Told to go home..

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Specializes in Acute rehab, Geriatric, Hospice.

Company I work for here in Phoenix has decided we will wear Scrub tops/bottoms in colors they have chosen. No uniform allowance, not paid for by them.

I showed up today with their color tops, but wore my black pants ..they stretch when I bend or have to kneel down, unlike scrubs, which I have torn doing the same ..yes .. right across the back of my butt no less .. I swore then I'd never wear that cheap fabric for pants again.. LOL.

Anyway, Nurse Supervisor met me in hallway, told me to go home.

Had just gotten report and counted for shift change .. I was in the process of taking my badge off and handing it to her when I stopped myself.

Wow.

Just wouldn't do to quit right on the spot.

Went home, sent a resume out, .. LOL

My wife found a pair of scrub pants I had that were the correct color that I havent worn since way back then.

I am still debating whether I should go back in tomorrow or just call 'em and tell them where to send my check.

Comes down to the last straw .. no raise, not even a cost of living bump for the year and a half I have been there.. high patient load with more and more patients that need a lockdown Alzheimer's unit, not just me and one aid.. and now they want me to lay out a few hundred dollars for an arbitrary decision on their part that just doesn't make sense for me at all.

-shrug-

Sorry .. had to vent.

Not like I have to do a single thing they want, I will go work somewhere else for more pay that is closer. Throw me into that briar patch!

-Frank

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Specializes in Critical Care, Psychiatric.

I totally feel you but you are angry right now. It's never really a good idea to make snap decisions when you are angry. Plus you don't want to burn any bridges cause you never know which one you may have to cross again. If you feel that strongly, by all means begin your job search and give 2 weeks notice once you have a job offer.

Carmen

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I got some sage advice some time ago that has universal applicability:

Don't work for a jerk.

My 2 cents......

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Specializes in Acute rehab, Geriatric, Hospice.

Thanks .. I am going to go in tomorrow and give notice, and ask for referral from that same Nurse Supervisor :)

I just can't do scrub pants.

Not happenin.

-Frank

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Good luck, Frank.

I think that my biggest problem with being a floor nurse was being treated like a four year old by my bosses.

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Specializes in Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych.
Company I work for here in Phoenix has decided we will wear Scrub tops/bottoms in colors they have chosen. No uniform allowance, not paid for by them.

I showed up today with their color tops, but wore my black pants ..they stretch when I bend or have to kneel down, unlike scrubs, which I have torn doing the same ..yes .. right across the back of my butt no less .. I swore then I'd never wear that cheap fabric for pants again.. LOL.

Anyway, Nurse Supervisor met me in hallway, told me to go home.

Had just gotten report and counted for shift change .. I was in the process of taking my badge off and handing it to her when I stopped myself.

Wow.

Just wouldn't do to quit right on the spot.

Went home, sent a resume out, .. LOL

My wife found a pair of scrub pants I had that were the correct color that I havent worn since way back then.

I am still debating whether I should go back in tomorrow or just call 'em and tell them where to send my check.

Comes down to the last straw .. no raise, not even a cost of living bump for the year and a half I have been there.. high patient load with more and more patients that need a lockdown Alzheimer's unit, not just me and one aid.. and now they want me to lay out a few hundred dollars for an arbitrary decision on their part that just doesn't make sense for me at all.

-shrug-

Sorry .. had to vent.

Not like I have to do a single thing they want, I will go work somewhere else for more pay that is closer. Throw me into that briar patch!

-Frank

And people wonder why there's a nursing shortage. This is the most petty reason to send someone home I can think of. :no:

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
And people wonder why there's a nursing shortage. This is the most petty reason to send someone home I can think of. :no:

But its also a petty reason to quite a job, imo.

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I'd give the 2 weeks notice, and every day of that notice that I'm scheduled, come in wearing whatever color pants I wanted.:)

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Specializes in Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych.
I'd give the 2 weeks notice, and every day of that notice that I'm scheduled, come in wearing whatever color pants I wanted.:)

Maybe you could wear white pants with heart-patterned boxers underneath.

Yes, it is a petty reason to leave a job. But, on the other hand, this shows what his job is like. Any place that decides a person's attire is more important than their facility going short staffed because they are down one nurse is a facility I wouldn't want to work for. They don't have their priorities straight.

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Any place that decides a person's attire is more important than their facility going short staffed because they are down one nurse is a facility I wouldn't want to work for. They don't have their priorities straight.

Exactly!

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Specializes in Acute rehab, Geriatric, Hospice.

It's only petty until someone gets their eye poked out!

-grin-

-Frank

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Specializes in Nurse Scientist-Research.

Petty, yes, but sometimes things are symbolic of bigger issues. . .

I wouldn't quit now. I'd line up another job then quit about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving holidays start.

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