future and now job advice please?
ok... here goes.
i am 18. i want to be a vet. i work at an animal hospital now. its about 10 minutes from my house. we do large and small animals. i am a kennel girl/vet technician. i have been there for almost 16 months. i make minimum wage (for those of you who don't know TN's min wage, it's .55). i do kennels in the morning and evening (if i am there) and i tech the rest of the time. i am tired of being bitched at about the kennels. i barely get any respect for being a technician. another technician i work with has been there fro 2 1/2 years and just got a raise like 2 months ago to . my hours have been cut MEGA. if i was making more, it prolly wouldnt be a big deal. i go to school 2 days a week and i work other than that. no, i dont have many bills right now, but i do want to buy a new truck in a year and a half, and i would like to have money saved up to make a good down payment and be able to keep up with bills, and working where i am now, i will not be able to do that. my boyfriend semi works where i am and he has talked to our office manager and apparently our clinic is not looking too good. usually we get slow around winter time, but we pick up in spring, but it has never been this bad. i know the economy is bad, but good gosh! and even if we do pick up soon, that doesnt mean i am going to get paid more... i know that i will not get a raise for a while!
soooo... i have been putting a resume together and looking at another vet clinic where a friend of mine works. she has been talking to the doctor there about me coming to work there. he said i could put in a resume and application and i would be considered when they need to hire someone. so, she called me today and offered me a job. the catch is that the job is as a receptionist. the main one is moving to office management and they need to fill the position. she said i could do that, or put in a resume for a tech spot and i could get it when one opens, and that he is about to fire 3 techs.
this clinic is further away, and they do not do large animals. they are a small animal/exotic clinic. i would miss the large animal practice, since i also want to do that. but i also have 4 years of undergrad left before vet school. as far as the trip down there, me and my friend could car pool since she lives down the street. but, i would need to get paid much more to have to drive down there. but i would have a better paying job, i wouldnt have to do kennels, and i would get more respect.
i just want to know that the same thing will not happen there as it is where i am.
so... do i take the job as a receptionist, and tell them i want to move to a tech spot as soon as it opens, before they hire anyone else for it? (i would automatically be making more and be trained in many different areas)
do i just put in the resume for a tech spot and stay where i am until then?
or, do i just stay where i am? (i'm just scared to be let go!)
i told my friend that i will think about it. she said that she would call the doctor and let him know i was thinking about it. i am also going to go up to the clinic when that doctor is there and talk to him about hours and pay.
soo... i would like a little more advice on this matter!
it is a big decision to make!
i feel kinda selfish for wanting more money, but i have been working there long enough that i feel i deserve to be making more than minimum wage. also, i deserve a little more respect than what i am getting.
for the meanies out there - i know i don't need to rely on the internet to solve my problems for me, but i would like some advice is all!
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Tags: animal hospital, economy, job, minimum wage, money, morning and evening, office management, receptionist, resume, small animals, vet clinic, vet technician, winter time
January 20th, 2010 at 2:14 am
you are young, so am i
they treat us like crap sometimes but that is just the way the cookie crumbles. if your new job pays better, it sounds like you and your friend can split the gas, it will help her too. and yes the economy sucks! so take the better job, and maybe hold off on that truck a little longer. think in the long run, the next 5 years is gonna be fast. good luck
January 20th, 2010 at 2:14 am
ok if you want to be a vet you have a long hard college road ahead and is lined with cost — you main object should be salary and work hours so you can attend school!!!