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

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           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.

 

 

 

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Specializes in Occupational Health.

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.

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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.

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