I'm on extended probation now, and I'm about ready to jump ship because I feel like even if I do pass, the damage done by my manager's neglect may always follow me. I wouldn't normally want to point fingers but I've had to wait to wait several times since I started-fir days or weeks at a time--in limbo not knowing what's happening because she's been absent but hasn't made arrangements. During these periods I've carried on with whatever work I was approved to do. Before I was approved to work I adopted my own study tracks. The most recent delay was six weeks wherein I had to undergo heightened monitoring only to be told later that it would not count towards signoff. Last week she returned to work and officially started my signoff period. I felt optimistic and forged ahead. Then noticed at the end of the day a colleague make the same mistake again that he's done for months: No big deal in itself because he gave correct info, but we're told to not cover the topic and leave it to the next team who are the experts on that specific info. What bothered me is that this mistake is what got me failed months ago, causing me to stay on probation. I asked my manager to intervene in the decision because training was unclear and my current trainer did it the way I did. But manager said I had to restart signoff. Furthermore at that subsequent signoff, manager went on holiday without telling her cover about my good credits toward signoff. So when that signoff began the assessor was in the dark along with the department manager. So once I completed enough attempts for signoff they didn't know and had me keep going even though I had enough credits to pass. Then I hit a fail. So they brought me in to begin the termination process. My manager was still on holiday, so when I asked them to check my credits they came back and agreed I passed. But that was only after a very tense discussion with the flippin department head. Ultimately, I think I've got caught in the cogs of a large organization that suffers from poor planning and overtaxed management. The manager will support me as long as it doesn't make her look bad. But unfortunately she's made some mistakes. I've been willing to forgive them but corporate might not so she's covered her own ass instead. This is my first corporate job although I have had decades of experience in a volunteer organisation and seen what can happen. I need to learn to play the corporate game better. I probably have to start somewhere new if I want a chance of progressing.