I AM NOT OP. This is a repost sub.

The original was posted in r/hatemyjob on March 14, 2022

The update was posted 15 days later

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I work for a bad doctor and it's making me hate my job.

This is just a rant, sorry for how lengthy it gets.

So back in October of 2021, I joined the office of a dermatologist as their secretary. I handle scheduling, cleaning, some prep-work, faxing, calling, etc etc. Honestly my job isn't simple but it's not overly complex. It's not what I want to do for my entire life and I'm working here to save up money for my college tuition.

What's tough about working here, is how incredibly crazy the doctor is and how everyone just seems to think it's normal.

He's an older guy, visibly and while there's nothing wrong with an older person but, it's clear that his age is starting to affect his memory and thinking. There's small problems like lapses in memory, he'll put down a patient's chart and walk away and blame ME for losing it/blame me for not handing them the chart. There's also times where he straight up repeats what he says multiple times cause he doesn't understand what's going on.

Then there's moments where he forgets the area of operation. I've seen him ask a patient five or six times about her problem area and he repeated the exact same thing after getting his answer. And I know some of his patients are loyal and have been seeing him for 20-30 years, but how can you feel safe knowing your dermatologist is losing his memory?

When asked about his retirement, he tells people he just doesn't want to. And that's fine, some people really love their job. But I think for his mental state, he should. His wife comes in daily since she handles the finances and we talk about how he used to have so many more patients come in pre-pandemic and how this whole ~thing~ ruined him and frankly, I think he's ruining himself. I think the whole setup plus his deteriorating mental state will just make him retire even if he doesn't want to. And I'm sick of how his wife encourages him to constantly working as if she doesn't see him forgetting things. It's getting sad and kind of dangerous.

I don't want an innocent patient to come in and be hurt by an old man who can't remember where to operate.

end of rant, thank you.

TLDR: I work for a dermatologist who I think is losing his memory and I hate my job.

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Update post regarding: I work for a bad doctor and it's making me hate my job

Last thursday, on the 24th, I was fired from the doctor's office in the middle of my shift. The week before, I had worked alone without the office manager who usually handles things like shipping out specimens and lab work.

During my time alone, there was confusion between the doctor's wife, who doesn't know how to do things around the office, and the doctor, who doesn't know the protocol for these things. They told me to make sure the specimens gets picked up during office hours but the courier never came during office hours.

The office manager knows the couriers never come during office hours but the doctor and his wife doesn't. The office manager would usually tape the specimens to the door so when the couriers came, they can pick it up and go with ease.

I didn't do this because I was told from the doctor's wife that it's "unattractive" to the building manager. Regardless, when I spoke up about this at the meeting when they let me go, they had explained "(Doctor's wife) doesn't know what she's doing but you should."

I'm explaining this because this is the reason I was let go from the doctor's office. While I am upset because of plans I had made that I now need to cancel, I am happy that I'm free of that place. I've registered for classes at my college and will be starting them in June.

I've spoke to my therapist and family about this whole thing. My family recommended sending friends and family after the doctor's office to review bomb them for some racist comments they had made towards patients and me during my stay but, I don't think that'll make me happy in the long run.

A lot of you had advised to me to report the doctor since he's putting a lot of people's health at risk and I will. I think regardless of what happened to me, people deserve a doctor that isn't going to hurt someone one day.

Anyways, thanks for letting me rant. I appreciate it.

I am not OP! This is a repost!