Just quit my job

[CathyLew]

or I should say resigned in my current position as Director of Nursing Informatics, and put in a bid on a Med Surg floor job.... been at this hospital 20 years. Just went through a conversion from one computer system to another computer system in the quest for Meaningful use....and got saddled with a boss no one would be able to live with. Went from absolutely loving my job, to dreading it. I work 110 hrs a pay period, am paid for 80 of those hrs. Am on call 24/7 Do way more than I should be expected to do....and have a boss who is a power hungry control freak.

Today I made one last ditch effort to appeal to HR that I would do the exact same job I am doing now, same pay, same horrendouse hours, just move me under the administration umbrella of Nursing, and away from this guy whom I have sent letters to HR in the past saying I was afraid of and did not trust. Well control freak said he refused to give up control of this department (department of one..... ME) and that if I wanted to go under nursing, I could take a staff job, and he would fill my job.

wow. Thanks for nothing!

[itsmejuli]

Good for you for walking out on that jerk, shame on HR for not standing up for you.

Good luck :)

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

HR will have their hands full. Keep your head up, and kudos to you for walking away from this jackwagon.

[CathyLew]

Thanks to both of you.. Man.... this was just awful. I have never quit a job. Especially one that I love. In the meeting it turned into a he-said-she said. I felt like I was back on the playground! And the more lies he told, the more I just wanted to get out of the position and stop fighting for my job. That is a loose loose situation. And is it worth fighting for?

[beewink]

Life is too short to work under conditions like that - good for you for getting out. It's a real shame that HR won't stick up for you. I'm sorry this has happened to you.

[hoskid1]

I too turned in my notice Thansgiving night after a no win conversation with a DON who does not see the the danger of a new grad nurse she hired who after 2 months orientation is performing like someone who they picked off the street. I've made a choice what battles I will fight. I pray for the safety of the patients , the unit mgr even made the statement do not assign her anyone she can kill . This is sad . Hope it gets better for you .

[sunspotmia]

Wow! That's terrible. I wish HR had gotten off there butts to help you. Hospitals just do not care about the well being of their employees. I wish you the best of luck from here on out.

[NewTexasRN]

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to walk away, but it's also the bravest thing you can do for yourself. Good for you! Sounds like you were getting abused.

[DeLana_RN, BSN, RN]

You did the right thing, never doubt that. No one should work for a tyrant!

I wish you the best and hope you will get a much better job,

DeLana

P.S. Don't be surprised if you get a frantic call from HR on Monday (or even sooner) begging you to reconsider. Think about your terms (in addition to getting moved to Nursing. A nice raise would be in order, considering that you're working a lot of hours, don't you think? ).

[CathyLew]

I was abused...and did not know how to let HR know that. It was not physical abuse, with bruises ....it was not sexual abuse. But ---- at ------ Hospital was abusing me mentally. I was psycologically abused by ---- of ------ Hospital in New York. I stat that for a fact. ---- of ------ hospital was abusive to me. And that is the reason I quit my job. wwwwhhhhheeeehhhhhh.. that is nice to say. maybe my first step to recovery.

[netglow, ASN, RN]

Hey, Cathy!

Hi five me. I just quit too.

I needed to preserve my license, and also worked on call and charted to 3 and 4 am often after a day of patients, admits, etc. Paid for 40 hour weeks, but often 18 hour days call or not.

No can do anymore.

[decembergrad2011, BSN, RN]

I think it's great that you quit. It's obvious that you were under ridiculous working conditions - conditions that no one should be under.

A word of advice though...I would remove the name of your former boss/hospital from your last post. Things like that have a way of coming back to bite you in the butt.