Don't sweat it freedomfighterpete, I ran into a similar situation some years ago. It was my fault though, I kept doing an hour here and an hour there at the weekends. If I had taken a couple of weeks off and just concentrated on going solo I would have nailed the PPL in less than 50 hours but ended up with close to 70.
A few years later, I did the CPL and nailed it with no extra hours as I was working on it full time.
If you go the whole hog and do the CPL and IR, I very much doubt any future employer will be too busy scrutinising your first few hours.
Although I agree with Shaun Ryder's sentiment about not being too quick to blame others, I also recognise that the standard of instructor varies enormously. If you have problems in the future with any instructor, don't waste time worrying about their feelings, do something about it. Now you have some experience under your belt you will be in a better position to assess if an instructor is right for you.