Current job poorly trained me. Should I stay?

[crzysxycool_nerd82]

I'll try to keep this short & sweet....been working for this company since July, the lady that was training me either left voluntarily or got fired about 2 months after I started. Since then the manager who has taken the duties left behind from the lady who left has neglected to complete throrough training w/ me. At best minimal training has been done so I willhave something to do forthe day.

 

My customer service skills are top notch so there's no problem there. However there are logistics that I still don't know how to do.... I find this situation totally unacceptable b/c I have been employed at this place for almost 6 months and there are duties and procedure I STILL don't know how to do. B/c of this mistakes have been made and I look like an incompetent ass. I have been asking that manager about getting completely trained. I would either get told that it will be taken care of later in the week or nothing is done at all. I don't like asking too many times b/c it can be taken as being a pest.

 

I'm getting really sickof the lack of follow thru. What should I do?

[MuscleCarFan]

I would contact HR and explain your current situation so you will ensure that you are properly trained.

[pink_sugar]

If you feel it is affecting your job performance, talk to someone and say you feel you need more training. Emphasize you want to do the best possible job you can and you will be able to do an even better job if they like the work you do now. I had this happen to me too a few years back and I was able to get re-trained otherwise I could have been fired. Eventually, because one of the new managers didn't like me, she just gave me no work for a month until I quit. I should have just automatically filed for unemployment instead of quitting because I had to appeal my claim (I did win against them though) they were trying to say my performance wasn't up to par, even when I had improved vastly and etc.

[MuscleCarFan]

Personally I would keep collecting paychecks and not care. If they want to pay me for a job they didn't train me to do then that's on them.

 

That's not very good advice. It's better to be trained and know how to do your job rather than risk eventually being fired.

[D-Lish]

You know what? Everywhere you go, you can expect poor training. Everyone is so stressed out about deadlines, targets, etc- that unfortunately training gets left by the wayside.

 

People don't realize that training people well in the first place avoids problems down the road...

 

I'm not sure how reputable your company is, but if you have an HR department, use it- contact them and tell them what is going on. Don't play the blame game- just voice your concerns and let them know you want to rectify those concerns.

[MuscleCarFan]

Then I sue for wrongful termination and win. Get a new job elsewhere.

 

You can only worry about the things you can affect. That they actively refuse to train you properly, which is all too common in the work world, you can't do anything about and shouldn't concern yourself with. I'd only be concerned if it presented a risk to my safety but I wouldn't work such a risky job anyway.

 

Hmmm, good point. I didn't think about that.

[pink_sugar]

Then I sue for wrongful termination and win. Get a new job elsewhere.

 

You can only worry about the things you can affect. That they actively refuse to train you properly, which is all too common in the work world, you can't do anything about and shouldn't concern yourself with. I'd only be concerned if it presented a risk to my safety but I wouldn't work such a risky job anyway.

 

This is a good point though. It's actually one of the reasons I was able to win unemployment even though they tried to say I wasn't up to par and fought it. Despite my efforts to improve and they gave me a month of no work. I quit, but it was basically a layoff when you give someone no work for a month.

[The Straightener]

If you have another job ready and waiting for you then quit. If you don't, stick it out, until you can get another job.

[SoleMate]

Then I sue for wrongful termination and win.

Oh no you don't. There would be nothing illegal about them terminating you for poor performance or even just because they don't want to take the time to train you or because they don't like your laugh or because your charm and brilliance makes others look worse by comparison.

 

ONLY if they fire you because of your race, age (if 40 or more), gender, or a few other categories the legislatures have chosen to protect, OR because you fired a worker's comp claim, blew the whistle on Medicare fraud etc. would you stand a CHANCE of finding a lawyer to pursue a wrongful termination claim.

 

Most unfair and unwise terminations are NOT illegal, and the ones that are illegally motivated tend to be very hard to prove. Talk to an employment lawyer before you assume you can take action over this type of termination.

[TheGuard13]

If you don't like your job you don't complain.

 

You just go in every day and do it really half-assed.