Well, I want to say first that I fully understand that hospitals expect you to be at work no matter what the weather.
I always go. I go for other people. That's why I have a four wheel drive. However, sometimes there is bad timing. Such as major snow that falls heavily and rapidly.
I got up, took a shower, got in the car to go to work. I swept it off the night before, got gas the night before, washed my uniform and had it pressed in case the power went out.
I warmed up the car, went off my driveway...moved about 15 feet and it slid into the yard.
The vehicle would not move.
So for the first time in years...I don't call in sick but maybe once a year. Never for weather.
I have PTO right? Lots of it because I never call in.
Get this...hospital is not allowing me to use my PTO for that day.
Freaking ridiculous. So if anyone else makes an attempt and wrecks. Call the news right after the tow truck. The general public should know that hospitals don't care about the safety of their employees. So this crappie about the fact they do? They can stick it as far as I'm concerned.
I took it to mean she's been a nurse since 1970, or 46 years.
No need for you to get snotty.
My comment is directed to the young nurses they refer to being born in 1970. Sorry I misworded it. I am very tired, having had about 3 hours sleep since starting night shifts on Friday. But thank you all for the harsh criticism and mean spirited comments directed towards me. I used to like nursing.
And I can't believe people can't understand that they don't have to agree with an opinion on an anonymous message board. How do you know these people don't have social skills or manners? It must be because you don't agree with their opinion that makes them rude. How boring would life be if everyone shared the same viewpoint.
No they don't have to agree with an opinion but they don't have to make nasty remarks like telling people to grow up, etc. which many of these posters have done. Obviously they don't comprehend that telling someone to grow up is rude and offensive and indicates a lack of manners.
I wished you had called the media but doing so would have placed you in an unfavorable way with your employer. All is not lost; there's a valuable take away... always put your safety first and don't expect very much from management because at the end of the day managers are are there to save their own skin.
Denying PTO because the OP can't get to work in the snow is punitive. I might add I find it childish and mean spirited too.
How would any of us like it if our employer decided when and how they'd pay our PTO requests?
If the OP is given PTO with every other absence, then the weather shouldn't be an exception.
The boss can write you up, lay you off, or give you points, but denying you what's yours isn't right.
News flash. Hospitals DON'T care about the safety of it's employees. We are worker bees, and our only value is how much work can be extracted from us on any given day.
I agree! It's not right! If she legitimately could not get to work because of the weather then she should be allowed to use her PTO.
The reason why hospitals get away with crap like this is because nurses don't seem to stick for themselves. Just see the responses here as proof.
Sorry that you are offended by my question. I was just wondering where it is because you said it was so great, that's all. No need for you to get hostile towards me. No need to answer the question. I was trying to be friendly. Sorry you misunderstood and misinterpreted. It was just a question. Nothing more. You make me feel like I am on trial. Please don't bother to reply.
You must be confusing me with someone else - I don't recall writing anything about my facility or its policies. I don't know how asking a question is "hostile", but if you took it that way I'm sorry.
ETA: after reading the posts following your reply to me, I have to say that nasty is as nasty does. I'll be happy to ignore you if you promise to return the courtesy.
There are plenty of folk that live near to the facility than I do, and that should be a contingency.
If I'm reading this correctly, you feel like if someone lives closer, they should have to report to cover, even if it's their day off? Perhaps they want to stay home, warm and safe, too. It's a bad situation all the way around. Just thankful that this time my area was on the edge of the storm and didn't get hammered. We only got a light dusting.
Sorry, I'm not going to risk my life trying to clock in.
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