Do you get to drop working weekends after working for your hospital with seniority?

Sorry about my typos, was too hasty in my post. There should at least be a comma after hospital in my title. And in choice 2, that's always, not alway.

I am one of the weekend workers. I get paid for 36 hours while working 24. I work Sat and Sunday 7p-7a. So I still feel like I get a weekend off, Friday night into Saturday 7pm.

It works for me and my family right now, and it works for the full time staff too, because they never have to work Sat/Sun night.

I do not believ that in either of the hospitals I work will you ever get to drop weekends.

Moved to general nursing polls.

Nope, Nah, Nadda, Never ever

Nope.

Sometimes though we have several people that want to work weekends only that some staff get the option of not working weekends. Right now two staff LPNs don't work weekends. But they know that at anytime time the manager can change that and institute policy.

I was interested in if you think that this is a good and fair thing to have in a nursing contract of not. Maybe I should start a separate thread for that.

I feel as if the contract at my hospital gives too much clout to people with seniority.

Yes..at the new job i applied for, i was told that the "senior nurses" had the option of never working weekends.. ( seniority). I hope one day..ill get there...

I am one of the weekend workers. I get paid for 36 hours while working 24. I work Sat and Sunday 7p-7a. So I still feel like I get a weekend off, Friday night into Saturday 7pm.

It works for me and my family right now, and it works for the full time staff too, because they never have to work Sat/Sun night.

I would LOVE that deal!

In my case having an extra weekend off is largely dependent on the needs of the ER. Because I only work part time, I am required to work every other weekend. In my case, this works out well, because it gives me extra time at home with my children during the week, as well as giving my husband a taste of what "mommy life" is like!

We have a union contract.

Every employee is guaranteed an average of every 3rd weekend off--

17 per yr

Many RNs prefer to work--we get paid 25% premium pay for every Sat or Sun worked