Should I stay or go?

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Hello everyone.  I am asking advice on my current situation.  I am a nurse care coordinator at a primary care physician's office and have been there for 2 years now.  The volume is higher than any other office in the medical group.  My boss is also mean, condescending and two faced.  I have tried to resign once before, but was persuaded to stay.  She gave me false promises and never followed through on her word.  Now, I have another job offer that I accepted.  It would be for another doctor's office.  Not that high of a volume.  It's a well known company with lots of growth.  The benefits are great, there is tuition reimbursement, more vacation days and I would be wearing scrubs.  I would be taking a pay cut, but it would definitely pan out in the end.  I even negotiated my hours.  There isn't any remote work and I may be furloughed if a second wave hits.

My current boss asked me to stay.  She said she would try to reorganize the workflow of care coordination.  So I made a pro and cons list twice and I am leaning towards the new job.  I was just wondering if anyone could give me any feedback?  Or has anyone ever been in the same situation?

On 10/5/2020 at 1:58 PM, Jedrnurse said:

Why would you believe your boss this time? What's changed?

The new job sounds great. (Mind you, you'll never know for sure until you're working there, but the benefits sound worth the pay cut.)

Thank you.  I feel the same way.

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On 10/5/2020 at 3:56 PM, Sour Lemon said:

I'll go against the grain here and say...

Now's not a great time to be the newest staff member, especially if there's already talk of furlough. What good are the hours, benefits, and vacation time if you're not actually working? And how long do these things take to kick in, anyway? Furloughs can end a few different ways, and some of those ways are not good.

How big of a pay cut are you looking at for these "maybe if you don't get laid off" pros?

On the flip side ...after quitting, then staying, then quitting, then staying (if that's what you choose), I would expect less respect and less consideration from the current employer, not more. I would also expect to be replaced without a second thought if my employer came across a better option. You're sort of damned if you do and damned if you don't at this point. I think I'd just flip a coin.

I may be foolish  in leaving during a pandemic, but I am not going to put myself through this torture any more.  If there is a second wave and I get furloughed I will deal with it.  There will be other jobs out there that would be temporary. The bottom line is working in a toxic environment is not for me any more.  I was yelled at on Friday and she thinks I care.  I am also tired if crying after she treats me badly.  I have 2 more weeks left.  I gave her 4 weeks, but I should have given her 2 weeks.

 

 

On 10/5/2020 at 1:58 PM, Jedrnurse said:

Why would you believe your boss this time? What's changed?

The new job sounds great. (Mind you, you'll never know for sure until you're working there, but the benefits sound worth the pay cut.)

 

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23 hours ago, NotFlo said:

The Nurse Care Coordinator is like a Case Manager.  I am responsible for making TOC appointments for patients when they get home from a hospital or Subacute Rehab.  I also help set up DME, home care services, go over meds with patients, set up in home blood draws, set up xrays and ultrasoundsat home or at an outpatient facility, I manage a population health specialist, I update my spreadsheet, upload records, make phone calls, talk to my TOC NPs, find doctors for orders, answer phone calls, help with behavioral health services, have meetings, do medical assistant lunch and learns monthly, and follow up on my high risk patients.

 

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On 10/5/2020 at 11:37 AM, evamomo said:

Hello everyone.  I am asking advice on my current situation.  I am a nurse care coordinator at a primary care physician's office and have been there for 2 years now.  The volume is higher than any other office in the medical group.  My boss is also mean, condescending and two faced.  I have tried to resign once before, but was persuaded to stay.  She gave me false promises and never followed through on her word.  Now, I have another job offer that I accepted.  It would be for another doctor's office.  Not that high of a volume.  It's a well known company with lots of growth.  The benefits are great, there is tuition reimbursement, more vacation days and I would be wearing scrubs.  I would be taking a pay cut, but it would definitely pan out in the end.  I even negotiated my hours.  There isn't any remote work and I may be furloughed if a second wave hits.

My current boss asked me to stay.  She said she would try to reorganize the workflow of care coordination.  So I made a pro and cons list twice and I am leaning towards the new job.  I was just wondering if anyone could give me any feedback?  Or has anyone ever been in the same situation?

Get a new job.  Your boss will fire you in a ❤️ beat if you become an expense.  

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