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I'm 21, studying an equine degree, and I'm on summer leave from uni at the moment. In the week I work for my Dad at his car/lorry garage organising the MOT schedule and I also work alongside the accountant and deal with a lot of credit control things. At the weekends, I work in a classic car garage as a receptionist: basically my job description is to smile, make drinks and answer the phone - it's really not hard. My boss at my weekend job is unfair, never thanks me for taking on extra days (I'm sat in one now... worked yesterday, working today and working tomorrow), he's sexist - "I'm only good for doing receptionist work because I'm a woman and don't understand the value of money" and a lot of other things... I get paid very well for sitting here doing nothing, but is it wrong of me to want to be doing something relevant to my chosen future career path? My friends/family think I'd be mad to give this job up as its well paid and anything horse related I'd be earning half of what I get now... I'm sick of his snide comments and sexist remarks, I dread coming to work, and its not as if I can progess in this job as he's made it quite clear I won't be able to. Do I stay for the good money, or go and do something I enjoy?
 
While u study I'd stay for the money huni. Plenty of time to sort career and feminist ideals when u qualify. What u need now us cold hard cash and the education that this attitude exists. I know perfectly intelligent girls who strip to afford qualifications, now that is taking male sexism and using it to their advantage to pay for a career, ur way of taking p out of this guy is much easier, keep clothes on, smile and take his disproportionately high pay till u qualify, then go succeed in ur chosen area thereby giving him a massive metaphorical 'the finger'!
 
Thanks for the replies, I'm just so fed up of him being the worlds boss from hell!!! I get on ok with the other salesmen, its just the MD that does my head in. :(
 
Right now, I'd be holding tight and turning each day into a silly story about how rubbish work is. I love my colleagues in my summer job, but junior doctors/ registrars are awful and can be extraordinarily elitist (my work is band 2, so almost the lowest of the low in their eyes) and I've found taking the things they do and say and turning them into comedic material for back at uni makes my day easier... Knowing come October when I'm back studying all my friends will be laughing at them makes the day slip by :D
 
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Right now, I'd be holding tight and turning each day into a silly story about how rubbish work is. I love my colleagues in my summer job, but junior doctors/ registrars are awful and can be extraordinarily elitist (my work is band 2, so almost the lowest of the low in their eyes) and I've found taking the things they do and say and turning them into comedic material for back at uni makes my day easier... Knowing come October when I'm back studying all my friends will be laughing at them makes the day slip by :D
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Hahaha I must admit, I'd nailed his mannerisms down to a tea ...
 
Stick with it for the money

Once you have qualified you will be able to indulge your horsey side..... Either that or you will be begging him for more hours if you cant find a job!

So keep cool and ignore him - i work in the classic car industry - plenty of dinosaurs but the rest are usually absolute gents which helps in some way!
 
The salesmen are lovely. Always take interest in my grand plan (I'd like to have my own feed company to rival D&H and Baileys one day) MD is definitely a dinosaur!
 
Lolo said:
Right now, I'd be holding tight and turning each day into a silly story about how rubbish work is. I love my colleagues in my summer job, but junior doctors/ registrars are awful and can be extraordinarily elitist (my work is band 2, so almost the lowest of the low in their eyes) and I've found taking the things they do and say and turning them into comedic material for back at uni makes my day easier... Knowing come October when I'm back studying all my friends will be laughing at them makes the day slip by :D
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This is a great attitude to have in this type of situation.
There's a certain amount of power in being the best employee you can unfailingly polite and helpful while thinking something quite different.
One thing though my advice would properly be different if this was your career job not a means to an end to pay your way through uni.
Enjoy your leisure time and rise above it all he's a Pratt it's not your responsibility to change him but dont let people like that affect you that's your responsiblity .
 
You knew when you applied for the weekend job that in no way was it going to further your equine career, it pays well and it has a definite end.
Turn up each day, do the little that you are asked to do, smile and smile even more when you look at your bank balance.
If you decide to run your own business in the future, you will need to deal with all sorts of clients, they won't all be polite and politically correct, so consider this to be training for the future. Remember that on your last day, unless you need him for a reference, you will be able to tell this man exactly what you think about him.
 
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