So...who gets the job?

[flashpoint]

There is a bit of a dilemma where I work..I'm not involved in it, but I am curious about what other nurses think and abotu what supervisors (other than mine) would do.

Here's the story...

One of the full time night shift nurses turned in two weeks notice...nurse's are supposed to give 30-days according to the policy manual. One of the evening shift nurses requested to transfer into the night shift position and after having to go through the entire application and interview process was offered and accepted the position. One of the PRN nurses agreed to fill the evening shift position until the new nurse could work out her notice at her previous job and go through orientation. The day before the night nurse's last shift, her new position fell through, so she "rescinded her resignation." The DON accepted that and moved the evening nurse back to the evening shift and gave the night nurse her position back...the new nurse (the one hired to work evening shift) was pushed into a one day shift, two evening shift, and two night shift position. Seems pretty unfair to me...the evening nurse is now scrambling to find child care becasue she gave up her babysitter who immediately found another child to fill the spot...the new nurse gave up a job that was much more ideal than the bouncing from shift to shift thing plus she is losing her shift differential on the shift she works day shift.

I guess I always thought once you quit, you were done...if something happened and you ended up not needing to resign, you were out of luck...sure if the position was still open, it would be logical to let you have it back, but if not, it seems very unfair to mess up so many other lives.

[profstudent4life]

There is most likely a legal reason behind why the nurse got her shift back. It may not be fair, but trust me, there is more than likely a rule or regulation behind all of this. Majority of situations are not black and white.

[flashpoint]

I suppose that makes sense...seems really unfair though. The new nurse gave up a job that was much more ideal because this one was supposed to be much more ideal...she really got ripped off.

[profstudent4life]

I agree...I have seen this type of thing happen before, and it is not just limited to the health care field. A job I used to work at in college, this guy got fired and reinstated 6 months later. The person who had been hired to take his position got let go, and was completely out of a job. It was an awful and unfortunate situation, but there was some "legalese" behind it all. I sure wish life was fair sometimes...if it were, I would be a making the big bucks and not some of my former bosses! :-)

[flashpoint]

LOL...it happened to me once and I was furious. I applied for a job, was offered the position and accepted...the day before I was supposed to start, they rescinded the offer...my previous position was filled and I didn't want it back anyway. It turned out to be a good thing because I really like the job I ended up with, but still...

[CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN]

Huh? I'd like an explanation on the legality/ need to give the person the job back. Once you turn in a notice, I would think that is it. If something would happen, then you need to restart the process. Maybe if it was union they would give you senority or something?

[flashpoint]

It doesn't really make sense to me...we aren't unionized or anything, so that can't be it. It seems odd to me that once you resign and someone is hired to replace you that it is that easy to keep the position if you change your mind. I could see the facility offering whatever position is available, but letting you keep your position and breaking a commitment to someone else jsut doesn't seem right.

[flashpoint]

This isn't the first time this happened at this facility...they did the same thing with a DON a couple years ago...same with a laundry supervisor. Just weird.

[CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN]

Anything goes in LTC, HUH?

[nicurn001]

Are you in an at will state , if so employee / employer can terminate a job at any time for any reason . So in this case the nurse 2 weeks notice , but maybe the job she was going to was withdrawn , she then rescinded her resignation , for whatever reason ( one possible reason , would be now they do not have to orient new person to the post , so saving some money )your present employer accepted that and has allowed her to continue in her present post .

It is unfortunate for all invoved that this has happened , but if in an at will employment , nothing can be done .

[TiffyRN, BSN, PhD]

It's obviously up to the discretion of the management. Money-wise; management saves money if they don't have to orient someone new, so they financially prefer to keep a previous employee. I've even seen an employee given their job back after being gone a couple of weeks and the new job isn't working out. If the employee is considered rather valuable, they will be more likely to give the position back. Not fair to the people who shifted around and changed their childcare, but healthcare facilities are not really into fair, if you haven't noticed. They are businesses.

I've also seen managers refuse to hire back capable skilled nurses because those nurses left to work for a competitor, yet the unit is chronically understaffed. Meanwhile regular employees were being forced to work additional on-call shift to cover gaps. Thankfully that manager has moved on and the new manager wasn't here when the big upheaval happened.

[morte, LPN, LVN]

i wouldnt trust that manager, as far as i could throw her.....