staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN · Apr 15, 2005

Wow...that is just wrong on so many levels :angryfire

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Apr 15, 2005

Folks: No one should have to hide behind caller ID and answering machines. I always pick up and when I say "no", it means just that. I don't play hidey hole games with anyone.

While I understand your position and respect your answer, I submit that the answering maching and voicemail works better for me, because somehow I feel more in control and more prepared than if I answer the phone simply because it rang.

Does that make sense?

SmilingBluEyes · Apr 15, 2005

It makes sense, sure, but it's not how I handle it. I guess I prefer to be direct. I do Have caller ID and when I see it's work, make up my mind before I pick up if I will do it or not and I tell them so. No one has to wonder where I am, and no one calls again and again as they "run the list". One call and if I say no, ----or yes----that's it. :) If I am sleeping (I work nights) and not to be disturbed, my son or husband tell them so and I call em back when I am up. No one at work wonders if I am screening my calls or not, they know what's on my mind.

I guess I just like people to know where I stand, period. But like I said, whatever works for you, fine. I am not condemning anyone. I just think there is a more honest way to handle it.

Mandylpn · Apr 15, 2005

I just finished dealing with staffing. I received a very angry call. "Where are you. You are scheduled to work today. You have to come in". I explained that my copy of my work hours says I'm off, that my hubby is in all night budget meetings and that I had two hours of sleep...could I come in from 11p-730a. "NO! Come in now. It's your responsibility to cover your shift." Decided to call my nurses station and found out that there were no changes on the schedule and I was not on for today. Also staffing tried the same thing with two day shift nurses today! Ya'll know what was really going on? This is my short week. The hospital doesn't have to pay me overtime. My theory is they decided to scare and bully me in to save a buck!:angryfire

Hi, I NEVER answer my phone when I am off, we have caller ID! :chair:

brigaily2000 · Apr 15, 2005

Folks: No one should have to hide behind caller ID and answering machines. I always pick up and when I say "no", it means just that. I don't play hidey hole games with anyone. Thank Goodness I work in a place such tactics are not tried. I would not be able to tolerate such things. This is truly disgraceful. Betweent this and the "mandating OT" thread, I am really, really GLAD I work where I do.

Well said by a fellow redhead!

fergus51 · Apr 15, 2005

I'm with you Deb. My answer (yes or no) ends the discussion. I will not play games with my employer or let them play games with me. Some of the people here are seriously surprised about that. It's the same as calling in sick when I need a night off or if I don't get the vacation I request. I just won't do it.

nursescar · Apr 15, 2005

I had to read this twice to make sure I was comprehending what I was reading. You're saying that you weren't scheduled to work today, but they tried to make like you were by calling and harrassing you to get your butt in even though you were off? So you called your unit to make sure there weren't any changes made that you weren't aware of and you were really and truly off today. Am I correct? If I am, that is truly unbelievable and they have a lot of ballz to do something like that and I would have told them rightfully so. :angryfire Cheeses, you can't even have a day off in peace. Get that caller ID.

I really second the issue with using alcohol as an excuse-----sounds like these folks could/would use that against you at some point.....I'd be careful.

KacyLynnRN · Apr 15, 2005

Just my opinion...if my work did something that dirty to me, I would leave. I would never want to work for a place with staff I can't respect, be them staffing dept. or not. You deserve better!

boulergirl, CNA · Apr 15, 2005

Sometimes saying "no" is not enough...I've learned that with some people, you REALLY have to put your foot down. One time work tried to call me in and I told them "Ok, I understand that you really, really, really need me to come in and no one else can. But I have a prior commitment and am expected to keep it. I'm sorry but I cannot come in tonight." (I had to babysit and could not back out of the arrangement.)

boulergirl, CNA · Apr 15, 2005

Oh, and another thing...I've also learned that it's not okay to move and then not give my boss my new phone number. She tried to reach me for a spur-of-the-moment emergency meeting with the staff. When she couldn't reach me, I was written up.

Now staff members are routinely written up if they don't attend a staff meeting.

UnewmeB4 · Apr 15, 2005

Sometimes saying "no" is not enough...I've learned that with some people, you REALLY have to put your foot down. One time work tried to call me in and I told them "Ok, I understand that you really, really, really need me to come in and no one else can. But I have a prior commitment and am expected to keep it. I'm sorry but I cannot come in tonight." (I had to babysit and could not back out of the arrangement.)

I never give them any info, as it is NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS! I say "NO"! Even where I use to work. I say "No" again. ..and that is all I tell them, even if they "beg". End of story. If I call in sick, I say, "I am calling in sick, I won't be in for 11-7 tonight." No further information is necessary. If I am asked to try to get people to come in, the same holds. "We need someone for 7-3, if you can come in please call.....If they answer and say no, I thank them and hang up.

I'd be looking for another job if I werre treated so poorly. And make sure I mention that on my exit interview.

Judee Smudee, ADN, RN · Apr 15, 2005

Very nasty trick, do not want to be associated with people like this.