Giving notice to your employer

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I am planning on going to nursing school in july. I was being nice and mentioned to my supervisor that I was thinking about going back to school but just checking into it nothing was finalized. She kept asking me about it for the next month. I told her I had to take the pax test and meet with an advisor. Well the school doesnt even have my transcripts yet and she is pressuring me to tell her boss who is our department head. I have been very clear that I would like to wait to tell her until I know more details and have things figured out a little more. I have 3 months until school would start. I told her I would tell the other boss this week but am regretting making that comment. I just feel like she is getting me to solidify a plan that has so solid ground until I get an acceptance letter in the mail. Any suggestions? I've been trying to postpone this for almost 2 months but now she hint that it needs to happen sooner rather than later say 2 months out.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Last I checked it two weeks notice. Next time she brings up tell her that you plan on giving notice when you have set plans.

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

Tell her you don't have solid information yet and you will give it to her as soon as you are able. You can't give her good information to work with in terms of hiring someone else if you don't yet know if/when you are likely to be leaving. Giving her the head's up that you were looking in to going back to school is sufficient for now. She probably wants at least 2 months notice so she can have someone hired and completely trained before you leave. If you have the information to give to her at that time that is great, but if you don't, you are only required two weeks notice in most places.

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Specializes in Oncology, OCN.

I don't plan on telling my employer about my nursing school plans until I'm accepted into a program. That will still be months before I'd actually leave and allow them time to hire my replacement and for me to provide a decent amount of training for that replacement. We are crazy slow right now so I'm not even sure they'd bother replacing me if I was to put in my notice right now. But I won't even be applying to schools until January, hearing back from first choice school until April of next year, May or June for my back up school.

I would just tell your supervisor you would like to wait until your plans are finalized. It's up to her if she wants to bring that news to your boss. Part of the risk you take when telling your supervisor in the first place.

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Specializes in LDRP.

Definitely wait until you are accepted and have all your ducks in a row! Last thing you need is to have your plans fall through and be out of a job because you already have a replacement! I got a new job after applying to nursing school and didn't give notice until a month before school started. I wouldn't tell anybody to give more than that. Regardless, you need that acceptance letter in hand before anybody else gets involved.

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Last I checked it two weeks notice. Next time she brings up tell her that you plan on giving notice when you have set plans.

And who is to say that you don't have the option to change your plans altogether and may have no need of giving notice at all? Can't see why she seems to want to irritate you.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I still haven't told my employer about my nursing school plans :roflmao:

I am waiting until I get a financial aid award letter before I tell her, just to get a clear idea of how much financial damage nursing school is going to cause me. I'm sure I'm going to do it anyway, but I just want a good picture of what it'll be first. I'm planning on giving her a good 2+ month notice though! The problems OP described are exactly why I haven't said anything yet about it.

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Mine is even worse. I haven't told my bosses anything and they're about to promote me. I'm waiting until my schooling plans are in stone before I peep a word.

There's nothing wrong with waiting it out until your plans are finalized. It would be horrible to give notice and prepare to transition to something else, only for those plans to fall through. It's unfortunate that the supervisor doesn't understand that. You can tell her exactly that. You're unsure, but will notify them when your plans are solid.

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