Not given hours

JKL33 · Aug 31, 2019

Talk to HR. Explain that you would like to work the hours allotted to your hired position and that you believe some staff are working OT while others are not getting their hours. Be prepared; this sounds like a jerk place.

Places that are run horribly get themselves into messes. The thing about the guy on his 4th day is that it's possible no one wants to put him on-call because one of the days he's already worked this week was actually extra. And then he, an experienced nurse, will rightfully raise h*ll about being put OC because that keeps him from earning what he believed was going to be OT pay when he decided to do them a favor earlier in the week.

I'm not saying that is what happened, but in jerk places it happens a lot.

Best of luck ~

Sour Lemon · Aug 31, 2019

6 hours ago, FutureNurse0201 said:
So, I am not sure what my options are here. I am a relatively a new nurse (for several months now). I work full time at a hospital (3 12-hours). Sometimes, they need more people and I sign up for overtime. Sometimes, I get cancelled or placed on call (when overtime). There is this night CN that loves placing me on call. But this morning she pissed me off. She called me at 5am to tell me I was put on call. I informed her that today is my 3rd day and I need my regular hours. She said "oh well so is everyone else" I looked at the schedule and there is a guy who will be working his 4th days today. I am beyond upset. I didnt accept the job to work 20hours a week. Is the hospital required to pay me my basic salary? What can I do about this?
To make things worse, our manager who had everyone's back quit yesterday so i am at loss who to talk to. Thank you

Being put on call frequently seems to be pretty typical for a lot of places, particularly for places that hire a lot of newer nurses. Newer nurses don't always stick around very long. Employers realize this. They hire a bunch of employees at once, knowing some will leave, and they end up very overstaffed.
After a few months (if they make it that long), people start moving on ...ironically, sometimes because they're being canceled a lot. Then the hospital is short staffed and they're begging everyone to work over time.
The cycle goes round and round and round.

Some people opt to use PTO when they get canceled if that's an available option.

BSN-to-MSN, ADN, BSN, RN · Sep 3, 2019

If it is not overtime for you, and he is in overtime, he should be on call, not you. Overtime or extra pay RN gets put on call. But, sometimes it is based on skills and abilities. Perhaps, he does charge, and you don't.

Another thing is that a log is kept of on call dates, so the same people don't get put on call. Ask about that. I'm sure you and him are not only nurses on , so what about other regular hours RNs?

Good luck, and approach this calmly.

southern rn · Sep 3, 2019

Yeah, you do need to talk to HR.If you have insurance or benefits lots of times those are based on the fact you work a minimum amount of hours per week, plus the fact your premiums can't be deducted you didn't work.

RN_atlast · Sep 3, 2019

At my first RN job, if you picked up OT before your last shift of the week they would find a way to cancel you/ put you on call for your last shift so you didn’t end up with OT. It got to a point I stopped picking up shifts because it would make my schedule so unpredictable. And I’m a person who loves OT.

As a previous poster said, talk to HR. At the very least ask them if there is a unit you can transfer to where you can actually work your 36 (or whatever is FT for your facility) hours per week.