I was a prn float nurse working at a LTC facility and I was scheduled to work last weekend and was cancelled both nights, thought something was strange, so I called staffing and i was told that i needed to speak to someone from HR, long story short; recieved a call from a person from HR close to 9pm at night from an unrecognizable number stating that I was being removed from the schedule and that management talked it over and decided that I had weak management skills, I was told that it was not my clinical skills that was the problem, I asked what specifically am i being accused of and could not get a clear answere except a situation that she brought up that occured last year in which i was not at fault, I never received an evaluation and I feel that i am being dismissed unfairly not truly knowing the exact reason why i was asked to leave, it seems like someone should have at least discussed with me the managements skills that i needed to improve upon, no communication between myself and managers what so ever, I am so disappointed in the way i was informed of managements' decision, it is as if i didn't even matter, nothing both coldness. So, I had to encourage myself in the midst of tears rolling down my face realizing that nurses need to have tuff skin to survive such a cut-throat, stab in the back profession while remaining professional with a caring attitude, Not all management is the same, I believe there are some who really care about their staff.
ADD: It's worse when u work half a day and THEN they decide to terminate you! And this is after giving your all to set up a doctor's office, get it running, get the computers and billing system on line, it is all just so rude.
I'm sorry this was handled in such an unprofessional manner. It was a cop out. Chances are good they had no real reason to let you go and so they took the cowardly way out because they know they have no good answers to your questions. Consider it a blessing. You can and will do better.
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To give my two cents - no it is not reasonable to do this over the phone. If you were prn then you were an employee of that facility. I know I'm getting old when I say society is going to pot - but really it is.
We are valuable workers and yet treated like expendable day laborers. I too have had various trumped up charges come from a "write up" that happened months ago. It just so happened someone decided to have it in for me and be a tattle tale. As that tattle tale did not have enough to substatiate a write up there were various other silly things that were there to validate the write up.
My husband's company laid off dozens of workers via email. They were told that if they received a certain email by a certain time (after hours when people were at home!), they were laid off. If they didn't receive one, they were still employees.
As soon as notifications started being sent out, many of the terminated employees then sent emails to work friends with subject lines like, "I'm out!" It was a bad, bad evening for everyone, terminated or not.
I have never heard of anyone being terminated over the phone. Like another reader said, the employee has to sit with the employer (usually the manager) and HR. This does not mean that you still can't be terminated unjustly. It happened to me several years ago at a time when I was going through a horrible personal crisis, and I ended up notifying the state unemployment about it.
carolmaccas66, BSN, RN
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ADD: It's worse when u work half a day and THEN they decide to terminate you! And this is after giving your all to set up a doctor's office, get it running, get the computers and billing system on line, it is all just so rude.