Job pull from me.

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I was offered a new job. I was so excited to get away from my LTC don she always nit pick on my for everything. After putting my two weeks in at my LTC I worked at and my two weeks were up I found out my new job had no hour for me any more. I have been job less for a month now. I have only been a lpn for under a year I keep getting turned down for jobs because I don't have experience. Should I go beg for my old job back? What should I do?

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I think that's illegal and the employer who said they were going to hire could get in trouble. I'm not positive, contact a lawyer

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Okay.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Was the new job a full time offer or per diem? Unless they offered you a contract with full time hours you do not have much recourse, if any, legally. If the new job is per diem, it is quite common to start and find out that due to census, scheduling or any number of factors that you no longer have the hours/schedule that you thought you would have.

Did you give proper notice and resign as per policy when you left the LTC job? Did you leave on good terms? If not, all the begging in the world won't help you if you are on ' do not rehire' status. If you did follow policy, you can reapply but there is no guarantee in this job market & economy that your old job exists.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Looking at your post history, it seems you will likely not be successful at getting your old job back if they didn't have you work your final two weeks and dismissed you after a coworker complaint. I'm sorry. You'll have to just keep looking and applying

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Specializes in Critical Care.

This can happen, its not right, but I have heard of jobs being pulled before and not just in nursing. Many employers have been taking advantage of the bad economy and downsizing letting their remaining coworkers take up the slack. Also I wonder if your old employer gave them a bad reference and they changed their mind. It is a really crappy thing to do to someone, but unfortunately it happens.

It is always a good idea to have an emergency fund when changing jobs in case things don't work out. Try to stay on good terms with the old employer so you can get your old job back if you have to. It won't hurt to ask for your old job back, but there is no guarantee you will get it. Depends if your DON liked you and whether the job has been refilled yet. I've known quite a few coworkers who left our hospital and then came back because they found out it was worse elsewhere. They are usually allowed back, unless they were known as a trouble maker. A few weren't able to get their job back because they had a reputation of calling out sick too often or liked to cause trouble via gossip and cliques and had bullying tendencies. If they let you return you might need to work a different job or shift than what you previously had.

Good luck to you. Hope everything works out ok for you.

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