chemicalman Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I was working on a pharmaceutical company as a quality control analyst. I have 4 year bachelor chemistry degree from a low reputed university in Turkey . They hired me with mentioned that 1 month trial period firstly.After that, they fired me almost 1 month time...They've started teaching me some bulk density and sieve analysis in 3rd week. Because they told me first 1 and 2nd weeks are audit weeks which maintained by external inspection personnels. While, they are teaching me in 3rd week , they just showed me in 2 days for all of the analysis. So, they told me "you are not learning quickly. It takes much time to learn." They also said "you are not concentrated on this job and careless."After that I've learned and memorized some of the analysis. Our lab. chief let me to stay alone in the lab at evening time and let me do all of the analysis just myself.I did much more of analysis with some mesh's, bulk density, IR water and some weighings etc..After that someone from a quality control lab. told me that you did something wrong when you stay alone in the lab. and lab. chief speaking about your mistakes ...After that at the end of 4th week , human resources personnel told me you are fired. I am shocked. I couldnt believe it at that time. So I realized that they didnt want me in the lab. Meanwhile I turned back to my hometown again. I dont believe that I find again like that pharma job again because of 1 month fired stain.Now Im doing porter (carrier) job in my friends glassware storage with very low wage and zero assurance. - My past jobs were"storage works in power plant building site, paid biology teaching, car park attendant, waiter, carpenter apprentice, furniture and glassware porter, tea seller, casier in ironmonger etc..-Could you suggest me please, what can I do after all those things?Which job would be suits me best?I dont believe that gaining a master degree would be help me.I dont like chemistry laboratory things. I just like computer , internet and some mechanical things, also english language and some kind of philosophic science things...So, what can I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Can you get another job at a pharma lab? Sounds like you were fired for the supervisors mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemicalman Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Can you get another job at a pharma lab? Sounds like you were fired for the supervisors mistake. I can't get another job at a different pharma company lab. Because most of them just look to a work experience and networking. In addition " 1 month fired stain is dragging me down if I try to find out a job like that by career websites. I believe , I had some mistakes but I also believe that main guilty came from our lab. chief. Because they didn't teach me until 3rd week for most important analysis (dc and paracetamol) . I just did helping to raw material analysis analyst in 3 weeks. When much more of pharmaceutical production (paracetamol) comes out , they've started to teach me for it. I must be stay in the night shift analysis to maintain production and quality control department at the same time as alone. Two of them (analyst) of teaching personnel reported me as very bad to our lab. chief. After that the lab. chief let me to stay in evening shift to maintain some analysis. Some of the sieve mesh's are not found in our lab. So we look it with so close mesh's instead of what it should be. Ive done a mistake when looking one mesh , they said. They just showed me and wrote that analyse (fine powder dc) firstly on that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 In addition " 1 month fired stain is dragging me down if I try to find out a job like that by career websites." Grow up. You got screwed over you should be annoyed with them. There is absolutely no way you can train a person in less than a month and any mistakes made were to be expected. You should have had a supervisor to make sure no mistakes were made for a number of months. They just wanted a non-permanent employee they can get rid of at any time. Then they will take another non-permanent employee and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemicalman Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) Grow up. You got screwed over you should be annoyed with them. There is absolutely no way you can train a person in less than a month and any mistakes made were to be expected. You should have had a supervisor to make sure no mistakes were made for a number of months. They just wanted a non-permanent employee they can get rid of at any time. Then they will take another non-permanent employee and so on. You think so, but that company wasn't a big , corporate factory, so they havent got training session for newbies, i guess all of the analysts which joins newly hiring; starts working as an analyst . You must be maintain all of the analysis when no people around over there in weekends and at the evenings.. I also think that , maybe they (lab chief and her analysts) dont like me and they wanted to fire me. Thats why she told a bad report about me to human resources manager. And human resources manager determined that this guy must be fired, because he didn't successful in 1 month trial period. Edited October 11, 2014 by chemicalman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) but that company wasn't a big , corporate factory, All the more reason to try screw people over. They needed to save money where they could. because he didn't successful in 1 month trial period. You aren't god nobody should expect you to know everything. Edited October 11, 2014 by fiveworlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I can't get another job at a different pharma company lab. I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemicalman Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 I disagree. Why? Because I am fired from a pharma company. So, if I go into another company for an job interview, they will look my insurance data's over the past time and they will see that company's 1 month wage record and they will also see firing code record on it. So what can I be tell to them? Those people professional , they recognize me more than me, if they have to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 You weren't fired, though. You had a temporary / probationary assignment and for various reasons you weren't converted to a full time position. Dust yourself off, stand up, and try again. You don't know that another company won't hire you, and you won't know if you don't try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Did you never make mistakes in your college course? Well learn from them. So what would you do differently next time? And why only pharmaceutical companies? There is a vast range of anlaytical posts needed out there from water quality to wine or beer or cheese or youghurt.or cement production. this list goes on and on. So buck yourself up, smile and apply somewhere else, you have a (potential) skill that is in demand in most if not all industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Any chance they paid you at a reduced rate during your trial period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 As others have said, you can actually use this to boost your CV a bit by listing as "temporary analyst position" or something. While eyebrows may get raised, it is typically better than having no position at all. That being said, the thing that worries me most is this here: I dont like chemistry laboratory things. If you dislike that kind of work, why would you try to get a position there? Unless you can find some enjoyable element, it is very possible that people will notice and see your work in a negative light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 It sucks, but a few things like this early in your career can't be too bad. Sometimes you just don't fit in for no real reason, maybe the job is not quite what you wanted, maybe you were used as cheap labour for a month... It does not matter too much in the long run. Try to learn from this. On your CV don't hide it, but try to make it look like you gained some experience. You were on a short term contract and that is that. You did gain some experience in X Y and Z. I have had some crappy short term jobs that I just don't include on my CV now as I have much better and relevant experience. I think we have all be in a similar situation to you at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemicalman Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 Did you never make mistakes in your college course? Well learn from them. So what would you do differently next time? And why only pharmaceutical companies? There is a vast range of anlaytical posts needed out there from water quality to wine or beer or cheese or youghurt.or cement production. this list goes on and on. So buck yourself up, smile and apply somewhere else, you have a (potential) skill that is in demand in most if not all industries. I just learn from them what I wrote over here. Others are not told by them to me. Pharma because it has really clean than other chemical industries. Any chance they paid you at a reduced rate during your trial period? Yes they paid me really much more than my previously jobs paid. I worked over there just like normal employee not like training /intern boy. As others have said, you can actually use this to boost your CV a bit by listing as "temporary analyst position" or something. While eyebrows may get raised, it is typically better than having no position at all. That being said, the thing that worries me most is this here: If you dislike that kind of work, why would you try to get a position there? Unless you can find some enjoyable element, it is very possible that people will notice and see your work in a negative light. I dislike chemical lab., glasses etc. , but I can just find the best jobs in this field because of my chemistry degree. Otherwise I am not skilled person in some field because of no other good work experience and degree. I just find porter , workman jobs out there . It sucks, but a few things like this early in your career can't be too bad. Sometimes you just don't fit in for no real reason, maybe the job is not quite what you wanted, maybe you were used as cheap labour for a month... It does not matter too much in the long run. Try to learn from this. On your CV don't hide it, but try to make it look like you gained some experience. You were on a short term contract and that is that. You did gain some experience in X Y and Z. I have had some crappy short term jobs that I just don't include on my CV now as I have much better and relevant experience. I think we have all be in a similar situation to you at some point. Yes i will put this bad 1 month experience in my cv. But I think this will be very disadvantage when compared to other skilled job candidates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Yes i will put this bad 1 month experience in my cv. But I think this will be very disadvantage when compared to other skilled job candidates... Maybe, but my point is most of us have had some experience like yours. It should not be a long term disadvantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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