But I have little kids!

jadednurse · Oct 11, 2003

I hear ya Tweety. As a single, childless woman, it seems like I always got stuck w/ Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. I may not have kids, but hey, I'm somebody elses kid, ya know!

stella123 rn · Oct 11, 2003

Don't you guys rotate? We have to work every third Christmas, or any holiday. It does not matter who has kids and who does not.

SharkLPN · Oct 11, 2003

Hey, I'm ranting because I *try* to work for my co-workers with kids on Christmas. I'm agnostic, my family has never put much emphasis on 'being home for the holidays', so it matters little to me.....

.... but when my co-workers hear that I want New Years Eve off to dress up nice and go to fancy big people parties, well, good luck getting that night off. WTF? Are they planning to keep the wee ones up until midnight and bust out the sparkling grape juice?

* off soapbox *

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 11, 2003

Originally posted by stella123 rn
Don't you guys rotate? We have to work every third Christmas, or any holiday. It does not matter who has kids and who does not.

It's is fair to rotate. But we have a lot of new people as this unit was closed last year.

gwenith, BSN, RN · Oct 11, 2003

Now you know why I like working with Buddhists and agnositics and other religions:)

But it is the same nearly everywhere I am lucky in that I tend to ask for boxing day and for my family that is our christmas get together and it works out as my married siblings have christmas day with thier in-laws.

We have a standing policy it is either or either you have christmas off or you have new years off.

FROGGYLEGS, LPN · Oct 11, 2003

Rant away!!! You aren't the only one sick of it.

It isn't just holidays either; it's all the time. I worked a day of OT last night. They practically begged me to work it and I agreed under the condition that I be allowed to leave 30 measley minutes before shift change. The supervisor agreed to it prior to my accepting the slot. So at 6:30 this morning I was told to count my narcs with a coworker so I could leave. Her reply was "I don't know why you have to leave early. It's not like you have little kids to take to school or anything." Since she didn't have a clue why I had to leave early I just told her that I have a little dog so I get to go home now. lol.

I'm a weekender and I had all the big holidays off last year. I ended up working every one of them for other people so they could do this or that. There were two days off that I really wanted last year and not a soul would take them for me. I've got those holidays off this year too and guess what....I'm going to keep them.

FROGGYLEGS, LPN · Oct 11, 2003

Our company policy is that if you are given one of the big holidays this year then you can not get it next year. That isn't going to affect most of the people at work though because with the turnover rate there isn't going to be a next year for most of us.

SmilingBluEyes · Oct 11, 2003

we rotate, kids or no kids. so no one has anything to complain about where I work....

it's most fair. WE ALL HAVE LIVES.

Teshiee · Oct 11, 2003

It really shouldn't matter if you have kids or not. Thankgoodness for my 2 jobs they rotate that holiday schedule but being that I am per diem I don't really get screwed like the full timers. Again, that is a list of concern that should be address to management. It is not your problem if they have new people if anything last one on should work the holidays anyway.

MandyInMS · Oct 11, 2003

Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes
we rotate, kids or no kids. so no one has anything to complain about where I work....

it's most fair. WE ALL HAVE LIVES.

Ditto that...you deserve Christmas off too Tweety...and when I was a 'newbie' it was expected that you would probably work the first couple of major holidays...seniority counts for something in my book.

fergus51 · Oct 11, 2003

I feel the same way. i don't care who has kids, you're doing the same job as me and I have a life too.