I may have said this before, but I do love my job. Going to that house every day is like going to my second home. I'm there almost as much as I am at my own house. I eat dinners there. I work there. I talk about my life to other people there.
So just like any other job, there is drama. When I first started, we had a full staff. There was one night a week that the a.m. crew also worked a p.m. shift. That was kind of weird and actually, it turned out to be very difficult because things were not done the same as on a normal p.m. shift. The a.m. crew and the p.m. crew(which, I am proud to say, I am a part of) do things differently. The a.m. crew take the clients on a lot of outings, while we, the p.m. crew, do their programs. Three of the a.m. members have been at this house for at least ten years, a couple even more. So they are set in their ways. They do things the way they want. So on the night when they work p.m., everything gets screwed up. Well the lead worker, who was hired only four or five months before me, wanted things to change. The way things worked before she was hired was incredible. Incredible because nothing got done. No one did the clients' programs, even though they marked it in the books that they did. Basically, they didn't do their job. Well the new lead worked decided to change things. So on the p.m. shift, we did everything. We did all their programs and made sure that we were doing our job, which is basically to help the clients improve their independence and quality of life.
The fact that the lead worker was trying to change things created drama. The people who were used to doing things their way didn't want it to change, and that's what the lead worker was doing. The RSC, who is right above the lead worker, played favorites and it was very easy for the a.m. people to push her around and get their way with her. There was a point a few months ago when the lead worker almost quit. If she had left, everything would have fallen apart and would have gone back to the way they were before: shitty. That was about the time I started looking for a second job. I didn't want her to quit and everything to go to shit and me not have a backup job. She and I actually talked about both of us quitting. Neither of us like drama and that's all it was anymore. We both decided to stay and try to work it out.
Luckily for both of us, she was able to get a meeting with the main boss at the house. She told her about the a.m. crew screwing up that one p.m. night, about the RSC playing favorites, and everything else. Things changed almost immediatly. That a.m. night is now gone. We have it back to do things the way we do every other night. The RSC almost lost her job and now she is doing somewhat better. The a.m. crew is doing a little better working with us and communicating. So things are looking up, making me want to stay even more.
I have no problems with anyone that I work with, not personality wise. However, professionally speaking, I have a few problems. Mostly with the old RSC. She is a backstabbing liar. I have heard her say things to me and then the exact opposite a week later. She tells people things and then tells other the complete opposite. Also, since she is the old RSC and has been there for years, she thinks she can do whatever she wants. Ugh. When I first started, I thought she was a nice girl. And she can be. But she lies. And that is an immediate turn off. I can't see myself ever actually being more than a coworker with her. And I literally don't want to work with her. It's frustrating to not like someone you work with.
