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Hi all,

I just secured my first job a little less than a month ago, I'm nineteen for reference.

I'm working as a GP surgery receptionist/admin.

I am so beyond stressed.

It's around five miles from where I live, but because it's in an area without a station with a main line or many bus stops the commute there takes more than an hour.

I leave half an hour early every day because I'm so insanely paranoid I'm going to miss my bus/train or one or the other is going to be delayed — I take a line that comes every half hour for reference (going back and forth.)

Onto the actual job itself — I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

I had plenty of admin experience beforehand but never in a GP surgery, the entire reason I got the job in th first place was because my mum’s friend put in a good word for me because she's best friends with the hiring manager/supervisor — which has only added more stress onto my shoulders because multiple people put in a word for me to get this job and referred me as a good candidate and I'm absolutely rubbish.

I shadowed someone for around three days before they sort of left me to my own devices.

I don't understand the programmes, the medication, the abbreviations, the emails, the scanning, the patients, the samples.

I have to learn so much and I don't understand how to do literally any of it.

I've managed to pick up a couple of things but nowhere near as much as I think they've expected I could.

I get nervous answering the phones because of the patients/not even understanding how to help them because nobody has shown me.

Whenever I get a call in, I put them on hold and ask a colleague what to do — and the colleague will tell me but not actually explain why I'm doing this or how it's helping.

Yesterday I had to leave two hours early because I got an insane tension migraine — I was dizzy/nauseous/about to pass out.

I've never experienced a migraine like this before in my life.

I have one right now — coincidentally just before I'm about to go in.

I'm beginning to link it to work, but I don't want to tell anyone because I'm new and don't want to be an inconvenience.

Hi all,

I think I might be overthinking this but I began a new job last week, I've only been working there three days but on Sunday I had an unexpected eye operation.

I currently have a bandage over my right eye, and so I both emailed my employer my sick note and a short summary on Monday and called in as I was due to come in today. My colleague on the phone told me to ring back today at 8am just in case.

I did so, and when I finished speaking the call cut.

I'm not sure if she cut me off on purpose or if she was just disconnected, they prioritise emergency appointment calls between 8-9am but I obviously assumed they'd like to know about my absence as soon as possible.

I'm going to call back just to be certain the message was revived, because my manager never responded to my email nor did the woman on the phone say anything before she cut the call. The only colleague who properly received my message was the one who I called yesterday and told me to call back today — so I'm assuming he would let them know too?

It's my first job, I feel like that's worth mentioning.

Hi all,

I was recently offered a role as an administrator at a GP practice. I begin soon and have never had an actual job in this sector aside from some admin experience (not related to GPs). I was wondering if anyone had any tips or what I'm likely to expect. Thanks.

I just got my first job and it's sort of just occurred to me we have to do this shit for the rest of our lives

The title essentially covers it — I've got an upcoming interview for a receptionist role based in a general practice centre. I've already researched what they might ask, but if anyone has specific tips or further input, that'd be appreciated.

I've wanted to die since I was fourteen.

I'm nineteen now, not in university, no job, just in the same endless loop of waking up to do nothing.

What is the point in doing anything?

I dreamt my ex bsf hugged me,

In the seven years we were friends she had never hugged me or outwardly shown affection, in the dream she hugged me and seemed glad to see me, that's all.