The happy policy

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There's apparently a policy in our workplace, a new one that says something along the line of; Anyone who appears drained, unenthusiastic, unhappy in anyway etc. can be asked by the manager to leave that work day in order to reflect on their behavior. Thoughts? Do you have a policy like this?

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there's apparently a policy in our workplace, a new one that says something along the line of; anyone who appears drained, unenthusiastic, unhappy in anyway etc. can be asked by the manager to leave that work day in order to reflect on their behavior. thoughts? do you have a policy like this?

what ???? :eek:

that is unreal. do they want a flowsheet of when you poop, in case that might be causing you some discomfort that may need to be reflected on as well?

so- they probably have an attendance policy that says you have to have an urgent appt with the medical examiner as the guest of honor before you call in, too- eh? next time you feel like cr@p, and go to work anyway, and they tell you to go home, remind them of the call-in policy.

that's nuts. they are nuts. good lord, the mood police. i can see if someone is whining to the patients, or being inappropriate- but to be tired, unenthusiastic (if a nurse came bouncing into my room at any time looking too perky, i'd think she popped her dingy), or unhappy (woe be it to the poor nurse who is getting beat up at home, whose kid is in reform school, or aunt is dying of progressive supra nuclear palsy-- or anything).....

omg. does press-ganey now have a "perky section"????

i have a "policy" against puking, but i may just cave after seeing this.... oy.

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Might want to change your name to PerkyPetals, too :)

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It's so subjective and leans towards favoritism! I was so irked when I read the thing; wish I copied it so I could give a more accurate description of it. Glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks this. Oyy management. Must be easy to be 'happy go lucky' without getting your hands dirty. Geez.

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It's so subjective and leans towards favoritism! I was so irked when I read the thing; wish I copied it so I could give a more accurate description of it. Glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks this. Oyy management. Must be easy to be 'happy go lucky' without getting your hands dirty. Geez.

I think I'd be taking my happy butt somewhere else....but I know jobs are tough to come by. Keep thinking of them in terms of squid. Spineless, live in the dark, are always down too deep to be seen, and stink if it gets too hot. :D

Hang in there, and no- you're not off on this :)

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I'm not allowed to be anything but smiley. Sorry if I must sneeze.

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Who is supposed to cover your assignment after you get sent home?

Staffing is so tight, I just never see this actually happening. Sounds like a scare tactic.

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

We used to hate it...absolutely hate it...when our managers would go off to an IT conference. There would invariably be some idiot with a seminar on "improving employee retention" (just beside the "reduce headcount your way to higher bonuses" seminar). They'd practically want us to group hug and sing "Kumbaya" just after being told he's reducing headcount 5% per month for the next 6 months, and so 3 out of 10 of us are going to be unemployeed -- and he'd wonder why we didn't walk in the door singing "Oh what a beautiful morning."

As a nurse, we've had the "hand out fuzzies if you give me a warm fuzzy," "stars for star players" "Wings for shift angels" and god knows what all. Same stuff, just useless BS out of a management magazine somewhere. Now, we apparently have the "Stepford Wife" theory of nursing practice....

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

Yeah. I've heard of a program called "You're On Stage!" that's like a seminar on how to look perky and happy all the time. Ridiculous. I can hardly imagine what a patient might think when a naturally quiet (but pleasant) type is forced to plaster on a Miss America smile. Creepy as hell, no doubt.

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I've seen the "Star" forms at my doc's office..... I'm gonna get a wad of them next time, and do nothing but send back comments on how insulting it is to be given "stars" for "good behavior" as an adult. If they want perky, haul out the gift cards :D And not the 1-buck menu stuff, either. A few pre-paid Visa's would have at least made a few hours a bit "perkier"....planning on getting out of there to go shop!!

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Id be fired on the spot some nights.

Im sorry but its how I deal. When Im with pts, I can act all happy but out away from them, it is when I decompress. Another reason Im glad I work nights and dont have to deal with this management BS

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Sounds like what they really want are cloned Mary Poppins.

Perhaps an explanation?

Another example of policy by committee. Started out to give an out for staff to be send home if they had a particularly horrendous shift without being charged PTO. Say, like covering during disaster of 40 diabetic children on a bus trip when the bus overturned when it hit a group of motorcyclists and the nurse had 22 of these little darlings show up at the ER. 14 are diabetic, 4 in the same family, and one set of identical twins. The other 8 had been on 4 choppers and all need everything stat. This was the starting point.

Once it hit the policy committee and got the bean counters involved the wording was changed again and again until it had a bottom line they could live with.

Now when this same accident comes in and later when you are dragging your perky little behind, one of these nut cases will probably come up behind you and remind you of this policy. Only now it is a threat. And it will count as an unscheduled time off and can't use PTO and will be subject to disciplinary action.

A horse by committee is a camel. A good will P&P as reviewed by bean counters becomes a weapon.

Just be glad the MVA described is not your problem and smile about that today.:D

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