So I was supposed to transfer to another unit in 4 weeks and recently discovered that it will be 6 weeks before I can actually transfer. The hospital policy states that I'm only obligate to 4 weeks notice, but my manager said it's up to them to decide on when to let me go. Is that right? To make matters worse, no one discuss with me. I was excited to exit soon and now I have to wait longer. I guess it's not really that big of a deal waiting two more weeks, but I am very upset that no one said anything to me about the change until now.
You work the floor, so you should expect this. We are rarely if ever treated with decency or respect. In fact, if you become too troublesome in having the audacity to ask to be treated fairly, someone in some lazy, do nothing management position will think nothing of firing you. So just sit back and take it, like us floor nurses and others who actually work always do.
I would "go with" it, personally. I transferred between cost centers this year. It was at the discretion of my manager(s) - on botwas h ends to sort out the details. HR provided the compensation adjustment info, the managers provided a date. I was merely along for the ride. I now have responsibilities in both cost centers. The speed of my transfer was dependent on needs of the unit / patient care. Given the "right" circumstances (perfect storm of events, something like a mass casualty event) I would have to function in my old job role and not my new one because of the impact on patient care. If we're in a situation to be calling in staff who aren't on call, they WILL call me too.
You may want "out" but don't burn bridges, ESPECIALLY not within the same organization. You don't know who will get a big promotion next and end up in a bigger position of power.
THE absolute MOST I would do is MAYBE have a conversation with my current manager and see if they're willing to share their reasoning. Most health care organizations have "rules" but "contingencies" that trump the rules, and if I had to bet your manager will say it's related to patient care needs / unit operations and be able to get away with essentially whatever. I would ONLY do this if I had a positive relationship with my manager.
Ha thats nothing. My first job they first said 2 weeks, then after that 2 weeks they said 4 weeks. Then after that they said 7 months. Yeah, months. I said goodbye at that point.
I felt this topic a little bit funny because very similar thing happened to me when I internally transferred last year. I got a job in another unit and HR suggested me a start date four weeks away. I went to talk to the nursing manager of the old unit about the transfer and start date suggested by HR. She was furious and told me the date was just what HR was saying and she would decide the exact date. Of course, she made me wait six weeks to transfer.
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Omg! Six months is a long time. I'll take my six weeks and run. I'm sorry that happened and am glad you were able to move eventually.