I had been scheduled way ahead of time to work this Thanksgiving, OK, fine it's my turn. My daughter in law invited me to come to her family's town 3.5 hrs drive away from me as she and my son would be there with her family having driven down from their home 9 hrs away. But no I couldn't I had to work, so I turned down the invitation and made no plans, btw this would have been the first TG in 11 years where I wouldn't have been all alone for the day. : (.
The time comes for work, I shower, get dressed, makeup on and go to the hospital. I run into the supervisor as I was going in, "Oh I left you a voicemail, we don't need you tonight so you can go home". Not only did the hospital screw me out of a nights holiday pay they screwed me out of the opportunity to see my son and daughter in law.
Has this happened to anyone else? They maintain a rotating list of nurses who they put on "standby" when the census drops to certain levels. They just fricking hang you out to dry. Then they have the nerve to call me sometimes and ask me to come in at the last minute because "we're desperate". I never have and never will come in to work any extra shift to help them out, EVER.
Oh yes, I forgot this is at a faith based hospital that is all over themselves, going on and on about "The Spirit of Mercy"!
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
holidays are a fact of life of hospital nursing. i'm sorry you're upset, but i don't think you got "shafted." did you not check to see if someone else wanted to go home before you agreed to leave?
We are our own worse enemies. You think it's ok for them to treat you like that? Well, I hope you continue to think so for the next 30, 40, 50 years of your working life.
I was referring to her attitude of rolling with the punches and making the best of the situation.
I don't get holiday pay, or overtime according to the state labor laws, for the most part. If you think I am feeling sorry for myself, think twice. You are being too cheeky.
Sorry to be cheeky. Is it like being a rake or a scamp or a vamp or a rat or a dirty dog or a weasel? Or something else? It sounded like you were either angry or feeling self pity or otherwise something unhappy. If I misperceived your intent, please do forgive this social faux pas.
I was referring to her attitude of rolling with the punches and making the best of the situation.
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I still think that we are our own worst enemies. We let bosses walk on us so routinely that we don't even recognize it any more when it happens. We gripe to each other and then move on. We don't see ourselves as change agents. We want someone else to make the changes for us, or we expect bosses to become nice and show appreciation. Right.
Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
I don't think the 4 hrs pay just applies to union contract hospitals. I do believe that is a labour board issue. I'm pretty sure they owe you four hours. And check with the labour board if that is straight pay or holiday pay.
If your hospital does have a union contract, maybe for next negotiation time they need to discuss a policy change for holidays. They need to have a clear policy of calling people off in a way that doesn't shaft them the way you were. Maybe some people would agree to be called off if necessary. In your case, you wouldn't have agreed. There are lots of ways to get proper coverage without shafting you the way they did.
You can refuse to take call in my hospital but they will place you wherever you might be needed. This is so nurses don't have grounds to file for partial unemployment.
I knew a nurse who did just that, file for unemployment, back in 2001-she was fired for a lot of trumped up nonsense within a week.
Other professions such as law enforcement, teachers, even servers would not tolerate this kind of treatment.
Sorry your day went badly. Where I work, if we try to get a hold of you to call you off and we have left a message within a reasonable amount of time, then if you show up, you get sent home. We also go by a list and if it is your turn to get called you get the call. We are not going to pay someone to stay if we don't need them, with all the budget constraints and such, there is no arguing the point. Did you know your census dropped? Are you regular staff or PRN because that makes a difference also where I work...if you are PRN you are first to get the call.
My suggestion would be to check messages before you leave for work. They didn't shaft you, it isn't like you came in and they said...oh hey,we forgot to call, you need to go home. You just didn't pick up your message, simple as that.
Ruby Vee, BSN
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holidays are a fact of life of hospital nursing. i'm sorry you're upset, but i don't think you got "shafted." did you not check to see if someone else wanted to go home before you agreed to leave?