No rehire !!!!!!!!!!

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Can I ask everyone which hospitals in Dallas have the practice of labelling their employees as No rehire?

If there is no offence on the part of the employee and they served their notice period but left the organization before 6 months , can they still do that?

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
I agree that everyone has to work hard to be entitled for employment and that's fair , there is no right for employment , I get it. But my point here is that you cannot just label anyone not eligible for rehire unless there is a serious error/ warning or anything like that. That means just because management/recruiter doesn't like someone they can be listed as not eligible for rehire.
No they can put not for rehire for any reason. Yes...that is true if they don't like you or you are not a "good fit" AND if you are within probation they can fire you for combing your hair different.

ANYWHERE you work without a written contract...you are an employee at will. No where in the constitution are you guaranteed or entitled a job.

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I know it is difficult to believe that an employer would be so haphazard with someones livelihood but the fact is....they just simply don't care. For years I was no a fan of Unions/collective bargaining in nursing. Now it is my most sincere wish that nurses ban together like the Police and Fire....we are a large community and can make changes...we just have to agree.

To Senior administration nurses are red ink. We bring no direct revenue and hospitals cannot charge for our services we are therefore....expendible.

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I agree with you 100%.

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What exactly constiutes a "serious" problem? If an employee was otherwise exlemplary but late to work so often and so egregiously that the hospital system no longer wanted to consider them for future employment, would you consider that fair? And if so, how is that substantially different from an employee who stays through orientation and then leaves soon after? They are both non-clinical problems that cost the hospital money and cause them logistics headaches. Im dont see why being an inconsiderate employee should be any more forgivable than being an incompetent one.

The first scenario you mentioned is fair. Coming to work on time is a requirement that has to be followed. All I wan to say is that because the employer cannot maintain a safe environment or communication they get to label any employee that they wan to. I mean to say its clear dictatorship. I heard a story of a girl who did not do good in an interview and she was listed as not eligible for rehire , seriously ?

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Specializes in Med Surg/ICU/Psych/Emergency/CEN/retired.
No they can put not for rehire for any reason. Yes...that is true if they don't like you or you are not a "good fit" AND if you are within probation they can fire you for combing your hair different.

ANYWHERE you work without a written contract...you are an employee at will. No where in the constitution are you guaranteed or entitled a job.I know it is difficult to believe that an employer would be so haphazard with someones livelihood but the fact is....they just simply don't care. For years I was no a fan of Unions/collective bargaining in nursing. Now it is my most sincere wish that nurses ban together like the Police and Fire....we are a large community and can make changes...we just have to agree.

To Senior administration nurses are red ink. We bring no direct revenue and hospitals cannot charge for our services we are therefore....expendible.

I have worked in places with no union and in places with a union. I think unions are not without problems but overall a benefit to nurses. Where there is a strong union, nurses fare better, specifically with regard to pay and benefits. I've been involved in strikes, and it can be ugly. Getting nurses to agree? That is the most challenging but no reason not to organize.

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.
IMO it wouldn't have been such a huge deal before corporations started buying up everything they could get their hands on, such that one company is now effectively able to blacklist someone in good portions of a an entire state or region.

Word of mouth has been doing this for years. Colleagues talk, and word gets around when somebody gets burned.

It seems that you are trying to make this personal when it isn't. You burned your own bridge, and from your description you already knew the influence of your hospital's parent corporation before you did. It reminds me of a long term care facility where I took a job when I first arrived at my current location. In orientation we were told, "This company owns several LTC facilities in town, and if you burn a bridge with one, you burn a bridge with all. Give proper notice when you leave."

Point being, it's not a good idea to bail on a job, particularly a first job, a few months after you take it.

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I am not trying to make it personal, as I had already mentioned in the previous posts that there was no communication about the policies or even employee handbook. Proper notice was given and served. It sounds a monopoly /dictatorship that the employers are misusing now because the nurses don't have a good back up.

Employers can label anyone "not eligible for rehire" but my thing is this gives them an upper hand and the nurses have to suffer in bad working conditions in fear in the meantime the employers stretch them like rubberbands until they break.

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I am not trying to make it personal, as I had already mentioned in the previous posts that there was no communication about the policies or even employee handbook. Proper notice was given and served. It sounds a monopoly /dictatorship that the employers are misusing now because the nurses don't have a good back up.

Employers can label anyone "not eligible for rehire" but my thing is this gives them an upper hand and the nurses have to suffer in bad working conditions in fear in the meantime the employers stretch them like rubberbands until they break.

Why would a person want to work at such a place again? They have policies and practices you don't believe in, that's a clear signal to go elsewhere.

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Word of mouth has been doing this for years. Colleagues talk, and word gets around when somebody gets burned.

It seems that you are trying to make this personal when it isn't. You burned your own bridge, and from your description you already knew the influence of your hospital's parent corporation before you did. It reminds me of a long term care facility where I took a job when I first arrived at my current location. In orientation we were told, "This company owns several LTC facilities in town, and if you burn a bridge with one, you burn a bridge with all. Give proper notice when you leave."

Point being, it's not a good idea to bail on a job, particularly a first job, a few months after you take it.

I will kindly assume that you must me "you" plural, and not me personally. I've been lucky to have had zero employment difficulties and have been employed at the place in question for the better part of 2 decades. I simply have an interest in this as a larger ethical issue. I feel like things have changed since I was a new nurse and I think it's sad and unfortunate for all involved. That is all.

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Why would a person want to work at such a place again? They have policies and practices you don't believe in, that's a clear signal to go elsewhere.

It isn't so much that a person wants to return, it is the fact that many prospective employers will not hire someone once they hear the "not eligible for rehire" verdict from the previous employer.

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Or that, the more widespread this practice becomes, the very little "elsewhere" there is.

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It isn't so much that a person wants to return, it is the fact that many prospective employers will not hire someone once they hear the "not eligible for rehire" verdict from the previous employer.

Ah okay, that makes sense.

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Specializes in MCH,NICU,NNsy,Educ,Village Nursing.
How does it violate that. There is no discrimination. Any company can deem anybody a do not rehire. No comapny has to hire someone. And they probably felt after the money they put into training you, they got no return on their investment and won't risk that again with you.

You didn't do anything wrong, but that doesn't mean the company has to rehire you.

Texas is a work at will state also...they don't have to have a reason, basically.

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