View Full Version : 6 more days, OMG
Okay I am going to really be challenged these last 6 days at this job. I had another thing I missed on Friday (printing of course) and I simply don't care, but I am sure this supervisor will also want to talk to me. I really do not think there will be any point where any of them have an insight into what position I was put in this year. I just want to say that I am obviously not suited for this job and department anymore, lets get some last tasks planned, and please for the love of g** do not have me print and copy any more! It is a pain in the rear while all of you are sitting in an office with printers and copiers all day. I realize how sh**y that has been, they give me a site last minute and could have just done some of these things, what a concept.
Which leads to the meeting to finish up the tasks, I was given my list and how I should handle things if I think that there is a problem. They had a point that it is an excuse if it is after the fact and a reason if it is before. Okay makes sense, now do I have any assurance of getting assistance when I call to share a problem. Do I have any assurance it will not AGAIN be a 10-30 minute berating for simply calling and having a legitimate problem? I am actually purging out some of this by making a document of what I have asked for help on this year and how that has gone. Maybe it will go somewhere, however ,...
My little a-ha moments are not going to go anywhere,
My hurt feelings are my own
my feedback may or may not be listened to
My fantasy moment of justice is not gonna happen
And I teach crochet today
My retreat starts Saturday!
I start my new job on the 2nd!
And they all have to hire about 10 new PS's, staff my site for 75 (I have not been staffed for more than 45 ever), put together the entire new year program, and meet the needs of my families or my families and the principal will let them know they are not happy
When I was going through my last hellish phase at work, somebody over on the MMM forums gave me a great slogan to use:
Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Repeat as needed.
Great one!
I also say 'lack of prior planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part'
They were in charge of this no matter how much they try to make it about me.
edited to ask:
did you give any feedback or an exit interview when you left? How do you feel about that?
ZG, given their history of duplicity and cruelty, why would you take part in an exit interview? You also need to protect your own mental health and your reputation. I would decline one if it is offered. Check out this article, makes some great points:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/should-you-take-part-in-an-exit-interview/
Very good Tybee, I am concerned about my mental health and getting into this rabbit hole of crap. My friend recently left and I don't know if her exit interview will make any difference at all. She was pretty honest, but also her basic mental health was not at the point mine is. I am looking into how to make an anonymous report of unsafe conditions at our camp programs. There are 3 of us from different schools/departments that are looking into this. But it is still not my circus, not my monkeys.
The one thing was that it mentioned if surveys had ever made a difference. Well our district does take those seriously. I have had 2 managers get very low scores and then were put through additional training. One ended having a great relationship with many of us after that. The other is current sup,
Give as little attention to this job as possible. You are marking time for 6 days.
If it helps you can do what I sometimes do. Count not just days but hours. The number will decrease quicker so you have a sense of progress.
I am going to focus on all my new hire tasks for the new awesome job
Zoe, if they start crapping on you, stand up for yourself. You have six days left and nothing to lose.
Something along the lines of, “I wonder if you’ll treat my replacement the same way you did me?” Call the sup a bully to his face.
Thank you, as an introvert I need to practice things so I have a few things I can say. My mom says keep it short and to the point.
One is " I didn't fake my breakdown, I didn't do this to get out of responsibility. I know it can be very confusing from the outside, it was a very serious medical situation that I needed appropriate treatment for."
Zoe, if you can do sarcasm, I’d say put it to good use now. I’d not pull any punches.
Zoe, if you can do sarcasm, I’d say put it to good use now. I’d not pull any punches.
Oh bwa ha ha, I am excellent at sarcasm. I used to have a sign up "National Sarcasm Society, like we need your support"
"Of course I would believe him when he says I am not taking responsibility or that I have not informed him when there is a problem. After all I only have almost 8 years of good work in this department and he has a 20% approval rating from his staff."
" Sorry that my concerns about safety and following licensing guidelines are interfering with your insistence on working with a chronically unprepared department providing tutoring."
"So I am not taking responsibility at a camp site when you have had months to know that they were not prepared to the point I don't even have classrooms arranged or basic supplies just a week before we start."
" I know it is asking a lot, but actually giving me staff's last names and phone numbers on the spread sheet would really improve my ability to do my job."
Teacher Terry
7-15-18, 9:15pm
So happy that this will soon be in your rear view window!
Can I be honest, It is horrible to think about how unprepared they were for the field trip, how many phone calls needed to be made and generally what a wreck it was. However I am seriously disappointed in the supervisors that they have not taken responsibility for only passing off checklists to me and then not listening when I struggled to get it all done. After a year of supporting a supervisor who did not respond to my requests for appropriate assistance.
I have a list of over 10 times I have asked for help or shared something i struggled with over this last school year and didn't get a response or support. I will be turning this in, and letting it go.
ZG, I think it would be healthiest for you just to let this all go.
Given you concerns about lack of preparedness/compliance, if you do report things you might want to point out that failure to observe proper procedure can have tragic results. Five kids almost drowned -- and two are still in hospital, one in critical condition -- after camp supervisors here in Seattle failed to properly monitor what was going on with a group of over 100 campers at a local public beach. While the camp press release claims camp staff and parents were involved in the rescue, earlier reports were that it was unrelated bystanders (including some just-arrived tourists from the UK) who noticed the kids were struggling and managed to get them out of the water:
http://komonews.com/news/local/camp-releases-official-statement-following-near-drowning-of-5-kids-at-discovery-park
lhamo, I am trying, really really trying. I called the leave people and they really couldn't advise but did tell me who to call if I had concerns. Right now I don't expect anything from anybody at all, that all my positive relationships are pretty much shot there and I trust no one.
lhamo, I saw that story on the news last night and I was wondering where the adults were. Good grief!
That is my biggest fear ever! I plan my vacations around being on all swimming field trips. I was a swim instructor and a lifeguard in my teens. At one swim field trip we were on with another camp group in our department. One child was struggling in the water and my staff helped them, another staff was honestly asleep on a lounge chair! We definitely reported that to our department. Scares the crap out of me,
Sad Eyed Lady
7-16-18, 3:54pm
Just let it go. Nothing there is your responsibility anymore.
dado potato
7-16-18, 7:03pm
Gracie Fields "Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye." ... A contribution to morale in a truly frightening time and place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRt3AENQtBU
5 days left!!
I made it through today, my staff is awesome. They have the program settled now but had plenty of concerns about the support they got (not). All over people are saying that their flexibility was not appreciated, programs were on the edge of safety, and not one person had to ask why I was leaving. I saw several people and told them I was leaving. My former supervisor gave me a hug because she was glad I was getting out! The HR person who I love got my letter of hours with children so fast for me. I had to work with summer sup and it was okay. I said hi to people who said hi to me, and was very flat in my affect. In general people KNOW when I am giving them the cold shoulder but it is not enough to get me in trouble.
And my brain is working, really starting to work again. I was able to do several tasks that took some thinking through. Even with high stress it is starting to perk up. Too bad that I can't use it for them. There are 13 positions that need to be filled and dude they are screwed.
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