Bad centre experience
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:49 pm
Hello All,
This month i am starting a new position at a new centre. I have been at my previous centre for many years and have enjoyed my time there up until this year.
At the start of the year the service had a change of management and thats when the work environment took a bad turn. I work as an assistant but was constantly asked to step up and take on more work, even more duties than the lead. As our room leaders finished up I had asked about taking the lead role as I was doing most of the duties of a lead educator but was called incompetent by my cm. My cm blamed me for the staff leaving from the service as well as continued to drag me down as a person but never had anything negative to say as a worker. In the classroom I am in we are constantly being understaffed as she hasn't yet replaced staff that have finished and we don't have enough casuals to fill gaps. Meanwhile she is still providing additional days and casual days to families knowing we don't have enough staff. When i confront my cm she tells me that it is my problem not hers and that i have to figure out staffing myself. It got to the point where my mental health went downhill because of the toxic work environment and i ultimately decided to resign. Since then the situation has intensified and I am now getting yelled at for pretty much anything and everything. My cm has blamed me for anything that happens in the room even if i am not in there, i am no longer allowed to post on the parent app without getting my posts approved, I have to provide proof of what i have done during programming time, ect. When i brought up my unhappiness, i was told to stop complaining and I am overreacting. As the room leader has finished, she expects me to step up and do all of her duties until i finish whilst still getting paid as an assistant and being micromanaged by my cm.
Am I overreacting?
I know that every centre is different and I will probably have a different experience at my next centre, but I just want to know if I am overreacting? What can I do differently to have a better experience at new centre?
Thank You!
This month i am starting a new position at a new centre. I have been at my previous centre for many years and have enjoyed my time there up until this year.
At the start of the year the service had a change of management and thats when the work environment took a bad turn. I work as an assistant but was constantly asked to step up and take on more work, even more duties than the lead. As our room leaders finished up I had asked about taking the lead role as I was doing most of the duties of a lead educator but was called incompetent by my cm. My cm blamed me for the staff leaving from the service as well as continued to drag me down as a person but never had anything negative to say as a worker. In the classroom I am in we are constantly being understaffed as she hasn't yet replaced staff that have finished and we don't have enough casuals to fill gaps. Meanwhile she is still providing additional days and casual days to families knowing we don't have enough staff. When i confront my cm she tells me that it is my problem not hers and that i have to figure out staffing myself. It got to the point where my mental health went downhill because of the toxic work environment and i ultimately decided to resign. Since then the situation has intensified and I am now getting yelled at for pretty much anything and everything. My cm has blamed me for anything that happens in the room even if i am not in there, i am no longer allowed to post on the parent app without getting my posts approved, I have to provide proof of what i have done during programming time, ect. When i brought up my unhappiness, i was told to stop complaining and I am overreacting. As the room leader has finished, she expects me to step up and do all of her duties until i finish whilst still getting paid as an assistant and being micromanaged by my cm.
Am I overreacting?
I know that every centre is different and I will probably have a different experience at my next centre, but I just want to know if I am overreacting? What can I do differently to have a better experience at new centre?
Thank You!
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