should I return to a job that I left 2 years ago?

[treeye]

           I am at my current job for 2 years now. Overall the job is good with good hours . There are some flexibilities but everything is so tied to the attendings ( I am inpatient). I could wish for better pay and better coworkers but they are OK. I think I am more marketable if I stay here.

           I loved my previous job in the same organization. I left because they gave the job I was already partially doing to an external candidate whose Dad had the connections there. I did not like the arrangement they gave me and the way they treated me so I left. It turned out to be a good decision. 

          Now my previous job needed more help and a second position opened up. I am attempting because I loved the job previously and loved the ppl I worked with (some have already left). I may be able to get even better hours than my current job but I doubt I will get a pay raise. I also like having my own schedule and not working weekends and holidays. I am hesitating because what happened in the past. The leadership and collaborating drs are nice but they really do not care. I am not saying my current job has better culture but I think my current job has better structures set up. 

         I am reaching out to get more info and I guess I don't really need to leave unless I get the hours and the type of work I wanted. Any thoughts? thanks.

 

 

 

[sleepwalker, MSN, NP]

What's changed at the previous position?

If you can't answer that with a whole lot of positive/beneficial changes then you're going to leave a known situation to go to an unknown situation that is potentially not any better or worse than when you left 2 yrs ago. 

You noted some people you knew have since left. Most people don't leave jobs...they leave the management. Something to think about.

[treeye]

sleepwalker said:

What's changed at the previous position?

Thanks for the insight! 

Only thing changed is that the sub-specialty position is now opened back up ( They need an additional APP). Management wouldn't offer me that position previously. I guess they still could give me patients from other specialties if I don't have enough patients in this subspecialty.

[RatherBHiking, BSN, RN]

Take it from someone who is notorious for going back to previous jobs because I've missed something about them....don't. There are no perfect jobs. They all have good and bad. You left for a reason and if they did you dirty once there's nothing to say they wouldn't again in a heartbeat. Everytime I went back I was like oh NOW I remember all the reasons I left and had forgotten about some. You say overall you have a good job now, are more marketable, and it was a good decision you left. You MAY be able to get better hours but then again you may not and can you even trust them after the last time? They showed you how they felt about you. Don't go back. If you aren't completely happy where you are look for something somewhere else and not with a place who didn't value you. Just my advice!