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Should I Report?
Well I'm in a Co-op placement at the hospital you're supposed to report weekly to your teacher of any concerns you have. Even though it is asked of all emplyers and even principles in school, students/employees still don't.
So, everything is going great. EXCEPT that the manger of my department is a bitch and either treats me like shit or pretend that I do not exist! Which is ridiculous to me since she's the one who interviewed me and let my teacher know that I got the placement.
So everyone's nice and all, it's just HER. And I guess she's not exactly part of my placement since she's the manager of the department. But she still pops in for an hour every day and when she comes in, she'll say hi to everyone except for me and I'll even try to say hi first and she doesn't even say anything back! And she has a sweet voice so when she's talking to me, to others she may seem nice, but if you were actually listening to hat she was really saying, it's not nice.
I was informed of a mock fire dril the other day and (this may sound funny but) somehow, none of the nurses /clerks knew of how it runs so she called everyone to come in a circle. But she liek purposely left me out so it was akward, her talking to everyone while I was standing in the corner. After they were done and she said bye to everyone but me, I took the initiative to find the emergency proceedure book and read the whole process of it myself.
So should I report to my teacher of this or no? I mean, for future students doing their placements there, it could be bad. It's kind of like a handicap, really. But, maybe it'll make things worse? My friend is doing a placement here too, but in a different department. Same manager. She told me that it is a concern so if I'm really bothered by it, I should go for it. But I know that if she was in my situation, she wouldn't (well, she is in the same situation, but she's way more tougher than I am so she's alright).
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Dont be a tattle tail, instead of going up to your teacher and complaining about how your manager is being mean to you, explain that shes "unprofessional", and makes you "uncomfortable" at work. Believe me...they are the two MAGIC words. If someone is being unprofessional its affecting the work place not just you, and that makes them look bad not you.
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Rather than 'reporting it', why not ask your teacher for a bit of guidance in dealing with it?
Not all 'concerns' need to be formally reported. Sometimes a less formal chat can be the right approach. It sounds as though your manager isn't doing anything technically wrong, or formally incorrect, you are just finding her difficult to interact with.
Instead of deciding to report or not report, why not bring up your concerns less formally with your teacher and ask for their advice, on how to deal with your managers behavoir, and even their advice on whether you should go a more formal route and report your concerns too.
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I know EXSACLTY WAT YOUR GOING THROUGH!! i did a co-op placement at a vet clinc, and well everyone there were totally nice and the sweetiest..except for the one vet. she treated me like i was invisable, shes yell at me, shes treat me like im not worth talkin to and would talk to all the other people and purposely leave me out. Shed be talking to some vet techs and me but would never look at me or initalize that i was there. she would also never call me by my name and would just call me the co-op student and shed talk about me right infront of everyone and be like the co-op student can do that. LIKE IM RIGHT THERE ASK ME TO DO IT INSTEAD OF SUGGESTING IT PRETENDING IM NOT THERE LOL I dreaded the days she would be there, cause i felt like sh**. ya so anyway, well i did let my co-op teacher know about the whole situation. he understood and took that into consideration whily gradin me and such. the vet text who happened to b my supervisor also let me know that the vet doesnt really like the co-op students so dont take it personal.
In your case she is your manager...so you cant really tell her how you fell. Mind you, you could, be that might turn out madly. I strongly suggest that you tell your teacher about her. Your teacher will understand and might even try to help you out and talk to the manager just saying that you feel unconforable and left out ect. For future co-op students it would also b best beacuse your teacher can let them know that the manager isnt the greatest.
Dont feel bad about reporting her. Just please let your teacher know, youll have to deal with this for a while yet till you placement is done so better tell the teacher and see if he can make any changes. If he/she cant, at least you let them know your concerns and they will take that into consideration.
HOpe this helped you! If you need anymore advice feel free to ask id b happy to help ya! Good LUCK!
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