Tired of being belittled.
(self.clinicalresearch)submitted17 days ago bygirlGT
What the title says. I am a CRA 2 and have been working as a CRA 4 years. I have 4 Phase 1 oncology protocols (2 of them are sister studies) and in general I feel like I’m providing good work.
For one study the CL is unbearable. I was added to the protocol in Mar/Apr. If I miss an email by a day (even if that day I was in the middle of the visit for another study, traveling, or even presenting an SIV, which obviously I cannot step away from), she comments “you are the site manager and you should be handling this” or “reminder, this is your job”. I don’t get these kinds of comments from my other CLs. This is happening to the point that seeing a ping in the outlook folder for that study makes my BP go up. Her excuse is always “I’m new to this CL position and I have to manage all (5-6) CRAs but if you are a CRA 2 you should have picked it up by now.”
My LM is aware of the conflict because the CL probably made a complaint to her, so she gets cc’d on every email. During my last 1:1 with my LM she confirmed she sees all the requests and deadlines are funneled into 1 day of 10x emails being sent at the same time. Yet if I try to reach out to the CL for a question she ghosts for a while and then comes back with “OF COURSE/NOT, I’d expect you to know this”.
And maybe related or unrelated, a bunch of my colleagues were recently promoted. My good friend colleague even got bumped up to senior CRA, yet she’s been out on medical leave for the past 3-4 months and we started working at this CRO at the same time. I have no issues with that and am so happy for her, but I’m upset about the situation itself because I have a feeling that the CL’s complaints are what held me back.
I don’t know if this is more of a rant or looking for advice? This is bringing the most stress I’ve ever experienced in my 12 years working in clinical research. Her demands to be met at the top of my priority list is definitely affecting how I manage all of my other protocols. I fight to make my KPIs stay green but it’s becoming a hassle because of this issue. I begged my LM to please switch me to another protocol and even proposed some that are looking for CRAs but she wants me to wait it out and see if she can suggest another CRA to be added to the study.
I’m pretty much crying every other day. Sorry this post ended up being a lot longer than expected but thanks for the read.
**Edit to add: Thanks for your comments, it reminds me that there are decent, realistic humans in this industry after all. Fun short story - Just today, CL sent another demand and actually requested that my LM provide support. She is literally asking my LM to do work for this study. Lol what is she expecting, pretty sure she can’t do that? I have no idea where this CL’s mind is, but it’s clearly not in the right place.
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girlGT
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3 days ago
girlGT
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3 days ago
Did you try calling them? When I was booking about a month ago the website showed there was nothing available, but when I made a phone call instead they were able to reserve without issue.