I've been working on a surgical trauma floor since March.
I am moving out of state on November 5th. I gave my notice on September 27th, with my last available day being October 22nd. Meaning I gave them 4 full work weeks of notice.
Here we are on week 3, and I am in a lot of pain, went to the dentist and need a bunch of work (root canal, one tooth pulled, crown etc) so I am on antibiotics and painkillers. I basically have one week to get any dental work done before I move, as I'm on my father's insurance policy and go out of state to FL for a week on the 26th and then move shortly thereafter.
My hospital REQUIRES 2 weeks notice, which I have already worked (more than that).
My question is: Would it be awful to make this dental work a priority and tell my job that I will not be able to finish my notice? They are not hiring anyone in my place, but we are short staffed and they would need to find float nurses to cover my remaining 4 shifts.
I loved this job, don't get me wrong. But I will be losing my insurance once I move, until it kicks in from a new job (which I do not have yet, but do have interviews arranged).
First off, take care of yourself and your teeth.. Get the dates & then keep an open line of communication with your work. At least give the appearance that you are trying to work with them. Try going to them with a solution. If they are that short, they might give you an extra month of dental..(it wouldnt take much to extend your End date to 11/1 so you are covered an extra month).
First off, take care of yourself and your teeth.. Get the dates & then keep an open line of communication with your work. At least give the appearance that you are trying to work with them. Try going to them with a solution. If they are that short, they might give you an extra month of dental..(it wouldnt take much to extend your End date to 11/1 so you are covered an extra month).
I don't have insurance through my workplace, I have insurance through my father. So as soon as I am out of state, his insurance will only cover me for emergency room visits until I pick up my own insurance.
I am going in tomorrow so hopefully I will know more about what is going to happen and go from there...
"Wow, that sure is a manager with no idea how much trouble she could be in personally now. Seriously. I mean, you all would fire that nurse pretty fast if she didn't work out now wouldn't you?! "
We will never know because she didnt get the job.. This isnt the 1st time Ive seen this happen either... It's illegal as hell buts its a very hard thing to prove, especially when its an "off the record" manager to manager call.
When they get multple candidates for the same job they start looking for reasons to cut someone. In this case I might have recieved an email stating "so & so will not be going forward, please tell them No explanations needed and I will not be returning her call." That's it-- done deal.
Since I had met and built a rapport with this person, I was just as shocked! It was even more awkward to not be able to explain, however I wanted no part of thier lawsuit..
You are NOT "screwing" your co-workers. You have a health problem that requires care. Take care of yourself. Generally speaking, to most employers, a nurse is just an easily replaced spoke in the wheel. Make your own health and well-being your priority. If you don't, who will?
Trust me, we just got some great clinical references on a new hire only to have a forner unit manager call in "off the record," guess who is not getting an offer?
Isn't what that former manager did breaking the law?
79 Tango since you are aware of this practice happening and you have done nothing to stop it, if a lawsuit were to ever be brought up you too would be liable. It is illegal.
I have always practiced in very small towns and believe me, everyone knows every other nurse. Unless they're in a major metro area such a case would be impossible to prove.
Well I guess if one can sleep at night knowing they have been involved in shady dealings then more power to them. Some of us still have ethics and know that what goes around comes around. I'm grateful that I'm one of those people.
79 Tango since you are aware of this practice happening and you have done nothing to stop it, if a lawsuit were to ever be brought up you too would be liable. It is illegal. "
I apreciate your concern.. Maybe you could enligten me to the law that was broken?
I'm on a short break at work but the first thing to think about is slander. It's illegal for an old employer to call a new employer and you know that this is going on and are accepting of it. Basically aiding and abetting slandering. Alright I gotta go but I will try to type more this weekend and post links regarding employees and the laws that protect them. You could end up, if this employee found out they were not accepted because of slander against them, facing a civil suit. Good luck to you.
Thank you, I would apreciate that. Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing-- This was not an "employee" it was an "applicant" who signed a "release of information" and listed the former employer as a reference.
I know nothing about "aiding and abetting slandering" as I was not on the call. I dont even know if what was said was slander.. It couldve been the truth for all I know. Either way our unit Managers have the final say on who gets selected & we dont have the slots to hire everyone that applies.
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First off, take care of yourself and your teeth.. Get the dates & then keep an open line of communication with your work. At least give the appearance that you are trying to work with them. Try going to them with a solution. If they are that short, they might give you an extra month of dental..(it wouldnt take much to extend your End date to 11/1 so you are covered an extra month).