Has anyone else experienced this? I just accepted a new position in an acute rehab facility. During the interview I was told that I would be replacing someone who wanted to work a different schedule within the company. I was also told that I would only rarely have to stay past my scheduled shift but that most days I would get out on time. I told the interviewer that I will work my five days each week but do NOT want to be called on my days off, as I am not interested in any overtime and she said she would make a note of it and wrote it down.
I am now a few days into orientation and I have learned from the other nurses in the facility that a.) I am replacing a nurse who got fed up with the working conditions and left the company without a two week notice, b.) I will end up having to stay over the end of my shift pretty much every time I work in order to get everything done, and c.) I received a phone call this morning at 6:30 where I was pressured to come in and work to cover a call off, even though I told the caller that I do not want more than five days a week and I am still on orientation to boot. She was not very happy when we hung up.
I feel duped and scared that I have gotten myself into something that I will regret. I do not appreciate being lied to and I think it was unethical to do so. Part of me wants to run before I get in any deeper and part of me feels like I need to stick it out, except that I'm worried that I will decide to do so only to find that I am constantly pressured into picking up overtime, being forced to stay over, and getting nagged to come in on my days off, in which case I will kick myself for not getting out right away. I am not afraid to say NO to the requests for overtime, but if this is an ongoing thing, it will make my life miserable anyway.
I was hired for a position that was posted as 0.5 FTE. When I got off orientation they started scheduling me 36 hours per week. It took me 6 months to get them to finally agree with me on what my hours are suppose to be. They were looking at it as a Part-Time when in fact I was hired at 0.5 FTE. So what that means is that they can not schedule me over 20 hours per week without asking me. I had to go to the top dog in the hospital to finally get things worked out. Stick to your guns.
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So I can totally relate. I transferred to SNF from critical care in the hospital and have had the exact same experiences you are discussing, among many others. I was trying to spread my wings and do something new. My recommendation is to run, quickly. I tried to make it work for 1.5 years and I just can't anymore. I am on my way back to the hospital. I spoke directly with my manager in the hospital and have found it an easy transition back. I just could not risk my license and sanity anymore.
This whole situation is so simple to me. Quit your current job. Start your dream job. Live a happy life.
What's the problem? You are in orientation, you orientated and found out it wasn't for you. Move on already.
Many places have a 90 day new hire probationary period. You can't bet they wouldn't think twice about letting you go if they changed their minds. It's just business.
So I went in today for my third full day of orientation and the nurse who was supposed to train me called off, a day shift aide called off, an afternoon shift aide called off, and a night shift nurse called off just before I left at 3 pm. This is typical. When I got there this morning and the night shift nurse told me that my trainer had called off and asked how comfortable I felt "winging it", I told her not at all comfortable and that if there was no one to train me I would go home and resume training another day. They then assigned me to another day shift nurse, or I really was planning on going home.
I am meeting with the dialysis supervisor next week. I can't quit my current job until I get hired by her for sure, and I sure do hope she wants to hire me.
I am meeting with the dialysis supervisor next week. I can't quit my current job until I get hired by her for sure, and I sure do hope she wants to hire me.
In case she doesn't hire me, because we need for me to have a steady income. I know something else would come along, but if I felt pressured to hurry up and get something to keep the money coming in, I might end up in just the same predicament I'm in now.
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I was hired for a position that was posted as 0.5 FTE. When I got off orientation they started scheduling me 36 hours per week. It took me 6 months to get them to finally agree with me on what my hours are suppose to be. They were looking at it as a Part-Time when in fact I was hired at 0.5 FTE. So what that means is that they can not schedule me over 20 hours per week without asking me. I had to go to the top dog in the hospital to finally get things worked out. Stick to your guns.