Help I hate the people that I work with

[mydee]

Hello,

I have been working as a part-time CNA since the end of aug. but before this I worked in customer service. I usually work two to three days at different shifts and have the rest of the week off. I have a very ill husband who has cancer right now.It is very hard for me to learn my job quick because I tend to work different shifts and take very long break in between working. I was speaking to my sup today and he informed me that everyone had issues with how I do my job. What makes this so bad that no one told me or try to teach me how to do things correctly. The sad thing is that everyone there does this when they have a problems with coworkers they tend to talk about them but say nothing to them in person. I work with only about 10 people at a very small rehab place so I know by time I come to work tomarrow at 3:00pm most of the staff will know what I said to my sup (I know that one of the coworkers overheard us and she went in the backroom to tell the other person who works on third shift what I said) My long term plan right now is to apply to nursing school this July but I am just not sure.

[yousoldtheworld]

I can understand where you're coming from and I'm sorry you're dealing with that right now. I think many places suffer from a similar problem with people talking behind the backs of others instead of offering constructive criticism.

Did your supervisor tell you exactly what the complaints about you were? If not, I would find out. Ask her/him exactly what you need to improve on. If you feel that you still haven't learned your job well, ask if you could be put with another CNA for a day or two to be "retrained".

The most important thing I can tell you though, is not to let it dishearten you. Find out what you're doing wrong, try to fix it, but most of all keep a good attitude. Those patients can sense if you're there upset about something and that's not good for either of you. Focus on doing your job well and taking care of those patients. That is what matters, and if you do that, soon they won't have anything to complain about.

Keep your head up!

[rancelumsden]

Yousoldtheworld gave you a good answer. Yeah, it's crappola to have to go to work and know your coworkers are not happy with you. If you're not doing things incorrectly then yes, definitely ask for proper training and tell coworkers out-and-out you don't feel confortable doing some task(s) and ask how they do it. I know I had a lot to learn about transferring that I really didn't do well on in class.

If your issues involve being too slow for the others, you'll have to deal with this yourself. I think everyone on the forum has worked with people with whom they may personally like, but they are not keeping up with the work and you end up covering their residents/patients too because they are not working quickly enough.