How many chances do you give a job before you quit?

[DesiDani]

In a post I mentioned my three strikes countdown. I give a job three chances and after the third I am usually gone. It not for petty things, but  huge things. For example, a first strike at a nursing home years back was when I worked night shift on a unit with and with one nurse, the unit had more that 15 patients for sure.  The second was when the one person who made the food did not show up. So the DON had to make sandwiches. I think the third was when my wallet was stolen from my purse (maybe that was the second)? Anyway, what is your limit?

[Mcl1980]

On 3/14/2021 at 4:44 AM, DesiDani said:

Seen people quit when they sensed that mgt was looking for anything to fire them over. Can't say they were paranoid or not, but you're more prone to big mistakes with that on your mind for 12hrs. 

Seen it to the point of harassment. Guess that's what the hospital/nursing home wants in the end. Shadow you so much you loose faith in your abilities and you just quit.

Same situation now. Right to work states suck. I'll probably go back to long term care and work as little as possible until something better.

[klone, MSN, RN]

5 hours ago, Mcl1980 said:

Same situation now. Right to work states suck. I'll probably go back to long term care and work as little as possible until something better.

I think you mean "employment at will"

[DesiDani]

People think I should transfer or quit. It is not GREAT and so far no drama has touched me. I do see it though and is aware. Not blind to it, but I feel safe for now. Just waiting for that right ship to come along in the mass sea of ships.

[LoriLu2010]

On 3/16/2021 at 6:24 PM, NurseSpeedy said:

That first paragraph sounds more like burn out than time to quit. Yikes, that’s a lot to put up with before throwing in the towel-playing sick, panic disorders triggered by driving toward the stimulus and wishing to do one of those drills we used to do in school where we all duck under our desk when the alarm sounds....okay that one may be showing my age.....but seriously, those are warning signs that you should of quit and took a vacation a long time beforehand.

2 months notice? I did six weeks with my first employer after working there 8 years. I was just a floor nurse but the schedule was out and I decided I’d do the curtesy of working through it so that no one would get screwed. I will admit, I had the three issues you had above, but never allowed myself to say I was sick when I wasn’t, the one hour drive to work was torture, and I didn’t have a desk-just a linen closet and a pillow to scream into so no one would hear me when I was at my wits end. Now I’d be afraid the pillow had COVID19 vaccine resistant strain...I can’t say how long my longest notice was-it’s a long, ongoing story but it wasn’t the job. This one is due to life situations being put of full burn and exacerbated by a pandemic. 

 

 

It’s dysfunctional workplace get out while you have a your sanity! I loved where I worked but after 2 years no sick call and going non stop I finally made a mistake.I should’ve seen it coming,it wasn’t fatal it was human but against policy…sigh do I quit or wait to get terminated..