what part of 'I hereby resign my postition' did they not understand?

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So, before I got this great private duty job I am loving right now, I worked for an agency. In my opinion, the most disorganized, uncomputerized (yes, they still did EVERYTHING on paper, including our checks, which we had to pick up from the office. Yup, they couldn't do direct deposit!) place I have ever worked. Not only that, they promised me "lots of clients". I was the 3rd RN to hire in with them, one would think I'd have a whole lot of business, right? Wrong! I had maybe 2 clients a day, if I was lucky! I was also their only RN with an out-of-state license, we live near the border of 2 midwest states, and the agency advertised the ability to provide service in the other state.

I ended up liking this private job much better, hours were perfect, rapport with patient and family is great, etc.

SO, I turn in a resignation (February, 2014), with 4 weeks notice, (3 weeks before that I even told the scheduler that I was picking up more hours with the private client and would be leaving, "you need to get one of your other RNs endorsed in ***, so **** can continue care). 4 weeks comes up, I quit, move on. Take all the equipment back to office, and get asked, well, can you still do ***, as we don't have another RN licensed in ***. (Seriously?????? 6 weeks notice????) Um, no, I can't, you guys have had plenty of time to figure this one out, I am sorry, but I am fulltime and then some with my new patient...

fast-forward to October, 2014, today, I received a voicemail from this agency, "This is ***** with ******** I wanted to know if you want a 12 hour shift on nights?"

UMMMMMM, NOOOOOOOO! what part of RESIGN did you people not understand? I don't work for you anymore! I haven't worked for you for nearly 9 months!

Specializes in Emergency room, Neurosurgery ICU.
It took me several months to shake my last agency, too!

It's not that I couldn't shake them, it's that I resigned, (9 months ago!) and up until the other day, I never heard a word from them, then out of the blue that voicemail....I may call them back when I am off on Tues and say, "hey, ya'll kow I don't work for you, right?"

Specializes in Emergency room, Neurosurgery ICU.
It's not unusual for some employers to NOT have all their staff on the same page. As a supervisor in LTC/NH. I would have to try and cover call-outs for the next shift. My phone list was woefully outdated/obsolete. On numerous occasions, I personally did call staff who had terminated. Just didn't know!!! Fortunately, the employee was cool about my call - almost funny about it! But what a waste of my time and the fact that it made the facility really look dumb.

Happens all the time. You did say the place was disorganized. So are you really surprised?!?! Next time, don't answer their calls. :roflmao:

the person who called me knows darn well that I quit a long time ago, as she was the one I first told that I was going to resign, before I actually turned in the resignation and then the equipment. she's the scheduler, not that many RNs! (when I quit it put them back down to 2!). So, the issues you faced are not what she is facing, that is certain! I didn't answer the call (rarely answer the cell phone, I HATE the phone) it was a voicemail, and I didn't recognize the number...so I listened to it, dumfounded, then laughed, then shared with my hubby and AN, because, well, just because I knew someone else on here would appreciate it in some way or another.

I also have this situation going on with one of my former employers. The employer (staffing coordinator, I suppose) stopped offering me work more than a year ago. All communication from them stopped. Then miraculously, I started getting emails again, only I noticed that the emails were sent differently. Instead of the mass email sent to the general population of employees, I was the blind carbon copy addressee of an email that the staffing coordinator sends to herself. Well, well, well. All the curiosity in the world would not cause me to go back to an employer that constructively terminated my employment more than a year ago. Somebody is obviously trying to paint an untrue picture.

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