I know that the proper way to quit a job is to give two week notice but I honestly don't think I will last that long. I feel in my heart that I will be fired any minute and I already have another job lined up to start this week.
I have been a nurse for about 2 years and this is my 3rd nursing job. My first two jobs I stayed for a year each. I'm just so unhappy with my current job and there have been so much going on in which I won't go into detail.
I'm off tomorrow and do to return on Wednesday. My question is how should I quit immediately. I don't plan to ever work for this company again. I was thinking about calling first thing in the AM and putting my resignation letter in the mail. I was also thinking about dropping the resignation off in person sometime tomorrow. I hate to do this but the sooner the better.
If I'm unhappy in a job I know eventually it may spill over into my work and I don't want that to happen.
You're still on orientation? Then don't worry about the 2 weeks notice. That doesn't count if you are still on orientation. Why should they pay you to train if you're quitting anyway?
You're still on orientation? Then don't worry about the 2 weeks notice. That doesn't count if you are still on orientation. Why should they pay you to train if you're quitting anyway?
I'm sorry, please note that I'm currently have a nice glass of moscato that caused me to write orientation instead of probation. My 90 day probation period isn't up until August so I feel as though I can still back out with no real damage done.
NurseLoveJoy, you're in MD too correct? If so, MD is an at-will employment state..and since you mentioned that you have no desire to work for this company again, I would just draft up a resignation letter effective immediately, make a CC for HR and turn it in tomorrow. Best of luck to you @ your new job :)
In a previous job, I had 6 weeks of orientation and a 120 day probation period before I was considered union. The manager had it out for me because she was over budget and I was the last one to be hired. I ended up getting let go 2 days before I was in the union (convenient!) and they told me to go back to pediatrics where patients don't walk since I was so concerned with fall risk safety (I got written up for not letting a patient ambulate on her own after a blood transfusion, TKR surgery, and on narcotics. The patient complained she felt like a child because I insisted on ambulating with her). I **** you not. I ran like hell from that company and never looked back. I never put them on any job application going forward because I left in the probationary period, and it has never come up in the hiring process. Get the heck out of dodge and don't look back.
Normally, I always worked my last 2 weeks after giving notice...there were a couple of exceptions (in 19 years)....one, a DON changed the shift I worked to one I hadn't applied to (but needed to do something as I'd just moved across country)...on 3-11, I was the only RN for 60 patients in a semi-SNF (their idea of skilled, and mine were way different- to me they were just 'busy')...I'd applied for 11-7, and wanted that same ratio when it was less nuts (I also had to feed dinner to the ones who couldn't handle silverware- and often there were only 3 CNAs for those 60 beds- one of whom would take an hour out of the facility for breaks- and that was tolerated...this was back in 1985- makes the "shortage" now seem rather cushy IMHO- we didn't have the computerized this or that, and got the work done anyway).
The other was at another LTC where the DON put linen from the FLOOR back onto the linen cart, and also changed the schedule without telling people, then went to their homes to GET them, or tell them they wouldn't have a job.... I stayed halfway through my 2nd orientation shift (was covered by the regular nurse, so not abandonment), and told them I didn't want to waste their time- gave up a bonus for that, but no way was I working for a DON who pulled that crap.....
There are situations when you have to do what you have to do....ALWAYS better to do the 2 weeks, but there are times.....
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Even though you say now that you will NEVER want to work for this facility again, you just don't know what may happen in the next few years. In addition, a future potential employer may call this facility HR department to verify your employment there, and if you have not worked out a proper notice you may be deemed ineligible for rehire. This designation could mean a bad reference, and it could effect your chances for employment elsewhere.
No matter how miserable I am, I would always work out a proper notice and make sure that I do everything in my power to be eligible for rehire.
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Do not give this facility as a reference....personal time between jobs is your business.
Technically true, but gaps in employment are a red flag for recruiters and managers looking at applications/resumes. And if she leaves it out and a company that she is applying were to find out, that omission could be a problem for her.. Best to be totally upfront and honest. Also best to work a notice and be eligible for rehire.
But I think the OP still currently has a job. And she hasn't been at the place she's leaving for very long, so there isn't a gap in employment. I wouldn't bother including that one on a resume. What's the point?
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You're still on orientation? Then don't worry about the 2 weeks notice. That doesn't count if you are still on orientation. Why should they pay you to train if you're quitting anyway?