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Friend @ Work!
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My friend Kristen, she's a hostess at a Mexican restaurant called Mario's. She asked me if I wanted to apply there, because the managers wanted to have two hostesses. & I of course said yes. I only work Fridays & Saturdays, and obviously Kristen would be my trainer.
She's a really good friend of mine & I thought taking this job would be AWESOME, because we don't really have to work that much, but we'll get money for it, and it seemed EASY.
Yesterday was my second day, and the entire time she was bitching and complaining about how bad I was at hostessing, and how I should quit. She kept telling our manager that she had told me a dozen times of how to do something, whenever she hadn't even told me once.
She kept saying she was kidding, but the entire time it ruined like my self esteem and I felt like crap because she would yell at me and ignore me when I had a question. I kept telling her to stop being mean because I wasn't doing anything wrong, but she just continued doing it.
Now, I'm completely confused on where to go from there, what should I do? I want to quit, every inch of me is telling me to do it, but I can't get a job anywhere else.
Please help! (:
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quit, there's better jobs than this. you don't need something like that. if she treats you like that she isn't your real friend.
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Start off by talking to Kristen. Let her know that you were really excited about having a job and working with her but since you started, she's been acting differently. I worked with my (ex)girlfriend for about 6 months and eventually it started stressing the relationship. She thought I was taking the job to seriously, I thought she was too chill. Let her know that it's definately not cool to make you look bad in front of your boss, even if she's joking around. The impression you make now at your first job will follow you forever, so don't let her screw up your image. If she can't start respecting you, talk to the manager. If it still causes problems, quit. Other jobs will come along.
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She may be a friend but sounds to me as if she doesn't want you looking better than her at the job.
Someone above her may have said how good you were looking doing the job or something.
Go to your manager. Explain that since you and Kristen are friends you don't feel she is the one to train you. If he wants to know why explain it to him. If at all possible, don't work the same hours as she does. Friends aren't always good to work with.
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