I Got Fired
Posting this because I need to vent! I got fired last week from a private residential substance use treatment facility due to consistent failure to catch up on documentation. I was beyond burnt out, my co-workers are burnt out and no one in management seemed to care! Me and my co-worker even discussed this assertively and professionally with our supervisor a month and a half ago. Nothing changed! Our supervisor when on a two week Alaskan cruise.
I worked there for 2 years and honestly I should have left a long time ago but the pay was good. It was a “startup” and time and time again I heard people in leadership talk about “building the plane while we are flying” to address issues with understaffing and deprioritizing clinical work. This was all while business development continued grow and get pay raises. This might have been the last straw for me for working in the mental health field. I feel utterly taken advantage of and used. And i do have to take accountability, I should have left earlier like other co-workers who left due to similar feelings of burnout and being taken advantage of.
I also feel ashamed, it’s hard not to feel that being fired is some kind of failure, that I just couldn’t hack it or that I was being stubborn and lazy. In all honestly I felt that I was setting boundaries and trying to prioritize myself and my well being. I applied for unemployment and will hopefully have a little time to try to recover from my burnout while looking into a potential career change. I’m not in the greatest financial position currently but I know I can make it work. I’m smart and resourceful! I hope everyone is taking care of themselves out there, this work seems more and more difficult to sustain under the current state of the field/industry!