slim to none

I made it through my first week of work at my new place of employment. Hooray! I sat through several butt numbing sessions on the computer program we use. Can I just test out? No. I got yelled at by the coffee lady for using the wrong door. Well when a person gets a boatload of paperwork and one sections states what doors are unlocked at what time. It should also say along with it which ones to use. And then there is the miscommunication at the training. We are all taught one thing only to be told ‘absolutely DO NOT use that particular process’. Yeah ya might want to let the dude training know this. good times.

This week I got my desk. It has 3 cubicle walls which I am going to decorate in my own pink and diamond fashion. I also brought in some of the rubbery window clings for Halloween. The room that the two supervisors sit in have windows, so they are now festively decorated with bats, pumpkins and a skeleton. boo

I finally got around to grocery shopping after work last night. I had put it off almost 4 weeks. That doesn’t help one bit. You think that doing this will help save money. No not really. Pretty sure I was out of everything and spent almost 200 dollars. But I got stuff and today is going to be pot roast in the crockpot day. All I have to do is go to the store and get some dried onion soup. Evidently the last packet went into some sour cream for chip dip.

My trainer is somewhat pedantic. Um just answer my question and then lets fix the glaring mistakes that is making your left eye twitch. sheesh. I was on my first telephone call, writing up the message and I just needed to know if the diagnosis was a high priority. And she couldn’t get around the fact that the background of my schedule was on the wrong day. shut up and listen!!! Or that I was writing it in the wrong section. It wasn’t wrong to me as this was what I was taught in class. And don’t fucking yell. Calm the hell down. I honestly hate having to explain something when I am just trying to get a short and straight answer. freak!! But because I am well versed in the computer program I am pretty much left to my own devises and only have to turn to ask a question. Rather than have someone breathing down my neck at every turn. thank god or I am pretty sure this would have been my last week of work. But I did show my appreciation because what that trainer has to do is very difficult. So we all play nice in the sandbox.

On my last day in the training room in walked Jeremy Boyle. Not really sure what he was doing there other than grabbing a few spare chairs for some sort of meeting. We both said hi, and a general ‘fancy meeting you here’ type of greeting. Other than him, I haven’t seen anyone else I know. Hooray, I can start out fresh.

Zsazsa brought in a dead squirrel the other day. I didn’t even see her do it as I was in the kitchen fixing my lunch for the day. I heard her growling at Cola so I walked over to see what the big deal was. Dead squirrel, I kicked it to make sure it wasn’t going to attack my face. nope dead dead dead. I grabbed a paper towel then its bushy tail. Very deceiving I could have been picking up a rat. I guess you could say squirrels are rats in fur coats. I took it outside and tossed him or her into the trashcan. I told Zsazsa ‘good girl’ and she looked very pleased with herself. I told her next time bring in a wallet full of money.

Have a lovely day.

moos importantly

Have been very busy with catching up on resting this week. Also getting wood sorted for this winter.  Just waiting for the leaves to turn so I can complain about raking.

I drove over to Nampa to have breakfast with Lois this week. Catching up on gossip and such. She had to have the details on my exit interview with St Luke’s. We ate at Cracker Barrel and although it was built after the halting of cigarette smoking in restaurants, I could smell the smoke of cigarettes past. Course it could have something to do with the gravelly voice of the waitress. Then afterwards I stopped at St Luke’s Nampa 3rd floor to see some of my people. They miss me. I believe them. I had to fill them in so they could pass it on to the manager. She still hasn’t found a replacement for the front office lead, none of the girls want the job. Can’t say as I blame them.

Sunday I am driving Ginger over to Maverick off of exit 28 to be picked up and taken to her folks in Portland. I think I will wait on volunteering on the next foster dog, get my feet wet at work so to speak. Focus my attention on learning someone’s new system.

Yeah so that’s what has been going on here.

what do you want to be when you grow up

I was on the Hallmark ornament website this morning. They have released a few more so I had to sign on to see if I needed anything besides the puppy love ornament. I have learned my lesson buy early. I was like watching for them to be released, kinda like standing at the window hiding behind the curtain…yeah something like that. The puppy love this year is a great dane. He is ever so clever and cute.  I am going to assume that hallmark will eventually end the series. They ended the harley series and I just noticed that this year is the last in the classic cars. Nothing last forever. I think that I will buy a new fake tree this year. maybe or I will just keep collecting ornaments that will never see the light of day. While I was on the website I saw that one of the several barbie doll ornaments was a ballerina. Then my thought process sent me off to how some little girls want to grow up to be ballerinas. Then I thought what was it that I wanted to be when I grew up…oh yeah out of mom”s house.

Spent the night up at mom and Rick’s. I took Ginger with me. Mom has a labradoodle named Zach. And they pretty much tore up the lawn wrestling. Tired dogs.

