selective memory??? (rant)

[peter73]

I thought that I had learned my leason about believing managment, but then I wouldn't be in this little mess.

When I was hired at my current facility they really wanted me to work days d/t past experience but I refused and held out for nights as this area has NO am before school child care (that is for school age children to include dropping them off at school)and even though I have been a day nurse for several years I HAVE TO work nights for my kid. I explained that issue to them many times.

Well a month ago I was asked about days again with more pressure.

I went through the whole no daycare issue again and was told that they would work with me for my schedule if I couldn't get care for my son and move the shift start back an hour so I could drop him off on the way to work. It wouldn't be an issue as I would be the desk nurse and it was only an hour. They really needed a nurse with my background to straighted some issues up. Well I bought the story.

So after talking it out at home I agreed to change to days. Well, suprise of suprises there still is no am care that will bring my son to school. So i went in and told them that I could not get childcare before school but I had everything else covered but that one hour..

They looked at me like I was stupid and said "don't try to make this my problem":eek:

I was quickly informed that they had replaced my night shift and I either show up Monday at 7 am or there is no hours for me here and I had better go home and work the phones to get childcare set up. I could have choked the B****. I mean it was not like I never told them this before, they brought up changing the shift not me... i guess a lie is the only reason I finally gave in to work days.

Needless to say this little _say one thing do another, just get 'em to do what you want thing is my biggest rant (being expected to almost flat out lie to staff is why I left my last office job for a staff position). And if they think for a minute they can win in a decision between work and child they have another thing comming. I went right home and set up some interviews.

I have never, ever not given at least a three week notice when i quit a job, but I think I just may call them up monday morning and say ...umm still no daycare, so ...I got a different job that fulfills my families needs as well as thier own.

ADministration is always trying to figure out why turnover is such an issue......could it be lack of respect, common courtisy, and professionalism.:zzzzz

[KaroSnowQueen, RN]

Are you in LTC? I cannot believe the number of lies I have been told by LTC management, and then when it comes out, they act like they never heard it before. That's one reason I left LTC.