How to go about resigning, please help

[Goldenearring1]

A Little History....

I have been on leave from my current employer since July due to having a baby, I am currently scheduled to go back to work on the 29th (this week).

During my leave I have been searching for another job, because due to the birth of this child my priorities have changed, my employer now will not let me reduce my hours and she has me on a day/night rotation which she won't budge on. I have an offer for another job which is better pay and they will give me what I need (in writing of course). How many weeks notice should I give and how do I approach my director, could I hand in my resignation when I return to work or should I wait, I have not accepted this job offer, yet. Please help...This is my first nursing job that I will be leaving and I want to do this professionally and not burn any bridges.

Thanks,

Goldenearring1

[sharann, BSN, RN]

I would give 2 weeks notice since they stupidly won't budge on your shifts. Better to lose an employee than try. Good luck with whatever you choose.A schedule like that would ruin you as a new mom in my opinion.

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

2 weeks is enough. Now, I'm not sure if you have to wait to the end of your leave to give those 2 weeks but I wouldn't think so. And don't let them "guilt" you into staying any longer. You have to watch out for yourself and your family.

[Fiona59]

Two weeks is plenty and polite. Once made the mistake of letting an employer know I would be leaving in three months. They badgered me for weeks asking for my letter of resignation. Now, I would keep quite and give only the two weeks.

Be polite in the letter. Thank them for the experience thay you gained and throw in something about your co-workers.

Better they remember a nice letter than "I have it here and I quit"

[Baby Catcher]

If you are in a union check to see how many weeks notice is in the contract. Ours is 3 weeks notice if we want full payout on all vacation/sick time.

[ratchit]

I agree that at least 2 weeks or whatever your contract requires is enough.

If you've been out on disability or FMLA leave, I would check your contract or (anonymously) with your HR department to make sure you do not have to repay anything by not returning from FMLA leave. I'm no expert but I think there is something about your health insurance if you don't return from or if you don't work long enough (30 days maybe?) after returning from FMLA leave. IIRC, they might be able to bill you for their share of your health insurance for the time you've been on leave if you don't return.

Like I said, I am absolutely not an expert- check with your benefits department or union to make sure.

[shay]

No unions in SC.

I hear you on your priorities changing. I was supposed to go back to work part time after my son was born, but couldn't bear the thought of putting him in daycare, so I am prn on the weekends only now.

2 weeks notice is all they deserve. Tell them to shove it. Like I always say, no one ever has engraved on their tombstone, "I wish I'd spent more time at work."

[live4today, RN]

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like i always say, no one ever has engraved on their tombstone, "i wish i'd spent more time at work."

i like that statement! :rotfl:

okay....back to the topic at hand.......if a hospital can fire an employee without notice and without reason, why should you have to give any notice other than you are leaving...period????

[meownsmile, BSN, RN]

Be graceful about it. I agree with the not burning bridges. You never know when someone who you worked under at your job will turn up in a position later and you are working under them again. Or you may want to return there when your children get older and the schedules allow it. Nursing is a profession in which the ability to move around to different positions is fairly easy and sometimes frequent. Keep it simple, polite, dont give details, just that you are resigning your employment at their facility. If they really want to know they will come to you and ask and you can site family concerns. Thats it,, dont give them any more detail than that, because frankly any more detail is non of their business anyway.

[meownsmile, BSN, RN]

Be graceful about it. I agree with the not burning bridges. You never know when someone who you worked under at your job will turn up in a position later and you are working under them again. Or you may want to return there when your children get older and the schedules allow it. Nursing is a profession in which the ability to move around to different positions is fairly easy and sometimes frequent. Keep it simple, polite, dont give details, just that you are resigning your employment at their facility. If they really want to know they will come to you and ask and you can site family concerns. Thats it,, dont give them any more detail than that, because frankly any more detail is non of their business anyway.

[medsurgnurse, RN]

don't burn any bridges. no matter how bad it is at any job, I gave proper notice. for me the person or situation that caused my departure may not even there should i decide to go back to that facility

[medsurgnurse, RN]

don't burn any bridges. no matter how bad it is at any job, I gave proper notice. for me the person or situation that caused my departure may not even there should i decide to go back to that facility