Getting Canned at Exit Interview

[CseMgr1, ASN, RN]

I had heard that a former co-worker of mine had turned in her resignation effective November 10th. So, I paid her a visit this morning, to find out what was going on. She told me that she was basically burned out, between the stress at work and the four hours of commute time she has to put in every day. I reminded her not to leave until she had given me her e-mail address and without telling me goodbye, for she was a very sweet lady. That was at 8:30 AM. At 12:00, another nurse stopped to tell me my friend had been told by HR to leave during her exit inteview which had taken place later this morning. I hurried over to her area...and she was gone. I couldn't believe it.

I don't know what happened, but I am going to try and get her e-mail address from another co-worker. Will keep you posted.

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

Wow... so sorry to hear this. Very sorry for your friend.

Do keep us posted... and I do wish her well.

[SmilingBluEyes]

wow bad news......let us know how she's doing.

[oramar]

How can you fire a person that already quit?

[CseMgr1, ASN, RN]

How can you fire a person that already quit?

Good question. For some reason, they would not allow her to work out her two weeks notice...and I am going to try and find out why. Maybe she finally just got fed up and told them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

[CseMgr1, ASN, RN]

I found out from one of her co-workers this morning that she received a bunch of exit interview forms via e-mail yesterday. Since these forms are not given out until the last day of work, she called HR to find out what was up. When she did, HR told her that since her patients had already been reassigned, she was to leave now.

A totally classless and mean-spirited thing to do to someone who has followed the rules. But, that's the way it works these days. :angryfire

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

A totally classless and mean-spirited thing to do to someone who has followed the rules. But, that's the way it works these days. :angryfire

It sucks, but it's pretty standard in many industries, often over concerns that information may be taken or the potentially disgruntled employee may attempt to sabotage their soon-to-be-ex-employer.

For instance, my husband is an engineer, and if someone is fired they are escorted out of the building immediately after the mandatory meeting with HR personnel. Any desk/office cleaning is done later by scheduled appt, again under supervision of security. This also applies to people who leave voluntarily. (You don't turn in your notice until you have all your stuff ready.) The presumption in that case is that you are leaving to work for a competitor and become "the enemy" as soon as you resign.

I can't help but wonder if home care is so competitive that that attitude has trickled over into nursing.

[boulergirl, CNA]

I have a friend who told me that the most humiliating time in his life was when two people briskly escorted him out the door from his old job.

[EmilyCCRN]

It sucks, but it's pretty standard in many industries, often over concerns that information may be taken or the potentially disgruntled employee may attempt to sabotage their soon-to-be-ex-employer.

For instance, my husband is an engineer, and if someone is fired they are escorted out of the building immediately after the mandatory meeting with HR personnel. Any desk/office cleaning is done later by scheduled appt, again under supervision of security. This also applies to people who leave voluntarily. (You don't turn in your notice until you have all your stuff ready.) The presumption in that case is that you are leaving to work for a competitor and become "the enemy" as soon as you resign.

I can't help but wonder if home care is so competitive that that attitude has trickled over into nursing.

I worked in Information Security until I turned in my notice in August in preparation for school to start in late September. Since my job was considered "sensitive", I was let go the day I turned in my notice but received full pay and benefits through my resignation date (which was five weeks later!). My termination is listed as 'voluntary' and my resignation date is the day I specified when I gave my notice, even though I didn't work at all in September!

My 'exit' was pretty much like the story in the original post. I came in to start my shift shortly after I sent the email to my boss giving notice, and she came up to me and said that it would be my last day, but that I would receive pay and benefits through my resignation date. If I had known that I would be getting such a sweet deal, I would have turned in my notice much earlier! :rotfl: I did pull my employee record from HR to make sure that everything was ship-shape. It was - everything was perfect (no write-ups, disciplinary action, etc.). Phew!

[kristylee]

I just recently found out that if you put in your 2-week notice and your employer tells you to just leave, then by law they have to pay you for your 2-week notice. Interesting, huh?

Good question. For some reason, they would not allow her to work out her two weeks notice...and I am going to try and find out why. Maybe she finally just got fed up and told them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

[CseMgr1, ASN, RN]

She sent us an e-mail this afternoon and said she had no idea why she was given the "bum's rush". But, it was meant to happen, as she was interviewed AND hired for a teaching position at a local community college today...and it's located only 15 minutes from where she lives (beats the socks off the two-hour one-way commute she was doing every day). "God is good to me", she proclaimed.

Amen to that!

[mattsmom81]

Yeah the old 'you can't quit you're fired' vindictive game. GRRR.