Specialties Home Health
Published Jan 6, 2013
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paradiseboundRN
358 Posts
Just thought I'd leave a follow-up to the story. HR didn't care that I signed an hourly contract, but told I was salary. I did get a doctors note but my boss didn't choose to honor it. The hours got worse, not better. My hours ended up being 10-6:30 with the thought that I wouldn't have to work more than 8 hours. Well, that didn't work either. By the time the clerk and I got all the referrals into the system, it was at least 7:00pm. I was eating dinner at 8:00! My hubby felt so bad that he cooked dinner every night and waited so he could eat with me.
This is how it added up: horrible hours/10 hr days + No OT+ bully boss and company who didn't care+ weekends+holidays = no thank you!
I resigned and I am now taking time off to do the RN-BSN with Western Governors University (WGU). I going to work at it full-time so I hope to finish in 6 months.
Moral of the story: Be careful accepting an Intake job in home care. With some companies, Intake can be nearly a 24/7 operation. The company I worked for is a very large HC company in SE MI affiliated with 5 hospital systems. If you want more info, contact me. Thanks to all who replied and tried to help.