So being without medical insurance is interesting to say the least. I haven’t been ill thank goodness but I still needed to get my prescriptions filled.  While at my last doctor appointment we discussed the GOODRX program and how it would allow people to get medications at a discount.  I called the mail order pharmacy to see how much one of them would cost. I was told almost 300 dollars, granted that was a 90 days supply at twice a day. But still that is a good portion of my then paycheck/unemployment. So I started investigating on what pharmacy would honor the goodRX card/coupons. Just about everybody and the dealer on the next block, the website even had the fee for each medication. So I transferred all my prescriptions and the one that would have cost me 299 plus, was only 41 dollars. I am told that even people with insurance can use the goodRX. What is won’t cover is insulin and inhalers. No those people will just have to suffer…damnable pharmaceutical companies. Why is this not a crime?

Royce, the quilt top you sent me is going to have a new life. I took it up with me to mom’s and she is going to go get some fleece polyester. No batting and then she is going to teach what to do next. Possibly how to roll it up and shove in a closet. HA

vindication? maybe

As I sat here on the couch relaxing in my freedom yesterday the phone rang. I picked it up and the caller id told me it was St Lukes.  I answered ready with ‘sorry I accepted a position …’ But no it was a gal from their HR department asking to speak with me about MSTI. Seems that an investigation into high turnover is going on. Me? Not surprised, but am puzzled as to why I am involved. I figure since I was dismissed, I would be a disgruntled past employee. Maybe my file says I just left, I guess I should have asked.

She asked me why I left??? what? hmmm After some quick thinking, I replied that I was made to feel unwelcome. I figured I better sound pleasant and not after blood. I wanted to be taken serious, especially if she decided to look and find I was FIRED. She asked me how a normal day was where I sat. I explained that training was sporadic because the trainer usually left to go visit or get coffee. I might have her attention for about an hour out of each day. (okay trainer is ticked off my list). I let the gal know that the nurses were very unpleasant and gossiped all the time. And once Deb (RN) came back from vacation, it got worse. I said there was just no reaching her. I tried small talk and trying to connect with anything in common. I was shut down every time. The nurses complained about everything, I couldn’t go to the bathroom without checking with them or lunch. And I caught hell for leaving 3 minutes early one day. I told the HR person that I could hear them talking from my desk and the F bomb was dropped all of the time. (nurses check) She then asked me about my immediate supervisor. I told her that initially things were fine but with the nurses complaining and riding her about me. It turned bad and she had this attitude towards me. I felt that it didn’t matter what I had to say, I was a liar. So I didn’t go to her with issues about the trainer or the nursing staff. I told her that once the supervisor read my file regarding my 2 write ups (I explained those), she was really hateful. I told her about the time I was being trained at check in and couldn’t finish because she fired the guy who was training me.

I went on to say I had lots of help from the MAs and CAPs. They were friendly and they were the ones who gave me a tour of the floor plus got me a seat on one of the provider meetings. I said that the radiology techs were helpful and the radiology supervisor was the greatest and it was too bad she couldn’t have been my supervisor instead of Karen. I said Karen was not a good fit for that position as I caught her eavesdropping at a closed door. I said the checkin people, health information staff, and new patient scheduling staff were all very nice.

Now all of this was true. I also told her how involved and educational the job was, it kept my attention and I really enjoyed it. I said that I missed working for St Luke’s and tell people all the time to apply there because of the comparable pay and benefits.

Yeah so that happened.  I just finished watching El Camino on Netflix. If you are a Breaking Bad fan its a great finish to a good show. watch it

that’s a little extreme

So I made the decision to quit PMHG today. As in not gonna work up until 10/21 when I start my new job. No I am done with the shenanigans. The reason? What triggered this sudden change??? The Clinic administrator of the last clinic I interviewed at sent out an email that the position I applied for was open but with a slight change in hours. The hell? I emailed her and asked if this was the same position I applied for. NO the hours are different. Stupid twit, its the same freaking desk. So I canceled my shift today, nope sorry no can cover! Really was the reply, I need a reason I have to tell your CA.  Well I am quitting today and you can let my CA know that I will be dropping off all my phmg stuff. And I did and I gave her my long convoluted reason. But its my reason and since I am not eligible to be rehired at only giving 10 days notice, it sure as hell won’t make a difference if I quit today. So I went with it.

I let her know it was insulting to apply to these open positions and be told I don’t have the experience. Then the next day an email goes out that they sure could use some coverage for their clinic. I am good enough to be a float but not enough to be full time at their clinic? nope. I also said this is one of many reasons why their company has high turnover and it amazes me that the turnover rate is okay with administration. Pay your people a comparable wage, hire a few extra people for each clinic to cover. There dammit I fixed it. This company is growing by leaps and bounds much to the detriment of their staff. pay them. Oh if you do you can’t build another clinic 2 miles down the road? geez. On Fairview alone there are 2 clinics and they are set to build another. Granted Fairview is long but 3 clinics? Enabling people to be lazy. waaaa I don’t want to drive two blocks out of my way.

