Hey all. I've been in the process of resigning from a position. While I haven't been at this facility long (approx 6 months), I did not have a contract and did not agree to work a set amount of time. Anyway, I recently accepted a job at facility B. After I accepted the job, I wrote up a resignation letter for my current job. I dated the letter for the day I was turning the letter in, and listed the last date of employment as two weeks to the day later.
Anyway, my first week into the notice I had been schedule to work at the beginning of the week. The second week of the notice I had been scheduled for the end of the week, so the way the schedule fell I wasn't going to have to work the second week. Well my manager is not happy about this and says that since my last day on the floor is in week 1 of notice I didn't give an adequate enough notice. I was told that I should have made sure I am working my last day of employment. My manager is now threatening to make me work next week.
I do work in an "at will" state. I am just worried if I ever want to apply at this facility again I'll be labled unhireable.
I do have a union, and am considering calling my rep. Any other ideas? Thanks for letting me rant.
Hmmm four nurses leaving all at once???? Why would you WANT to be in good standing with that kind of employer? Nurse manager is trying to bully you. Don't give in to it. Very obviously HER problem if you've got people jumping ship like crazy......
I used to worry about burning bridges and not leaving on a bad note in case I wanted to go back. Trust me, you will not want to go back. In fact, once you get some time and distance behind you you'll wonder why you stuck it out for six months. Your boss is just mad because you won't bow down to her perfectly unreasonable request. Don't worry about her, just take care of yourself.
Hmmm four nurses leaving all at once???? Why would you WANT to be in good standing with that kind of employer? Nurse manager is trying to bully you. Don't give in to it. Very obviously HER problem if you've got people jumping ship like crazy......
I am worried that the floor/HR will not give me a reference if future employers call. Also, I have considered in the future applying for other floors at this facility, but if I'm deemed "ineligible for rehire" that would mean any clinic, hospital floor, etc that this company owns. This just sucks because for my specialty (peds), this is the largest hospital/only peds hospital in the area.
BTW: this unit has a very poor retention in general. To explain, we've hired 24 new grads in the last 6 months, the majority of our staff has under 1 year experience. I find it a little scary that with 2 years experience I was one of the most experienced nurses working on this unit. The average nurse on this floor lasts 9 months-1 year. I couldn't make it that long, 5 1/2 months is all I could last.
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Because it might affect future employability.