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Ugh! Where to begin…..
I haven’t posted on here in a while so much has changed in my life. I just recently went through a divorce after 21 years of marriage. I woke up one day and realized that my ex was not supportive of my dreams and never would be. I lost everything in the divorce….the house the dogs the day care…..I had to shut my business down. Now my day care just sits collecting dust I now am renting and can’t buy because my name is still on the mortgage.
My job: I should be happy about it because I have the hours that I want and the age group that I prefer the pay is not what I am used to. Here is the problem…..I have been in the early childhood field for over 18 years but do not have a degree. I work for a huge organization and when I was interviewed I was told that they like to promote from within first before looking on the outside. Sounded great! The site administrator had to relocate because she and the new boss got into it. She was such a nice person too and I miss her a lot. I felt that we were on the same page all the time. Well with her gone they promoted 2 other girls and didn’t even glance my way. The first girl was my best friend but after working along side of her I am realizing what an awful person she really is and am questioning myself as to how I didn’t see this. She gets people fired, she snaps at you when you ask anything about corporate. She only makes herself look good for corporate and OH DEAR LORD SHE IS A CONTROL FREAK! The sad part is that she doesn’t even care if we get kids into our program. She walks around and tells me to stop recruiting! But we all know without the children no job! I have the biggest class I am up to 19 and have 5 more spots to fill. She has 7 so she’s full but she is awful with the toddlers. She doesn’t let them explore and just be kids. No fingerpainting, no discovery bin, no sandbox, some days she doesn’t take them outside, she should not be working with the toddlers She has these toddlers eating lunch so late that they have meltdowns in the middle of lunch. She is also always texting on her phone and she is 10 minutes late every day. The thing is she has been with this company for 7 years in other areas of the company. She does have some early childhood background and half a degree in education.
The second girl they promoted has a degree in education but didn’t really utilize it and worked for an eye glass doctor before coming to us. I have seniority over her by 5 months. I feel the only reason she is there is for a Monday thru Friday work week. She calls off and I am not kidding when I say this…It’s every other week! I have been there a year now and have only called off once. She doesn’t recruit anyone nor does she try. Her class can hold 20 but on a given day she has maybe 7 or 9 children She doesn’t even offer to help anyone out. Ugh I had to take one of her kids because she couldn’t handle this child’s behavior! Oh and both of these 2 girls no absolutely nothing about state licensing rules I know twice as much as they do! They are very close to the ex boss/director.
What makes me sad is I have to stay because of the medical benefits plus I hate job hopping.
OHHHHHHHH yes let me tell you the best part…..My new boss for whatever reason has decided to take me on a couple of meetings with him. The community where I live is huge into early childhood and I know some pretty impressive people here because of my experience…. people that could potentially break your program if they don’t agree with it. This one person in particular doesn’t like the program I am currently at but once she saw me their and I talked good things about the place and my new boss of course my new boss was standing beside me listening but still I want to make things right. After the meetings my boss looked at me and said I am amazed by the people you know! He has said it a few times. He really wants these people on his side. The other two girls have no clue who these people are have zero relationship with them. UGH!
Thanks for letting me air my dirty laundry and venting. I really needed to tell people who would understand. What do you think?
The plus side is I start back to college in January! Someday I will have the degree. I am going back to school for Web Development…..While I love my job and have loved it over the years I don’t like the cattiness side of it. It is really hard to swallow when the person that goes the extra mile and keeps going the extra mile gets crapped on and doesn’t get the recognition they deserve!
I haven’t posted on here in a while so much has changed in my life. I just recently went through a divorce after 21 years of marriage. I woke up one day and realized that my ex was not supportive of my dreams and never would be. I lost everything in the divorce….the house the dogs the day care…..I had to shut my business down. Now my day care just sits collecting dust I now am renting and can’t buy because my name is still on the mortgage.
My job: I should be happy about it because I have the hours that I want and the age group that I prefer the pay is not what I am used to. Here is the problem…..I have been in the early childhood field for over 18 years but do not have a degree. I work for a huge organization and when I was interviewed I was told that they like to promote from within first before looking on the outside. Sounded great! The site administrator had to relocate because she and the new boss got into it. She was such a nice person too and I miss her a lot. I felt that we were on the same page all the time. Well with her gone they promoted 2 other girls and didn’t even glance my way. The first girl was my best friend but after working along side of her I am realizing what an awful person she really is and am questioning myself as to how I didn’t see this. She gets people fired, she snaps at you when you ask anything about corporate. She only makes herself look good for corporate and OH DEAR LORD SHE IS A CONTROL FREAK! The sad part is that she doesn’t even care if we get kids into our program. She walks around and tells me to stop recruiting! But we all know without the children no job! I have the biggest class I am up to 19 and have 5 more spots to fill. She has 7 so she’s full but she is awful with the toddlers. She doesn’t let them explore and just be kids. No fingerpainting, no discovery bin, no sandbox, some days she doesn’t take them outside, she should not be working with the toddlers She has these toddlers eating lunch so late that they have meltdowns in the middle of lunch. She is also always texting on her phone and she is 10 minutes late every day. The thing is she has been with this company for 7 years in other areas of the company. She does have some early childhood background and half a degree in education.
The second girl they promoted has a degree in education but didn’t really utilize it and worked for an eye glass doctor before coming to us. I have seniority over her by 5 months. I feel the only reason she is there is for a Monday thru Friday work week. She calls off and I am not kidding when I say this…It’s every other week! I have been there a year now and have only called off once. She doesn’t recruit anyone nor does she try. Her class can hold 20 but on a given day she has maybe 7 or 9 children She doesn’t even offer to help anyone out. Ugh I had to take one of her kids because she couldn’t handle this child’s behavior! Oh and both of these 2 girls no absolutely nothing about state licensing rules I know twice as much as they do! They are very close to the ex boss/director.
What makes me sad is I have to stay because of the medical benefits plus I hate job hopping.
OHHHHHHHH yes let me tell you the best part…..My new boss for whatever reason has decided to take me on a couple of meetings with him. The community where I live is huge into early childhood and I know some pretty impressive people here because of my experience…. people that could potentially break your program if they don’t agree with it. This one person in particular doesn’t like the program I am currently at but once she saw me their and I talked good things about the place and my new boss of course my new boss was standing beside me listening but still I want to make things right. After the meetings my boss looked at me and said I am amazed by the people you know! He has said it a few times. He really wants these people on his side. The other two girls have no clue who these people are have zero relationship with them. UGH!
Thanks for letting me air my dirty laundry and venting. I really needed to tell people who would understand. What do you think?
The plus side is I start back to college in January! Someday I will have the degree. I am going back to school for Web Development…..While I love my job and have loved it over the years I don’t like the cattiness side of it. It is really hard to swallow when the person that goes the extra mile and keeps going the extra mile gets crapped on and doesn’t get the recognition they deserve!
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