How is this fair?

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Just wanted to get some opinions on this and am hoping everyone feels the same as myself and the rest of the staff where I work.

What do u all think of a boss who says she can't work the day after x-mas b/c she doesn't have a sitter? I was so mad and wanted to ask her what about the rest of the staff who have children and daycare is closed??? Now she just informed us that she doesn't have a sitter for Jan 2nd too!!! So, this means she will be off x-mas eve, x-mas day, dec 26, ny eve and day and the day after!!!

I know some of u may think this is petty but I'm just really ticked off right now about this. I understand there are perks to being a NM but sheesh, have a little consideration for your staff!!! I know of someone who doesn't know how she is going to work her scheduled shift the day after thanksgiving due to no sitter but was told she has to be there or find someone to switch. Why is is that all of a sudden when u become a NM that you can make up all these stupid rules but somehow they just never apply to yourself??!!!

Ok, there, I'm done with my vent. Opinions much appreciated.

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Military here. Lived more than 1000-2000 mi from all our families for years and just learned I had to work around dh's schedule and deployments. Sitters? Ha every time we got to know some, they moved, being military also. Also, daycare centers are not open nights/weekends/holidays. BUT we worked it out. So NOPE I never used the "excuse" that I had no sitter, even though it was extraordinarily hard at times to get it all together. We did make good friends who could help and reciprocated with them.

Does this woman not have friends? Family? Sounds fishy. Amazing how it worked out that she is taking herself off for the holidays.

And I have a hard time w/management who won't chip in one bit just during holidays to help out----the things it does for morale, amazing, when they do. Like Tweety said, she is providing a lousy example to follow.

Specializes in PCU, Home Health.

What do u all think of a boss who says she can't work the day after x-mas b/c she doesn't have a sitter? I was so mad and wanted to ask her what about the rest of the staff who have children and daycare is closed??? Now she just informed us that she doesn't have a sitter for Jan 2nd too!!! So, this means she will be off x-mas eve, x-mas day, dec 26, ny eve and day and the day after!

Maybe instead of saying she can't work those days she meant that she planned to be off with her children. I am glad to work days when my NM is off. Less stress.:specs:

Personnally I prefer it when the bosses are not around. Makes life a lot more enjoyable. I guess I work nights for a reason.

Specializes in ER, critical care.
Just wanted to get some opinions on this and am hoping everyone feels the same as myself and the rest of the staff where I work.

What do u all think of a boss who says she can't work the day after x-mas b/c she doesn't have a sitter? I was so mad and wanted to ask her what about the rest of the staff who have children and daycare is closed??? Now she just informed us that she doesn't have a sitter for Jan 2nd too!!! So, this means she will be off x-mas eve, x-mas day, dec 26, ny eve and day and the day after!!!

I know some of u may think this is petty but I'm just really ticked off right now about this. I understand there are perks to being a NM but sheesh, have a little consideration for your staff!!! I know of someone who doesn't know how she is going to work her scheduled shift the day after thanksgiving due to no sitter but was told she has to be there or find someone to switch. Why is is that all of a sudden when u become a NM that you can make up all these stupid rules but somehow they just never apply to yourself??!!!

Ok, there, I'm done with my vent. Opinions much appreciated.

Sometimes life just ain't fair. The End.

Personnally I prefer it when the bosses are not around. Makes life a lot more enjoyable. I guess I work nights for a reason.

:yelclap: THANK YOU! :yelclap:

I totally agree. She should have just scheduled herself off and that would have been explanation enough. I worked long and hard up the ladder to my management position.

I don't work any holidays and I take extra days off with them. I've worked more than my share of holidays and now I'm in a position where I don't have to, so I don't.

Very good point!

:yelclap: THANK YOU! :yelclap:

I am a nurse manager. Were I work, if the nurses did their job, they would not feel this way M-F:cool: :cool: :cool:

Would any one be a nurse manager. Doese anyone know what they go thru? Walk the talk if you can!

Specializes in OB, NP, Nurse Educator.

In the words of my former Nurse Manager - "Nobody ever said it was going to be fair or that YOU were going to like it." Followed by "and if you don't like it feel free to tender your resignation at any time, you found this job, I am certain you will find another."

I am a nurse manager. Were I work, if the nurses did their job, they would not feel this way M-F:cool: :cool: :cool:
Oh give me a break, there are many EXCELLENT nurses out there that feel exactly this way and for good reason, which has nothing to do with the quality of their work!
Oh give me a break, there are many EXCELLENT nurses out there that feel exactly this way and for good reason, which has nothing to do with the quality of their work!

I stated in my post, "were I work". Only referring to the placeI work, not nurses in general.

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Being a manager is no easy task. Telling someone they CAN'T have off is the hardest part of my job I've found. Like trauma, my DH and I alternated holiday scehdules, I worked eve, nights and 12/12 WE shift with minimal babysitting coverage from neighbor's and no grandparent's to help.

NM do get a little more flexability in days off, hrs arriving and departing but also get the lovely job of filling in for staff shortages too in many facilities.

If NM coverage in facility is mandatory and NM doesn't schedule coverage, then they are sending entirely wrong message to staff.......and shouldn't be supprised when call-outs occur those days.

The last place I worked had the world's worst managers. It was tough sh*t if you had to work short. They didn't come out to the floor to help and were always trying to get floor nurses to "take call" for them so they wouldn't have to come in on thier weekends off. I always said no, because the way I figure it, if you want that manager job so bad, you have to deal with the same crap I have to.

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