How do I get out of this mess?
Okay so I've been working at my job for about two months now. I'm still technically "training" because my manager is very slow when it comes to teaching people stuff. I like most of the people I work with, but I don't really like the job. It's a portrait studio at the mall. It's mostly little kids and it requires you to work extremely fast and be under lots of pressure all of the time, all while trying to act as happy and as helpful as possible.
I told my manager today that I would be going back to school soon and that I would not be available during the week. She got a little aggrivated, seeing as someone was just fired, basically, and at least two, maybe three other people gave their two weeks. One of the other girls is starting her first year of college and won't be back until Christmas, but that didn't seem to be a problem.
When school starts, I'm going to be taking five classes, one of them being my seminar, plus two other lit classes, and a couple of ger's. Plus I'm working nearly 20 hours a week at school, and I have the English Society, which entails a lot more work than you'd think, and I was also going to look into some volunteer work at the Burnell School library on Fridays. That would leave me the weekend to really get done most of the homework I'd have.
My manager more or less told me today that she needs all of my free time. I really don't care about this job and I really don't want to spend all of my free time there. I'd really like to quit this job, but I'm nervous about approaching that with my manager, seeing as she's already disappointed with me that I won't be available during the week anymore, and she told me, not in so many words, that she doesnt want me going to grad school because I need to be working at this job.
Do I risk the hatred that I'll receive from my co-workers and manager if I quit, or do I try to deal with it? Oh yeah, and if anyone takes a day off during the 8 weeks before Christmas, they get fired.
I know this was terribly long and I'm sure no one read it, but if you did, what do you think I should do?
I told my manager today that I would be going back to school soon and that I would not be available during the week. She got a little aggrivated, seeing as someone was just fired, basically, and at least two, maybe three other people gave their two weeks. One of the other girls is starting her first year of college and won't be back until Christmas, but that didn't seem to be a problem.
When school starts, I'm going to be taking five classes, one of them being my seminar, plus two other lit classes, and a couple of ger's. Plus I'm working nearly 20 hours a week at school, and I have the English Society, which entails a lot more work than you'd think, and I was also going to look into some volunteer work at the Burnell School library on Fridays. That would leave me the weekend to really get done most of the homework I'd have.
My manager more or less told me today that she needs all of my free time. I really don't care about this job and I really don't want to spend all of my free time there. I'd really like to quit this job, but I'm nervous about approaching that with my manager, seeing as she's already disappointed with me that I won't be available during the week anymore, and she told me, not in so many words, that she doesnt want me going to grad school because I need to be working at this job.
Do I risk the hatred that I'll receive from my co-workers and manager if I quit, or do I try to deal with it? Oh yeah, and if anyone takes a day off during the 8 weeks before Christmas, they get fired.
I know this was terribly long and I'm sure no one read it, but if you did, what do you think I should do?