So, I have been at my job for seven months now and I applied for a transfer to my dream unit. My application was rejected, so I emailed the supervisor to touch base to see what more I can do to become a competitive candidate. I had talked with her before and have even went as far as to do what she suggested: join the specialty's organization, volunteer on a routine...she said she would sent off my resume.
Now? She is saying that the manager is recommending TWO years of med/surg experience to even be considered even though I have done EVERYTHING that the supervisor has asked and that unit has hired so many new grads. She says that med/surg is great and blah, blah, blah. But let's face it: how can working with sick adults help with premies? It doesn't. This is the same person who told me she only spent one year in med/surg prior to switching to my dream specialty.
I am livid. I feel like I am being strung along, and that I have absolutely no future whatsoever at my job. I have since started filling applications at other places.
I am half-way done with the residency program with more than seven months of experience, and I am damn sure not going to stay another 17 months in hopes getting something that I probably won't get. I have been at this hospital for damn near five years, and I am furious. I get waiting to a year-mark, but two? Hell no.
At this point, what should I do? Should I leave the hospital and try to get on somewhere else? Contact her after the residency program is over (I will have almost 14 months of experience) and say that I am ready to transfer? I would hate to leave this institution as I am almost vested and it has great benefits, but I don't want to reward this stringing along behavior.
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
While the baby boomers in my work place are dedicated and loyal, will work overtime and complain that they do not see their friends and families (and regard that as a necessary evil, the way things "are"), the younger generation values a balance between work life and private life, they want satisfaction and they do not want to "waste" time. They also leave more easily and go somewhere else if that place helps them in reaching a better life-work balance.
I was born in the early 1980s, on the cusp, so I am either at the very end of Generation X or the very beginning of the Millennials. Anyhow...
I see no point in being loyal to an employer. I was 20 years old when Enron collapsed, leaving masses of loyal middle-aged employees with nothing upon which to retire. The harsh reality is that our employers don't give a hoot about us. Thus, I am as loyal to them as they are to me.
Corporations and employers are out for their best interests, and so am I. It's simply a two-way street. I will not break my back for a workplace when I will soon be forgotten by its leadership team. I apologize if this sounds selfish, but it is what it is.
I will remain with my employer as long as my needs are being met. My employer will keep me aboard as long as their needs are met. Once anything changes, it is time to go.
I want to be as stable amd financially sound as possible prior to having babies since I will most likely be the sole income for the family.
It's very good to have goals. But allow for life to happen. You will really learn when you have kids, that the best laid plans will go awry very quickly and the sooner you can recover and adapt the better. So you have not gotten your way so far. You are new in your career. Are you even married/involved with the person with whom you want kids? I mean, go ahead and work on the career; the whole marriage and family thing will happen and may well fit in or derail your plans anyhow.
Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.
I am odd duck GenXer-almost Boomer.
I am reliable and a very hard worker, but when it's said and done, my career never has defined me. And I work as much as I want to, no more. If they call and I don't want to work, I say "No". Simple. My family has always been number one, which is why I left the military after 10 years, to raise my kids, myself, not in a daycare. If I am tired, I rest. If I need change, I look for it, which has had me working several specialties in my nursing career......I have taken some risks in my career in the name of variety and moving from boredom and burnout. In some cases, those decisions were horrible mistakes, others a blessing. But I learned from them all. Experience is an amazing instructor of life.
I am a good worker, but my loyalty to my employer goes only "so far".....as far as it serves me. I am where I say I will be when I say I will be there, and do what I promise I will do. Baby Boomer values.
I also am patient and willing to wait and work for what I want. Baby Boomer values.
BUT I do NOT put body and soul into my career. And never will. I like positive feedback and feel the desire to please more when I get it. I do NOT live to work, I work so I can do what I want to live. I embrace technology and love new things. (more like Millenial values).
Some of us don't fit into any category except in age. My values span the generations. I appreciate and value the Millenials and their ideals as well as those of the Boomers before me.
But no matter WHAT generation, patience IS indeed admirable and a virtue and petulance is very unbecoming.
Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.
Artificial insemination.
I want to be as stable amd financially sound as possible prior to having babies since I will most likely be the sole income for the family.
If that is the case then you have absolute say WHEN it will happen. I don't get your impatience at all. I really don't.
Again, maybe you should start on that master's degree and along the way, you may find your way to the specialty you want, or another one that appeals. Either way, you are getting nowhere fast doing what you are now, being all pissed off that you are not getting your way right now.
Move on. Keep trying and be positive.
The kid(s) will have even a greater impact on you if you intend to be a single mom. You may have heard that a woman can have it "all"------career, family, you name it.
Maybe she can. BUT NOT ALL AT ONCE. The sooner you understand that, the better off you will be. Trust me, I am one who tried it and failed. Priorities.
Nursing and it's Petty politics.... what does her user name have to do with her
Question? Not relevant and very petty.
What a strange post. Someone literally just asked the OP if she had a BSN or ASN, so that response was indeed relevant and definitely NOT "very petty."
What a strange post. Someone literally just asked the OP if she had a BSN or ASN, so that response was indeed relevant and definitely NOT "very petty."
That's what happens when someone has a knee-jerk reaction to a post, and hasn't bothered to read the whole thread to actually understand what's going on.
I am also only loyal to my employer so long as that suits my needs. I am as replaceable as anyone else.
However, staying at a position for at least one year while you look for another position and plan appropriately, OP is in your best interest, not for the sake of the employer.
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PS: what the devil is a "Silver Bird"?