LightPhoenix
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I'm not overly fond of my job, but I wouldn't say I hate it. I'm currently a Lab Tech at a local hospital, evening shift.
The people I work with are a mixed bunch. Most of them I like, but there are a few that I don't. None of them are my age, the closest is seven years older than me, and is one of the ones I don't really like. Most are ten years or more older than I am, so there's a big disparity as far as lifestyles go. Even so, were some of them my age, or I theirs, I'm sure we would be friends as opposed to co-workers, which is how I think of them all.
The biggest thing I hate about my job is the management. It's readily obvious that the hospital, including the lab, has been mismanaged for likely its entire existance. It's a shame really, because we could easily have one of the best labs in central NY. Instead, we have medtech companies that won't even speak to us. I'm not kidding either, the maker of one of the most commonly used hematology machines in the US would not return our calls. Instead, management is full of petty bickering fogies who don't give a damn about anything aside from the size of their paychecks, and even when they do take interest it's all politics and not about what's best for the lab.
The job is pretty boring, it doesn't challenge me enough. Everyone there knows that I don't belong there, and they've been really supportive of me going to grad school, even if it looks more and more like that won't be happening this year. Except my supervisor, who is petty and hates that I'm trying to make a better life, because it means that she'll have to actually deal with being down three people... four when I leave.
The benefits are great, and the pay is pretty good for someone out of college and single.
Even so, I don't love it, and I know it's not what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm hoping I'll find that when I can make my way to the left coast, but whatever happens will be. As long as I make it happen.
The people I work with are a mixed bunch. Most of them I like, but there are a few that I don't. None of them are my age, the closest is seven years older than me, and is one of the ones I don't really like. Most are ten years or more older than I am, so there's a big disparity as far as lifestyles go. Even so, were some of them my age, or I theirs, I'm sure we would be friends as opposed to co-workers, which is how I think of them all.
The biggest thing I hate about my job is the management. It's readily obvious that the hospital, including the lab, has been mismanaged for likely its entire existance. It's a shame really, because we could easily have one of the best labs in central NY. Instead, we have medtech companies that won't even speak to us. I'm not kidding either, the maker of one of the most commonly used hematology machines in the US would not return our calls. Instead, management is full of petty bickering fogies who don't give a damn about anything aside from the size of their paychecks, and even when they do take interest it's all politics and not about what's best for the lab.
The job is pretty boring, it doesn't challenge me enough. Everyone there knows that I don't belong there, and they've been really supportive of me going to grad school, even if it looks more and more like that won't be happening this year. Except my supervisor, who is petty and hates that I'm trying to make a better life, because it means that she'll have to actually deal with being down three people... four when I leave.
The benefits are great, and the pay is pretty good for someone out of college and single.
Even so, I don't love it, and I know it's not what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm hoping I'll find that when I can make my way to the left coast, but whatever happens will be. As long as I make it happen.
I hate beets!
