tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783704.post2604081300509121303..comments2023-11-02T02:41:52.106-05:00Comments on Slowing Down: Need AdviceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04541591574949339344noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783704.post-84051744149794284542007-01-13T04:58:00.000-06:002007-01-13T04:58:00.000-06:00My suggestion is to get yourself out there and loo...My suggestion is to get yourself out there and look for another Dental Assistant's job, you'll be suprised to find how many people do want you. You can either take something else or use the positive confidence when you are with the doctor, he's making you feel worthless and you are believing him. You might also be suprised to find that other jobs will be flexible for your needs. <br /><br />Having dealt with an a**hole boss badly for 3 years, that's my suggestion.<br /><br />The suggestion for the paper work file is good, butyou need to be able to communicate all the other stuff you are doing which isn't as easy to show. Try sending him a weekly update, set out by areas of work you do. Under debt collection, make a list of all the people you've contacted, how often and the latest status. Under "out back" summarise all the skills you've picked up (even if it is a dumb situation like your story, at least he'll feel like you are learning somehting) you get the idea.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06325155472026595196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783704.post-1462740846669510272007-01-12T13:59:00.000-06:002007-01-12T13:59:00.000-06:00Thanks for the advice! I've tried it all, though. ...Thanks for the advice! I've tried it all, though. When I repeat what he says or say, "Now, what exactly...?" he kind of mimicks me or asks like I'm really putting him out. <br />This IS the man that told me to stop saying, "I don't know." (to which I tried using different phrases, but he just told me I was still saying I don't know. So, I've started just lying and hoping the answer is right)<br />I'm starting to wonder if I am the one with the problem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541591574949339344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7783704.post-14328036058264550642007-01-12T11:47:00.000-06:002007-01-12T11:47:00.000-06:00Parrot back what he's saying to you. "So when you ...Parrot back what he's saying to you. "So when you say this, you want me to do this and this." And take notes on what he says. This is good for two reasons -- you get clarification on what he wants, and he hears his own words and hopefully realizes what a #$^& he's being. <br /><br />Create a "completed paperwork" file box on the corner of his desk. When you're done with something he's given you, put it in there. That way when he says he doesn't have it, you can say "It's in the completed file on your desk." Also -- you might invest in a cheap time stamp that would show WHEN you'd finished it.<br /><br />And yoga. Lots of yoga. <br /><br />--JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com