I feel bad for quitting a new job

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I'm a new grad, and I was fortunate enough to have 2 part-time jobs as soon as I graduated. Now I have been offered a full-time permanent position at one of the places (with excellent benefits/pension), and I obviously accepted. I only did 3 days of orientation at the other place, but I feel bad that I have to quit. I can't work at both places.

Do I call the other place and say "thanks for the opportunity, but I have to resign?" Geez, I hate doing that. What do I say?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Why not ask if you can change your status to PRN rather than resign? That way, your orientation will not have been wasted and who knows? You may end up enjoying the occasional extra shift ($$).

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Specializes in LTC.

That's what I'd do, or just flat tell them the other place offered you full time and you feel it best to take it.

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Specializes in Hospice, LTC, Rehab, Home Health.

Do both of the above. Let them know you had a full time offer ( which they will understand your having to accept) but that you would like to be in the prn pool rather than resign. If they don't wish to switch you to the pool just thank them for the opportunity. No one is going to hold taking a full time offer against you.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Hospice, Disease Management.

Just resign without explaining the fulltime part of it, because what if you say that and then they offer you fulltime?? I suggest you ask for per diem and that's it don't even say you took the other job because of fulltime- say you took it cause better benefits. Btw can you tell the job you don't want that I'm looking for a job?? lol

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Specializes in acute care then Home health.

I would tell them about your full-time offer. If they offer you full-time ask them to match your pay at the other job, then tell them your hourly rate is two dollars more than what you are really making at the other job. See if they bite. That's what I would do but I'm an opportunist. lol:D

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I would tell them about your full-time offer. If they offer you full-time ask them to match your pay at the other job, then tell them your hourly rate is two dollars more than what you are really making at the other job. See if they bite. That's what I would do but I'm an opportunist. lol:D

You might be an opportunist but the employers who lowball their employees don't consider themselves as such, no matter how dishonest they are in their dealings.

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Specializes in acute care then Home health.
You might be an opportunist but the employers who lowball their employees don't consider themselves as such, no matter how dishonest they are in their dealings.

...Hey, worst she could get from asking is a "no"... Its still a win-win situation for you and something that you shouldn't feel bad about.

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Specializes in psychiatric, med/surg, cardiac, LTC, HHA.
I would tell them about your full-time offer. If they offer you full-time ask them to match your pay at the other job, then tell them your hourly rate is two dollars more than what you are really making at the other job. See if they bite. That's what I would do but I'm an opportunist. lol:D

That works! I do the same

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I'm a new grad, and I was fortunate enough to have 2 part-time jobs as soon as I graduated. Now I have been offered a full-time permanent position at one of the places (with excellent benefits/pension), and I obviously accepted. I only did 3 days of orientation at the other place, but I feel bad that I have to quit. I can't work at both places.

Do I call the other place and say "thanks for the opportunity, but I have to resign?" Geez, I hate doing that. What do I say?

You don't have to say anything other than the fact that "my other employer has offered me a full time position which was my goal". And that you have enjoyed working for "XY&Z", and should the opportunity arise again, you would enjoy being considered as a member of their team.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.

I got rung today re a job from a nursing agency that had only previously a week before rejected me (won't go into long, boring details). I very roundly told them that I was not interested in any positions with them, as I had had a better job offer. The woman (who was a very snotty, nosy-type person I thought when she interviewed me and knew NOTHING about nursing) practically demanded more details. I (gleefully) told her that I don't discuss my private working arrangements over the phone & that I don't give out ANY private details over the phone (has been my policy for years). She was most taken aback but I just said 'thank you!' in a nice, polite tone and hung up when she said bye.

You are under no obligation whatsoever to explain your personal, private working life or details to anyone. They only ask questions to be nosy, and if you give them details, they can call your new place of work and make trouble - happened to a nice, too-trusting friend of mine. Sometimes you have to be a bit hard. You are not being selfish either; you are looking out for YOU. That is the no 1 priority in your life at the mo. They will certainly not be worried about you after you have gone; will probably forget you the minute you walk out the door. There is no loyalty to people now I'm afraid.

As we say in Aussieland, bugger 'em!

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Here is the thing. If that facility thought they could save a penney by turning you out with no more than a second notice they would not have a problem with it. Here we have a facility that has been around for more than a hundred years and they do no think twice about cutting 1500 jobs! Hospitals are a business that do what is best for themselfs first. So why should nurses consider the facility over his/her own priorities. just my two cents

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