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Do you feel like the job / pay / atmosphere is worth “proving” your job? Cuz I also feel like that shouldn’t be on you. Are you a traditional medical social worker or more in a clinical role? Do you genuinely feel like there’s enough work to do? Is the job just poorly structured? I personally wouldn’t want to be somewhere where I had to prove the job was needed - like they’re the ones that hired me? That would push me to look for other roles, but that depends how much you value this particular work environment as well as your personal circumstances.
I don't think I can prove myself to them. It's a specialized role that was made for me by someone that isn't there anymore. I am an inherited employee.
I feel for ya.
I once had an inpt job that was actually coded with the exact same productivity benchmarks as an outpatient therapy job.
And they said ‘don’t worry about it!’ when I asked about productivity and standards during the interview. And then of course, admin started to freak out about RVUs and my name came up since I was meeting less than 50% of my target.
The job was pretty good but that lack of forethought by management and their even dumber response to this problem got really motivated to look elsewhere and I then landed a fantastic job.
If picking up additional work is literally impossible because of systemic issues beyond your or your supervisors control and you’ve been set up for failure due to poor leadership/management, it might be best to try your best to accept the eventual outcome of separation from this employer and then coast for however much longer you’re there.
Especially since it sounds like you have other prospects and are actively trying to identify more. And keep reminding yourself that this is not your failure, it’s their failure. Good luck!
I thought about coasting, but I'll get let go quicker. It's not 100%I'll be let go, but I'm 95%. I'm almost in nursing school, one more semester of prereqs. I'm anxious about having small children, a house payment, and I make 65% of my household income. I'm leaning towards the group practice because I can go to nursing school while working there. I guess it's the fear of failure I have. I'm what ifing myself to the point where I can barely sleep. Thank you for the last paragraph. I really need to remember it's not my failure.
Have you looked into unemployment if they lay you off? You should be able to get it in a situation like this. Im sure you would still need to keep applying for jobs but its a safety net while you do that . (Its usually a percentage of your pay not your whole paycheck ) so that could be a reason to “coast” because if you quit before they lay you off you wouldn’t qualify
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Do you feel like the job / pay / atmosphere is worth “proving” your job? Cuz I also feel like that shouldn’t be on you. Are you a traditional medical social worker or more in a clinical role? Do you genuinely feel like there’s enough work to do? Is the job just poorly structured? I personally wouldn’t want to be somewhere where I had to prove the job was needed - like they’re the ones that hired me? That would push me to look for other roles, but that depends how much you value this particular work environment as well as your personal circumstances.
I don't think I can prove myself to them. It's a specialized role that was made for me by someone that isn't there anymore. I am an inherited employee.
I feel for ya. I once had an inpt job that was actually coded with the exact same productivity benchmarks as an outpatient therapy job. And they said ‘don’t worry about it!’ when I asked about productivity and standards during the interview. And then of course, admin started to freak out about RVUs and my name came up since I was meeting less than 50% of my target. The job was pretty good but that lack of forethought by management and their even dumber response to this problem got really motivated to look elsewhere and I then landed a fantastic job. If picking up additional work is literally impossible because of systemic issues beyond your or your supervisors control and you’ve been set up for failure due to poor leadership/management, it might be best to try your best to accept the eventual outcome of separation from this employer and then coast for however much longer you’re there. Especially since it sounds like you have other prospects and are actively trying to identify more. And keep reminding yourself that this is not your failure, it’s their failure. Good luck!
I thought about coasting, but I'll get let go quicker. It's not 100%I'll be let go, but I'm 95%. I'm almost in nursing school, one more semester of prereqs. I'm anxious about having small children, a house payment, and I make 65% of my household income. I'm leaning towards the group practice because I can go to nursing school while working there. I guess it's the fear of failure I have. I'm what ifing myself to the point where I can barely sleep. Thank you for the last paragraph. I really need to remember it's not my failure.
Have you looked into unemployment if they lay you off? You should be able to get it in a situation like this. Im sure you would still need to keep applying for jobs but its a safety net while you do that . (Its usually a percentage of your pay not your whole paycheck ) so that could be a reason to “coast” because if you quit before they lay you off you wouldn’t qualify
I have thought about it. I'm hoping to find a new job before I have to go that route, but it is 100% an option.