So sad to hear that it is not going as smoothly as you want. However, I am with the manager. It IS tough starting out again in a new position, and a bank is nothing but a bunch of odd procedures and processes that are hard to assimilate, and customers often get a bit "odd" where their money is concerned. Your manager sees something in you, or she wouldn't be trying to hang on to you. And that training score from the previous week should be telling you something too. Hang in there, it gets better!I'm not sure I knocked anyone dead last week ..... by Friday, I was ready to pack it in. I even talked to my manager, and tried to quit (I am seriously doubting that I'm the right person for this job) but she begged me to reconsider. She thinks I'm being too hard on myself and expecting too much on my first week. I think I'm much better at keeping house and herding kittens. At any rate, I told her I'd give it a while longer, but the jury is out on whether or not its the right career. Finding my new place here in the USA is definitely turning out to be far more challenging than I expected.
Man, you can say that again . Tougher than I expected it to be. After having a job that I loved for almost 2 decades (and one that I was GOOD at), starting over is a painful and humbling process. Definitely not easy on the self-esteem.
Your manager is correct. You can't figure anything out in a week. Set a reasonable time frame, something like 6 months, and then sit down and take another look at things. I would be willing to bet that this will all work out fine for you.I'm not sure I knocked anyone dead last week ..... by Friday, I was ready to pack it in. I even talked to my manager, and tried to quit (I am seriously doubting that I'm the right person for this job) but she begged me to reconsider. She thinks I'm being too hard on myself and expecting too much on my first week. I think I'm much better at keeping house and herding kittens. At any rate, I told her I'd give it a while longer, but the jury is out on whether or not its the right career. Finding my new place here in the USA is definitely turning out to be far more challenging than I expected.
So are you telling us you have a Donkey in your bathtub? Care to explain? Does Steve know?Thank goodness that's okay in Michigan, or in another 9 minutes we might have had a problem .
Ummmm no, that's what they do when they are on the clock.Give a bureaucrats enough free time and I can guarantee they will come up with something foolish .
And thank goodness you took the reigns and kept this thread alive . What would I do without you? I owe you a bottle of wine for your efforts.
Why doesn't anyone offer to bring me chocolate when *I* am in charge?!?!?
Well that's just stupid because everyone knows that goats look good in pants.In Massachusetts is illegal to put pants on a goat
Forget the donkey in the bathtub, it's the jacka** in the chauffeur's seat who causes all the trouble...So are you telling us you have a Donkey in your bathtub? Care to explain? Does Steve know?
Well that's just stupid because everyone knows that goats look good in pants.
Read somewhere that it is a biological impulse to have kids who are about to leave the nest behave this way-as a way to make the break happen. Doesn't mean it's easy-I was so ready for my oldest to leave already last summer and then the first weekend without her around it seemed so empty (even with 2 other kids)...and this year she will be a plane ride or 16 hr drive away (luckily I have a disney trip planned for every month but September)Add in the stress of packing up GC to go away for university. She is being evil and I'm in tears. Way to many changes in my life all happening at the exact same time
Or you can find the big bottle for $9.99...I will bring the chocolate (DH is World Finest Chocolate independent fundraiser)...Barefoot Pinot Grigio please. I believe in the US it's only $5.99....I'm a cheap date.
I could totally see how under normal circumstances there would some sort of biological reason behind the stress of kids leaving home. Our situation is a bit different. We have been dealing with Teenzilla for the last 2 years. She has had to cope with the illness and death of a dear friend who was the same age. So every time something comes up that she realizes her friend is not doing she gets ugly. University is just another one of those things. So with all that heavy stuff I think I need the large bottle of wine.Read somewhere that it is a biological impulse to have kids who are about to leave the nest behave this way-as a way to make the break happen. Doesn't mean it's easy-I was so ready for my oldest to leave already last summer and then the first weekend without her around it seemed so empty (even with 2 other kids)...and this year she will be a plane ride or 16 hr drive away (luckily I have a disney trip planned for every month but September)
Or you can find the big bottle for $9.99...I will bring the chocolate (DH is World Finest Chocolate independent fundraiser)...
There is video proof of my point. Goats look good in pants.Around here, folks put baby goats in PJs to keep them warm!
I know how could they make this illegal. It is a question in Trivial Pursuit so it's good to know.There is video proof of my point. Goats look good in pants.
Teenagers...period. If you can survive the teen years without going to prison for murder it has been a success.Hang in there Gina, and hang in there Dancin' . I do thing teen girls are much harder for moms than teen boys.
andI could totally see how under normal circumstances there would some sort of biological reason behind the stress of kids leaving home. Our situation is a bit different. We have been dealing with Teenzilla for the last 2 years. She has had to cope with the illness and death of a dear friend who was the same age. So every time something comes up that she realizes her friend is not doing she gets ugly. University is just another one of those things. So with all that heavy stuff I think I need the large bottle of wine.