Almost Hired From Nearly Fired

by Stephanie Hurd in Uncategorized

March 6, 2012 • 5 comments

A while back, I recall sitting with a union reprehensive in the sunshine. The sun may have been shining brightly but in my heart, there was a bout of sadness that couldn’t be shaken. “What happened?” She asked, “You taught me how to do this job. I would have been able to stay even a minute longer than I did if it wasn’t for you.”

I trained this person how to do my line of work she was not truly cut out for. She eventually went back to her job. Nancy (Not real name) was now sitting with me waiting to have a meeting with my supervisor, my head manager and her manager. I was mortified. My organization had ruined everything.

Claudia (Not real name) was a boss who like most bosses wanted change fast and right away. ADHD people do not do change well. It takes fall after fall, time after time of constantly picking themselves back up and even then, it is not easy. So imagine when she took away the only tools that would help me to succeed. Tasks that typically took more time for me, time was taken away. Instead, the time was replaced with back to back new tasks. Paperwork to be done without a computer—it was devastating to an extremely messy person who stunk at math and thrived on distractions.

Claudia watched me work which consistently made me forget even more than normal. I would forget simple things like I need paper for this task but I have the pen not the paper. I hated it. Now Claudia was very happy to get rid of me. I felt like I did in school, utterly useless and totally humiliated.

Little did she know before this, although messy, I was complimented for the amazing work I did. People were complimenting how well I was doing at every task. Now, I was stuck with her and the two higher ups in this meeting. My only support was Nancy who told me to be honest. I poured my heart out to these people. I told them how sometimes I would stay three hours overtime just to catch up, that I was drowning.

Mina (Not real name) looked at me and said, “We like you, we don’t want you to be overwhelmed but we don’t want you to be fired. If you stay in your position, you will most likely have more written warnings and lose your job. We can offer you to go back to your old job and we’ll allow you to continue to have your full time status, just think about it and get back to me.”

The other girls didn’t want me to go. They wanted me to stay. I knew what I had to do. I swallowed my pride and went to the big boss. I told her the one thing I didn’t want to. I had untreated ADHD. (I told her because she was someone I respected and trusted. I do not recommend this to everyone) I said to her I wanted to keep the job I was mostly good at. I told her to give me three months to get back on the medication and to get my life together. If I couldn’t do so, then I would go back to my old job.

 
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She said she understood. However, she said it was up to my—supervisor. Claudia gave the answer I was hoping I would never here. “No, I want change now,” She said. I hated this! I didn’t want to lose my job! I worked so hard to get where I was. I went through conflicts with other supervisors as to paperwork. I cleaned it up for the most part. Just these few things I wasn’t the master of.

Why couldn’t she have just said yes? I was distraught. “You’ll thank me for this one day,” She stated, through my tears, “If this is your profession, you should learn how to deal with it and one day come back.”

I wanted to hit her but restrained myself. I had to make a choice, the only choice she left me with. I had to go back to the job I so hated. The other girls in the office were distraught. One was half willing to help me clean up at the end of the day. Another one said she would handle my paper work and make sure I did it right. I knew they would get sick of being my mother and get annoyed so I declined their offer.

What bothered me about this most was, three months later to the date, this person left! I was mad, I lost my job because of her. The funny part about it was though, Mina had decided to do almost the same thing to Claudia as she was doing to me. Mina found out they were sitting laughing away in the office playing on Facebook when they should have been working. For a while, the managers of the units were in charge of them. Claudia soon felt the pressure I did and quit.

For years I stayed in my old job. However, major changes happened. You see, I got on my medication thanks to Claudia. I moved out of my parents house, something up to then I thought about but never did. I was happier. The job was never great but I made it work, having ups for the most part. When all of a sudden, I felt the downs of the job, not liking it anymore, I decided to go back to school.

Now guess what? Tomorrow I have an interview for the job I lost. I hope I get it. Thank you Claudia for what you did because it woke me up from a deep sleep. I was dreaming when I thought I could do it without help, control my ADHD.

Whether you control it through diet and routines (Such as exercise) or medication, don’t be afraid to ask for help. I hope this interview goes well. I hope I can come back and help again…I hope.