I have to vent......re: bosses pets....

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Specializes in Gastroenterology; and Primary Care.

Sorry if this seems trival.......

but here I go.

I was told last month I would be frst cancel on Christmas Day by my boss. well here is Christmas Day and I wasn't cancelled.

instead someone else was cancelled, who is the "pet' & she has NO kids, and has not worked ANY holiday time as of yet, and is not scheduled for anymore. (sorry for the run-on sentences)

I was scheduled for Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

I am more upset about the bold face lie.

Day's like today make me feel like changing my career all together!

I have always done PRN, up until this year. I took a full time position, and I am now regretting it!

Any words of wisdom?

Thanks

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Originally posted by MelodyLPN

Sorry if this seems trival.......

but here I go.

I was told last month I would be frst cancel on Christmas Day by my boss. well here is Christmas Day and I wasn't cancelled.

instead someone else was cancelled, who is the "pet' & she has NO kids, and has not worked ANY holiday time as of yet, and is not scheduled for anymore. (sorry for the run-on sentences)

I was scheduled for Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

I am more upset about the bold face lie.

Day's like today make me feel like changing my career all together!

I have always done PRN, up until this year. I took a full time position, and I am now regretting it!

Any words of wisdom?

Thanks

Melody if you worked as hard as everyone I know did to get their LPN and something as trival as this is making you second guess your career, then your right your in the wrong career. I'm guessing like most of us you got the chance to pick between holidays to work, and you picked Christmas as one to work. You were scheduled to work the whole shift - right? Nobody said life was fair. Get over it.

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Merry Christmas!! This is why prn is a good job, you want control you have to do agency or prn, there will always be those that get the good time, and it will never be the good nurse or the strong nurse, it will be the best liked, nurse with the best sob story. This is the way the world works, not only in nursing, protect yourself and don't believe a word that is promised to you. Managers are taught to lie, it is a requirement of management. Management is also taking the flack, from those that direct the team. Those directors are also masters of the promise. Learn this lesson well, this is truth. I do agency, I make my own hours, my own days off. I give the best service to my patients that I can, I do the best job for the facility that I can, but , alas, I am not a team player.

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, Home Health, Oncology.

Hi

I'm sorry, but I also need to vent! You are not going to like what I say & I probably will get lots of negative replies, but here goes.

I am just sick to death of hearing people here on the board and

here at work complaining about working on the Holidays!!

You know,hospitals are open 24hrs/day/7 days a week. The patients are sick & are here to get better. They did not choose to be sick on a Holiday. When we get a job in a hospital,we know the hours. We know that some one has to be here all the time!

What did you expect when you committed to working in a hospital?? That you would only work when it is convenient for you? GEEZ!! If everyone would just take there turn & complain less,the Holiday might not be so bad to work!! Ijust don't understand the poor attitudes these days. We all have familys, we all love to be off on the holidays,but we all can't be.

If being off on all the Holidays is so important,then don't work in a hospital,because you will always be unhappy!!

At any rate,I'm tired of listening to all the complaints!!

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

And what does having kids have to do with whether one gets Christmas off or not?

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

You have every right to be upset. You're not complaining about the fact you had to work the holiday.

You are complaining about the fact that you were lied to. You were told you would be first cancel and someone was canceled and it wasn't you.

I would be angry too. Ask your boss next time you see her/him why that happened and let her know you are angry. Might make it easier for you to "get over it".

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Wow...I'm guessing you haven't received many of the "words of wisdom" you were expecting. I agree with 3rdshift guy...I didn't believe you were complaining so much about working, but rather about not being cancelled as previously promised. That, I believe gives you every right to be upset. I always thought this board was a place one could vent, express concerns, and learn a little without being ripped a new one. I'm sorry this was not the case this time. I hope at least you had a good night.

caroladybelle said:

And what does having kids have to do with whether one gets Christmas off or not?

I have no kids of my own (that I know of), but logic tells me that spending Christmas with your children, watching their heart and eyes filled with joy as they open their new barbie or red fire truck (dammit I always wanted a nice new red fire truck) might be a little more special than spending it under many other circumstances. But of course, I could be way off base.

Don't get me wrong, I do see what you are saying, but I can see why the other person is upset as well.

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OK, guess I'll add my 2 cents:

I'm not sure how it works where you are, but we have clinical coordinators (house super) who cover off shifts and holidays when managers aren't there. It has happened that they made a decision to give someone off even if the manager had put someone else's name on the list for first call. It happened to me when I was staff. I was furious until I found out that the person who got the day off was taking her husband to the ED. All I'm saying is, there may be a reason you aren't aware of. Ask your manager what happened.

And in response to lever5, I also feel the need to state that I'm a manager, and I have not been taught to lie nor do I make it my practice to lie! It is NOT necessarily a "requirement of management". There are managers with integrity and those without it; the same holds true for staff nurses, and all people.

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Yep, I'm a part-time supervisor and I don't lie and wasn't taught to lie.

So, there are two anecdotals for you to chew on lever5.

Melody, Tweety is right. You need to talk to your manager and find out what happened. Clear the air.

steph:D

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Hi, sorry this happened to you, I would be upset too. But everyone who said you should talk to your boss is right. There may be a situation you're not aware of. As far as not having kids, though, I have to make a little comment. I don't have kids either, but I LOVE spending Christmas with my family and friends and watching my little niece open her gifts--it's really very important to me--please don't think that a childless person doesn't have as much right to have Christmas off as anyone else, we all have families. This isn't a flame, please don't take it that way, just a different view of things. I do hope you get this resolved with your boss though! :) Good luck!

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Specializes in Gastroenterology; and Primary Care.

and thanks to those who actually READ my post......

I was NOT upset about working Christmas....I re arranged my Christmas personal life to work around that......

it was the LYING......I am an honest person and I work hard.

I feel that the other nurse (I am not the only one who thinks this at work BTY) gets everything handed to her on a silver platter, she is lazy, doesn't help other staff.......so I feel like they went back on their word, and gave it to her.....so since I can't change things....I will look elsewhere....

The reason I feel like I should change my career is becase of some of the post I received back (first few) NURSES EAT THEIR OWN!! Instead of actually reading my post and what it meant, you jumped to your own conclusions. You don't know me, how can you judge me?

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.
Originally posted by MelodyLPN

Sorry if this seems trival.......

but here I go.

I was told last month I would be frst cancel on Christmas Day by my boss. well here is Christmas Day and I wasn't cancelled.

instead someone else was cancelled, who is the "pet' & she has NO kids, and has not worked ANY holiday time as of yet, and is not scheduled for anymore. (sorry for the run-on sentences)

I was scheduled for Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

I am more upset about the bold face lie.

Day's like today make me feel like changing my career all together!

I have always done PRN, up until this year. I took a full time position, and I am now regretting it!

Any words of wisdom?

Thanks

Sorry that you feel like you got slammed here....I see your point-Our administration will lie to us-if we let them...Please stand up for yourself and for what is fair for everyone.....And don't let anyone make you feel bad about it,either...We all have to work our share of weekends and holidays and well know that being a nurse means we will miss significant events in our families lives.....But that does not mean that one person should always get their way.......I have a similar problem with my schedule right now-my DON is on vacation but I have the letter ready for her when she gets back.I have been very flexible-why should my days off be changed top accomodate someone else who does not have seniority over me?...Like another member says"They will only give us as much as we'll take": Sometimes you just have to be firm.Make sure you know the scheduling policy well before you go in there with your guns drawn...Good luck
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