Help with My Dilemma

Updated on April 07, 2008
L.A. asks from Yawkey, WV
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Ok here i go--i go to school full time and work part time in a pharmacy, a pharmacy near ours shut down and the pharmacist called our store and wanted to open an express store thru us, well our corp office let him and wanted to know if i would help train them to open since there computer system was totally different, and i was excited at first for them to ask me to do it because there are other pharm techs who have been there longer than me, i said i would, and it was suppose to take a couple weeks no longer than a month. well it was very hard on me working and going to school and helping them because it was during finals and i didnt do as well as i wanted because of it. well this started back in april, so during the summer it seemed they still needed me and i worked the entire summer without a break full time and didnt even take vacation, needless to say my family was very upset, well school started back this aug and they are working me everyday i am off and not working at my regular store. i so dont have the heart to tell them but i cant do it anymore, our corporate office doesnt see why i am still there either, but i feel so bad because they need help but i feel like i am being taken advantage of. my regular store told me to tell them i had to stop working down there because it was affecting my family and school, i dont know what to do it seems so easy if we werent me to just tell them i cant and that is that but its not so easy when its me to say it. i mean i dont know why but i just cant tell them i cant do it any longer, they are not that busy as to need me they are suppose to be looking for a part time person to do register and floor but they are not even looking and i told them when they found a part time person that i had to cut back but i dont think they are going to find this part time person!!!!!! HELP!!!! i dont have the heart to come out and tell them!!!

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Sorry it has taken me so long to respond--things have changed a little but not much--i wanted to keep everyone updated so here i go--its not over but i thought i would let all of u guys who helped me know whats going on--ok --our corporate office called and said that i needed to get more hours for my insurance purposes-so i thought here i go a way out--i said i have to get more hours at my home store for my insurance well the pharm tech tat day told the pharmacist down there and he called corporate to ask what was going on (which made me mad) and then corp told him it didnt matter which store as long as i got the hours--so i told him that my boss at the home store told me i needed to work days up there -- and i said after january i couldnt work as many days down there and so he insisted i work the day after christmas down there and i said no and didnt go so i think maybe they got the point -- but who knows-- we will see this week when i go back on wednesday!!! thanks for hanging in there and helping me sorry its a long process but it is hard on me!!!

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A.W.

answers from Lafayette on

You can't keep going like that and they've had more than enough time to find a replacement. I would walk in and tell them that you have a job, school and family and last you checked you can't split yourself in half and be in two places at once and that they had more than enough time to replace you yet they haven't bothered to and you are so out of there. Or if you don't have the heart to do it...I wouldn't mind making the call for you...what's the number?

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S.F.

answers from Louisville on

From what I read, it seems that they will continue using you in that manner until you put your foot down. Family comes first, school second and work third. Go in and talk to the boss at the other store and lay it all out in front of him. The people you were training should have picked up the system by now. Tell him/her that X day will be your last day there and after that, they're on their own.

"i dont know what to do it seems so easy if we werent me to just tell them i cant and that is that but its not so easy when its me to say it."
Use what I call the "Mommy voice," you know, the one that you use and your kids have no choice to to comply.

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A.P.

answers from Louisville on

First, stop, and reread what you just wrote. But instead of seeing this as your problem, see it as someone elses. What would you suggest that that person do?

My suggestion is this, tell them that you will be there to help out for X amount of time. That way it allows them to find a replacement and you can help train the new individual or if they slack, it's there problem. You did what you said you would do, you put in a valid notice, so you shouldn't feel bad about leaving. It's a JOB! Your education and family should come before that. You should put yourself and your wants and dreams before that. Take a little time out for your family after that (maybe a weekend getaway). And I'm sure everyone including yourself will be happy.

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L.B.

answers from South Bend on

If the store you are supposed to be working at can see that it is affecting your home and schooling then you need to just tell them that you can no longer help them out and why. Corporate office can see that you don't need to be there anymore so I say just tell them you can feel bad about it but you need to do what's right for you because you're right they are taking advantage of you.

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S.M.

answers from Indianapolis on

I'd say the best way to do it is to write a kind, tactful letter. That way you don't have to worry about telling them face to face and a lot of times when you resign from a position, you have to put it in writing anyway. Give them two weeks notice which is the usual. Tell them you enjoyed helping them get on their way and working with them, but you have many other obligations to attend to. They will understand and that gives them that two weeks to get someone else in there. All this stress may be another reason why you aren't getting pregnant... CUT BACK!!! Give them the letter soon... don't worry about them being upset, think about how much you should do this for you (and your family, maybe even FUTURE family)!!! Good luck.

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C.S.

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hope this helps, C.,

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