What am I doing in my new job? The same thing. It might just be phones or it might just be check in and scheduling. It will be interesting to see how the clinics are set up.

Tomorrow I am taking Ginger up to moms to play with Zach. We will stay over night. Should be a blast.

hip hip hooray

No this is not my next project.

While working at Crossroads clinic I received a call from Atarixis. They were calling on behalf of Saltzer, I was offered the position. After explaining the wages I happily accepted. I am making 4 dollars more an hour. nice. This company was the last one I had thought of applying at. Why? I don’t know. They had been in the news a couple years back with St Lukes buying them and then St Als calling foul. In steps the state attorney….yeah it was messy. So I shied away that is until I saw a job posting that appealed to me and the rest is history.

Evidently HR is a big business for the small to medium size employer. Who knew? I did not. There is a huge building with Paylocity on the side out by the freeway half way between Nampa and Meridian. Valor uses them. Outsourcing but keeping it in the states.

My last day with PHMG is the 18th. This was met with mixed emotions. The clinic administrator (CA) who I was to meet for an interview, told me ‘good luck’ and the CA from my home clinic was a little miffed. um They have to know that the position that they have me in is not the best, thus the high turn over. I was told since I am not giving them at least 2 weeks notice, I will not be rehirable.  I told her that as unfortunate as that standing rule is, I am not waiting 3 weeks just to give them four more days of my time.  3 weeks? Yeah Saltzer only has NEO a couple of times a month. To the ‘good luck’ CA, I had divulged that I would be making 4 more dollars an hour plus benny’s right from the get go. I got a text later that day from my CA asking me to call. I did and the first thing she asked; was the 4 dollar more an hour true? Yes I said. Where was I going? I told her. She somehow seemed very interested. Which wouldn’t surprise me because PMHG pays peanuts to their CSR staff, they probably pay shinola to the CAs. I don’t know. I am going to finish up working for them at my usual style (the best), take the weekend to gather my thoughts. Then? At 9am on Monday the 21st I am rolling into the Saltzer building for the onboarding process. So yesterday afternoon I had to contact three different ‘parties’ to cancel interviews. It was lovely which means I cleared up my calendar for today so I can once more go pee in a cup to let someone know I am clean.  I don’t have to wear a stupid uniform, hooray.

I am ever so much happier. I hope its a fair winter as it is I am going to stop by the co-op for my standard 4 tubes of sand for the back of the truck. And maybe next spring I can get my ratty windshield replaced.

interview much?

I am not all together sure of what the clinic managers want from me. I am doing the job with very few mistakes and taking all kinds of shifts to work. In fact my last pay check was for 100 hours. Yes, yes I am tired. Thanks. I have applied for every opening I have seen on the corporate website. I have had almost as many interviews (killing it every time). But? Call after call from these people telling me I don’t have the experience. fuck me. I would like to point out that HR is still reeling in the new ‘off the streets’ employees. Who most are given a full time job. Like what the hell. My coworker last night pointed out that I am really flexible and willing to pick up the available shifts. And maybe just maybe that is where they want to keep me. hmmmm. Just so you know they are not the only game in town.

I applied at Trinity Health who are still checking out my work history. I was told at the interview I should hear from the office in Michigan when they decide. So I am picking up all kinds of spam calls so as not to miss it. I checked online and yes my application is still active…so I wait, sort of.  I got a phone interview from a gent who is a head hunter for Saltzer Medical Group. He was very excited to talk to me. He said the manager has specifically asked that he make an interview appointment for me. So Monday maybe Wednesday I will get a face to face. Valor Health? Glad you asked. Last week I received an offer letter from Paylocity who takes care of the hiring,paychecks and such. The problem was? It wasn’t’ for me. It was for someone named Ashlynn. I read the entire thing plus the attachment. Then? Almost immediately I get an email from some joker from Paylocity telling me to disregard the previous email and that my application is still active and being ‘analyzed’ by the hiring staff. da fuck? This Monday I received the computer generated denial letter. thought so fools

I think I am just tired of driving. Too much windshield time. And trying to remember all the little idiosyncrasies for each clinic. But I am narrowing down my clinics that I will work at. Out of nineteen I will only work at 12.  CA decides not to hire me then put out a call for someone to cover all these openings in the clinic? Kiss my ass. nope and nope Such a badass. I have plenty of opportunity to work, I have filled up my schedule until the first week of January.

I have put all my plants in my garage for winter. I should take a photo/video and post it. Can’t walk through without brushing up against something. I am ready for leaves to fall.