What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

[Joe V]

Admit it this is you. LOL! Don't you just hate it when work calls you to come in on your day off? What do you do? What do you say?

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[Always_Learning, BSN, RN]

"Ksssh.....kssssh.....uh.....bad reception here.....can't hear....you."

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

PedsNP2b2013 said:

If they call i ignore it and let the voice mail pick it up. If they text...i text back i can't do it or just ignore the text. The worst is when they call you at 11am or 12pm after they know you just worked a night shift.

How about when you've just worked the night shift and are returning tonight and you got home late/just fell asleep and then they send out a robot blast call at 12pm that wakes you up asking if you want to work tonight? The day that happened was the day that I blocked the robot number from calling my phone.

I screened calls from work when I worked in the hospital. I was too nice for a long time and I quickly realized they were taking advantage of me. After one day when I agreed to come in and work a night shift on short notice and then they wouldn't hold up their end of the bargain and give me off the shift that I wanted off in return, I decided I wouldn't do them any more favors. And for the next two years unless they were calling with a deal that worked for me, I wasn't bending.

[MotherRN]

NurseDirtyBird said:

My workplace got wise to the game and started calling from different numbers. Sometimes they use their personal cell phones to call so they get an answer. I work per diem, so of course I go in sometimes, that's my job. But I learned early on that they cannot take a hint. I have to answer and tell them no or they just keep calling.

So, THAT'S why she used her personal cell phone! Thank you for clearing up the mystery! I added her name to the number in my address book so I would know when she was calling me in for work. Then, she, too switched to text messages.

I call back. I say no if I have to. But, it bugs me and I feel guilty for not helping out. And, when I do get weak and go in, I feel like I was so stupid and have 'sucker' stamped on my head because something always goes wrong and I regret saying yes.

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

I have no problem saying "no" to the same people that reject my rare requests for last minute days off.

Just this month, they corrupted my self-scheduling schedule...scheduling me TWICE to work 6 out of 7 days, when I never schedule myself more than 3 days in a row and never less than 2-3 days off in between.

I work night shift, and do not appreciate those "I know you probably worked last night, and are sleeping, but we really NEED UR HALP" calls when I am sure enough sleeping, I did work last night, and BECAUSE I'M ALREADY SCHEDULED TONIGHT!

Will get you told off by me.

I just finished 6/7, was dead tired. On the last night at work, was asked by manager if I could work the next night. Explained that I would not, because I just worked 6/7, and am exhausted. Then, 4 hours after getting into bed that morning, the numbnuts called me, again asking if I could work.

A call to the director of the unit or the CNO will follow on the next repeat of this scenario. Don't preach "Work/Life Balance" to me and then expect me to work myself into exhaustion and cancel all my family obligations.

[ToniDaTyga]

I don't answer period.

[Alnitak7]

Meriwhen said:

I let voicemail take the call, listen to what they want, and decide if and when I will call them back.

My scheduler got mad at me for this. She called once to ask if I could work and again to tell me to call her and let her know one way or another.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

MotherRN said:

so, THAT'S why she used her personal cell phone! Thank you for clearing up the mystery! I added her name to the number in my address book so I would know when she was calling me in for work. Then, she, too switched to text messages.

I call back. I say no if I have to. But, it bugs me and I feel guilty for not helping out. And, when I do get weak and go in, I feel like I was so stupid and have 'sucker' stamped on my head because something always goes wrong and I regret saying yes.

Someone doing this would be less likely to get an answer from me than they would be if I knew they were calling from work. If I know work is calling I might be in a good mood and decide to answer. If I see a number I don't recognize, there's no way I'm answering.

[michael5555]

I love getting called on my day off. The fact that I get overtime at 1.5 times my wage is awesome. How many jobs can you can 51-64 dollars an hour? I question why people get so upset over getting called. If you don't want extra shifts put your name on the do not call list.

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

Because the "do not call list" is on the "does not exist list".

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

michael5555 said:

I love getting called on my day off. The fact that I get overtime at 1.5 times my wage is awesome. How many jobs can you can 51-64 dollars an hour? I question why people get so upset over getting called. If you don't want extra shifts put your name on the do not call list.

Not everywhere is calling to offer overtime. My hospital didn't pay overtime to nurses and if I was getting called it was usually something like "do you want to work Friday night (which, btw, had no extra differential) to come off next Tuesday day?"

[TerpGal02, ASN]

If I want to work, I will. If not I have learned to say no, which was a hard, hard thing for me to learn. In the end though, I don't get paid extra to pick up. It's not worth it for le to pick up days with no diff and I hated HATE working nights. It screws me up to hell and back and takes me a good few days to recover. In the end if I'm already there and they want me to work a double, Is rather take the mandation. It's double time. I would almost always pick up an evenin. I love evenings and there's a diff.

[jazzymom]

I actually had one hospital call my neighbor (who was a PICC nurse for them) and ask her to come knock on my window cuz I wasn't answering my phone!