
I started a full time 12hr night shift PCT job in the Emergency Dept so that I could get more paid clinical experience to put on my medical school application, didn’t take it for the pay but because I knew this would look good an thought I would learn a lot being in the ED. I am now 4 months in and miserable. When I interviewed, I was told training was 6 weeks and could be extended if needed but it was actually only 2.
My first day out of orientation and more shifts than not, I have been the only tech for the department since there is a high turnover rate, I see why now. Techs here act as transport, secretary, risk sitters, as well as techs among other things. In addition to being overloaded, nurses here do not care that I am alone as the tech. They will give me attitude and complain that things are not getting done like stocking while I am busy transporting patients, cleaning rooms,vitals, etc without any help instead of doing it themselves.
Even on nights where I am not the only tech, nurses will mostly ask me to do tasks instead of other techs since they are friends. This environment is really toxic, cliquey and mentally draining. My mindset has been to come in, do my job while being cordial and nice and go home. However, others come to work to gossip, be passive aggressive, rude etc and as a result it feels like a bully/ hazing situation as I am the odd person out. For example, a nurse approached me and said that he has heard I’ve been “snitching” on them, I went to my manager when she came in the next morning( my first time ever going her about these problems) and asked for a transfer since other techs have complained but nothing has been done. During this meeting, a couple of other nurses kept walking into the room and passing by 2 even came in and asked what we were talking about “playfully”. I applied to a lot of other jobs through this company and heard back from 2 for interviews but both are no longer responding back after reaching out, which makes me curious if my manager has sabotaged it or not.
This job is also taking me away from other things outside of work that I am doing to perfect my application like volunteering and shadowing, as well as my personal life. This job’s environment is also making me second guess a career in medicine since I am so miserable and frustrated here. Also, I am doing a lot of the dirty work so I haven’t been able to learn much here like I thought I would in the Emergency Department since most people here are not willing to teach.
However, the reason that I am not sure if I should I quit is because I don’t know if this will look bad on my app quitting after only 4 months and the benefits here are good. I don’t have any other medical paid work experience so it will be hard to find another job as I had a long search before this job. I don't know what I should do at this point so any advice is appreciated. Feel free ask any questions that I didn’t touch on since I tried to keep this brief while giving enough info. Thanks!
<- that should be you OP.
