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Ultimate question: How do I tell a doc that I no longer want/need them to write me a rec letter? I already asked and they already said they would.
Context: I've worked at a small doctors office as an office assistant. The doc has been extremely moody and is honestly a bit crazy. There are 4 full time employees (very short staffed) and in the past 5 months, 7 have either been fired or quit. I had a good relationship when I put in my 2 weeks (quitting due to instability at the office and to focus on MCAT studying), however he begged me to stay an extra 7 weeks and to give him another chance. He said this is the worst the office has been and it will get better. It was around the holidays and he was at the point where he said he'd have to close the clinic if I left. I caved and said I'd stay for 4 weeks instead of my 2. Come 4 weeks and he asked me to stay one more week to help train a new person. I did it because I knew without me training the new person his practice would honestly be a mess. Noone else new how to do my job. Last week was finally my last week and I was called again to "please work one more week. I'm making new changes blah blah it'll be better please I'm going to have to shut my practice. If not for me do it for the patients." I can not delay my MCAT studying any longer plus I have interviews for research this week so I said no, I have other commitments and really can not work. The doc was not pleased about this to say the least and nearly hung up on me once I said no. I asked for a LOR a week or so ago and am very concerned this will affect my letter. I was confident that I'd receive a good letter previous to this situation but honestly he's crazy and I can't take the risk.
Context: I've worked at a small doctors office as an office assistant. The doc has been extremely moody and is honestly a bit crazy. There are 4 full time employees (very short staffed) and in the past 5 months, 7 have either been fired or quit. I had a good relationship when I put in my 2 weeks (quitting due to instability at the office and to focus on MCAT studying), however he begged me to stay an extra 7 weeks and to give him another chance. He said this is the worst the office has been and it will get better. It was around the holidays and he was at the point where he said he'd have to close the clinic if I left. I caved and said I'd stay for 4 weeks instead of my 2. Come 4 weeks and he asked me to stay one more week to help train a new person. I did it because I knew without me training the new person his practice would honestly be a mess. Noone else new how to do my job. Last week was finally my last week and I was called again to "please work one more week. I'm making new changes blah blah it'll be better please I'm going to have to shut my practice. If not for me do it for the patients." I can not delay my MCAT studying any longer plus I have interviews for research this week so I said no, I have other commitments and really can not work. The doc was not pleased about this to say the least and nearly hung up on me once I said no. I asked for a LOR a week or so ago and am very concerned this will affect my letter. I was confident that I'd receive a good letter previous to this situation but honestly he's crazy and I can't take the risk.
