I'm pretty sure I need to resign...

[MostlysunnyRN]

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about a LTC facility that offered me pretty low starting pay for a PRN RN position and then when they sensed I was going to turn it down increased the pay. I truly did not desire to work in the area of LTC at all but I was getting nowhere in my job hunt and got great feedback that even a PRN position in LTC would be better than nothing and might open other doors for me, so I accepted the job.

Several weeks passed and I was finally told all my background checks cleared. I went in to do paperwork, computer orientation, etc and was asked to coordinate with "staffing" (who I later found out is a secretary there) about my schedule/start date. The lady in staffing then tells me I'm already scheduled for every other weekend! I've done PRN work before as a LPN and I've always given my availability and/or coordinated based on open shifts--never was I put in for shifts without being asked and with a few days notice. After I told her I had another job, she told me to call her with my availability. I called a few days later and left a message that I'm calling to give my availability. Several days passed without a call back. Then I get a text message telling me I failed to show up for the weekend to do floor orientation and did I still want to work there?

I remember a quote from the late Dr. Maya Angelou that goes something like: When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. There were a few other things that made me question this place, but now I feel like I just need to bow out before they try to terminate me. I've called and left a message for the DON, but nobody ever calls back so I'm thinking I should just type a resignation letter so I have something in writing and take it there personally. Just needed to vent about this. Any feedback is welcomed.

[Raviepoo]

Wow. That is very messed up. You're PRN and they have already scheduled you for every other weekend without checking to see if you are available? I would not consider working for a place that was so unprofessional. In fact I recently ran away from a staffing agency for something similar. Just send them a note politely declining their kind offer. You haven't even oriented. You don't actually work there yet.

[MostlysunnyRN]

Wow. That is very messed up. You're PRN and they have already scheduled you for every other weekend without checking to see if you are available? I would not consider working for a place that was so unprofessional. In fact I recently ran away from a staffing agency for something similar. Just send them a note politely declining their kind offer. You haven't even oriented. You don't actually work there yet.

Thanks for sharing your experience and input! The thing is I specifically told the staffing person that I would call with my availability so she should've took me off the schedule until further notice. For her to send me a text asking me why I didn't show up is ridiculous. Let's not even mention the HR person taking an employee ID picture with a personal cellphone. Yeah...my thanks but no thanks note is already typed and ready to be delivered tomorrow.

[caliotter3]

They are trying to set you up for a termination based on "no call, no show". Beat them to the punch with an employment declination letter with the particulars worded in a way to show that you were not a "no call, no show", and send the letter certified, return receipt requested. And I would never list this on any resume or job app in the future. No paycheck, no employment.

[MostlysunnyRN]

Good idea caliotter3. I never want to be at a place where I'm set up to fail from the get-go.

[caliotter3]

I can just picture that employee who pressured you about the "scheduled shifts" you missed. She sounds precisely like more than one such person I have met along the way. You learn to never present your back to people like that, especially when they have influence over your livelihood.