Good news, for a change

[ellid]

Let's see...

I'm giving notice as of the 29th of August, and that solely because I could not live with myself if I didn't have a chance to train someone as a counter against the utter disaster that will occur if the office manager has to do this unaided (the best word I can think of to describe the situation when I got back was "clusterf--k," and no, I am not exaggerating. It really was that bad).

The clinic director knows; she thinks I'm doing the right thing, and told me that she's not surprised, given how things have deteriorated. She doesn't like the way the billing manager handles problems, is rapidly getting fed up with the idiot office manager, and told me that she doesn't see things improving at all, either short or long term. She's sad to see me go but thinks I'm doing the right thing, and said she'd gladly serve as a reference.

So. As of the end of the month, Dobby is free. I'm starting to send out resumes and set up interviews, and once I'm free *to* interview instead of having to lie about where I'm going and what I'm going, I hope things will go more easily. *crosses fingers*

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In house news, the furniture will be moved out and into storage on Friday afternoon, which means I have to spend the next couple of nights packing books and fragile items and moving them into the basement or my bedroom. A small table and couple of folding chairs are staying in the house so we'll have a place to sit and eat, but everything else is being moved or stored.

*gulp*

Comments

[varianor.livejournal.com]

It's nice to have validations for your decisions, isn't it? Good luck with all the house remodels.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Right now the only person who seems skeptical about me leaving is, God help us, my roommate, and I'm not sure why. *shrugs* Not my problem.

And yes, it is very, very good to have validation for this from another agency veteran. If she were still supervising me, I would not be leaving. Period.

[juliannajoyful.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you've got a reference. That's great.

But--and this is always my question--if people can see ow inept they are, why aren't they getting write-ups themself?

[orphandani.livejournal.com]

Maybe roomie sees this decision of yours as some sort of threat to her and her "position" in the household.

[canellaphile.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm happy for ya!!!

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Whoo hoo, go you!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Glad you're getting out - it sounds like it's been a long time coming. Good luck on the job search!

[ixchelmala.livejournal.com]

It's amazing that the stress goes down so much once you make a decision like this... I'm very happy for you and having the cushion of your aunt is quite the helpful to be able to fall back on.

:)

Yay!

[xrian.livejournal.com]

Go, team!

It seems odd to me, but it sounds from what you say like the clinic director is not the one who hires the office manager and billing manager? One hopes that if she was, the situation would not have gotten this bad in the first place.

Perhaps the roomie senses that change occurring in you is not necessarily going to make her situation easier....

[ellid.livejournal.com]

The flow chart/hierarchy at the agency is somewhat peculiar. There's a CEO, and an outpatient director under her. Under *her* are the three directors of the separate outpatient clinics. My clinic director is one of these three.

The billing department is completely separate, and the billing manager is theoretically on the same level as the clinic directors. There is no overlap when it comes to supervision or responsibility, which has led to a quiet but intense turf war for the last year or so between billing and the clinic. My position was moved from the clinic to the billing department last spring despite me having little or nothing to do with billing, which means that I now answer to the billing director and her immediate underling, the office manager. The clinic director has no authority over me or anyone else in billing, which is why we're able to discuss things as friends.

I'll be giving my formal notice tomorrow to HR, the office manager, and the billing manager. It will be in the form of a short letter and will not go into any details. They won't be happy about it, but it's really not their decision, fortunately.

And oh yes. I *will* have my vacation paid for because it's not inside my notice period. I'll also get paid for my 37 hours of unused vacation time. So it's all, if not good, at least decent.

[orphandani.livejournal.com]

The clinic director knows;
She's sad to see me go but thinks I'm doing the right thing, and said she'd gladly serve as a reference.

WooHoo!! There is a light at the end of the tunnel and a good reference to boot!! WooHoo!!

*hugs*

[lherelenfeline.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!!!
And hurray on getting a high ranking reference too.

[tree_and_leaf]

Good for you, and the best of luck for the work on the house.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

THANK GOODNESS. *giant hugs*

Good luck with the job search!