Does your supervisor call & text you at all hours?

[CrazyGoonRN]

I am getting tired of my supervisor calling and texting me from a personal cell phone to ask me if I will work. It even happens during the night. I used to answer or reply back everytime but I am just so tired of it sometimes I just don't respond. I feel bad not responding.

Have you had this happen to you?

Do you always respond?

Thanks for your reply.

[fuzzywuzzy, CNA]

I thought the grey was easier to read than anything. Maybe it's all in the kind of screen you have.

I have a full time job and a per diem job that likes to call me at all hours of the day and night. And I use my cell phone as my alarm clock, so I was getting woken up all the time but usually either an hour after I fell asleep or an hour before I was supposed to get up and go to my other job. In my confusion, I'd often hang up on the supervisor who was calling me, thinking it was my alarm.

But I just recently figured out there's a button on the side of my phone that allows me to set my phone to "alarm only!" It doesn't make any noise when I get a call, text, or voicemail, but the sound still works for the alarm. Best thing ever.

[Lynx25, LPN]

I make them text me- it's much easier.

We've just gotten a new ADON- she likes to leave long, rambling messages..."Heyyyy this is So-and-So, Uhmmm.... I don't know if you are PRN, orrrr, are you a CNA? Do you work here? I don't know.... Anyyyywayyyy.... I am short a nurse, could you come in at three today?"

It was already 5pm, so I'm still not sure what she was thinking.