Hey all, I'm in a pickle right now. Lemme explain:
1. The first time I got a complaint was back in December last year, when my boss said people said I had been chatting too much. I made a conscious effort to not chat as much, and I didn't receive a subsequent complaint. It helped when the one girl I was chatty with left at the end of last month.
2. I got a second comment that I needed to pick up my act. So I did--it was easy to because it was Xmas period, and after that Jan during which my boss was away and no complaints were made.
3. My boss called me up 2 weeks ago and said he'd give me 4 weeks otherwise he'd give me the sack. I asked why, he said apparently I wasn't working hard enough. He said he expected more of me as a pharmacy student, and that the original complaint came from the pharmacist supervising me on my work shift that fateful Saturday. I was tired from OWeek, and I admit it was a major mistake, I shouldn't have come but I did, and the pharmacist gave me a shitty job of taking out the rubbish 2 minutes before I was about to leave. My nerves were already strained from the two unexpected bitches who were rostered on to work that day, and I had enough, I said I wasn't doing it, but I'll do half (the vicnity of where I was) because the rubbish was piling up too badly there. So that's when my boss called up.
4. And now it's halfway through, these past two Saturdays I think were the best I've done in a long time, but see I only have another two weeks left. I'm sick and cannot come to work tomorrow, and next Friday, I'm working at my other job from 7am-2:30pm. I'll probably be tired so I won't go to work next Saturday either. So I'm thinking, should I just hand in my resignation letter now or wait for him to quit me, in the hope he may decide he'll give me another two shifts and a chance to prove myself?
5. Initially I was going to quit right away after that phone call, but my parents advised me to do one Saturday, and then, when nothing happened and he stuck to his word and gave me the next Saturday (so last Saturday), they advised me to stay, do it and see what happens. So the initial plan was to resign at some point, but I'm getting doubtful because objectively I'm working at a fairly good workplace, and after talking to people who are finding it really hard to find a job now, I'm tempted just to stay on and be grateful for what I have.
6. On the other hand, it's third year, it's the hardest year (damn you pharmacokinetics and pharm prac!), and I could do with a break. And I want to keep up volunteering and other things, because I guess it's the kind of mentality that I'll not be here by the end of next year, I'll have finished, I should take all the opportunities I can. I'm also an exec for ChocSoc now and due to start my term as NAPSA councillor for SUPA in July so I'm worried I'll have too much on my plate.
So I'm now in a conundrum, help me out here
1. The first time I got a complaint was back in December last year, when my boss said people said I had been chatting too much. I made a conscious effort to not chat as much, and I didn't receive a subsequent complaint. It helped when the one girl I was chatty with left at the end of last month.
2. I got a second comment that I needed to pick up my act. So I did--it was easy to because it was Xmas period, and after that Jan during which my boss was away and no complaints were made.
3. My boss called me up 2 weeks ago and said he'd give me 4 weeks otherwise he'd give me the sack. I asked why, he said apparently I wasn't working hard enough. He said he expected more of me as a pharmacy student, and that the original complaint came from the pharmacist supervising me on my work shift that fateful Saturday. I was tired from OWeek, and I admit it was a major mistake, I shouldn't have come but I did, and the pharmacist gave me a shitty job of taking out the rubbish 2 minutes before I was about to leave. My nerves were already strained from the two unexpected bitches who were rostered on to work that day, and I had enough, I said I wasn't doing it, but I'll do half (the vicnity of where I was) because the rubbish was piling up too badly there. So that's when my boss called up.
4. And now it's halfway through, these past two Saturdays I think were the best I've done in a long time, but see I only have another two weeks left. I'm sick and cannot come to work tomorrow, and next Friday, I'm working at my other job from 7am-2:30pm. I'll probably be tired so I won't go to work next Saturday either. So I'm thinking, should I just hand in my resignation letter now or wait for him to quit me, in the hope he may decide he'll give me another two shifts and a chance to prove myself?
5. Initially I was going to quit right away after that phone call, but my parents advised me to do one Saturday, and then, when nothing happened and he stuck to his word and gave me the next Saturday (so last Saturday), they advised me to stay, do it and see what happens. So the initial plan was to resign at some point, but I'm getting doubtful because objectively I'm working at a fairly good workplace, and after talking to people who are finding it really hard to find a job now, I'm tempted just to stay on and be grateful for what I have.
6. On the other hand, it's third year, it's the hardest year (damn you pharmacokinetics and pharm prac!), and I could do with a break. And I want to keep up volunteering and other things, because I guess it's the kind of mentality that I'll not be here by the end of next year, I'll have finished, I should take all the opportunities I can. I'm also an exec for ChocSoc now and due to start my term as NAPSA councillor for SUPA in July so I'm worried I'll have too much on my plate.
So I'm now in a conundrum, help me out here
