Think I have to resign...

[belfry]

I have worked for the same hospice as a case manage for 4.5 years....love it, love to patients, staff, and have good evaluations. Was full time, for the past 2 years part time /PRN. With the economy like it is, nobody has gotten raises ina couple of years, and mileage reimbursement is not great. But...good place, good people, etc... Anyhow, suddenly upper management decided I should be straight PRN. Well, i say okay, but if I will not get PTO I need to have my pay adjusted accordingly....which is 10 percent as we get one hour per ten worked. They wuss around for a week and then tell me they will give me 50 cents more an hour. i just stared at my boss, and he said is that not going to cut it? I just said "no" and walked away, i was afraid i would cry or cuss.

Well now i feel like I just need to go, if that is what they think of me. i have been there longer than anyone except one other nurse, I take full time call tho I am part time, I do anything they need, work FT when someone is out sick or on vacAtion, do after hours stuff, and evidently all that matters to the powers that be is cutting corners. I am angry, hurt, and sad that i feel like I have to leave to keep my self respect.

Responses???

[rainbowbrite85]

Sorry to hear you are going through this. The question that I would be asking myself is, "Can I afford to quit right now?" If yes, then do it If not, wait until you have another job lined up.

I highly doubt their actions are a reflection of what they think of you. It's the economy right now, and 50 cents might be all they were allocated to give.

Obviously you have to decide what to do and what is best for your situation, but it's a big deal when you have a job that you really enjoy and love. Weigh the pros and cons of leaving before you make an (emotional) decision

[singingtothewheat]

Are you part of a nursing union. If so they should be able to help.

Again, another reason why as nurses we need to have more power to protect ourselves from the whim's and ways of management

[canigraduate]

I am so sorry that you feel so bad. Perhaps, after you are able to look at this calmly, you can go back to your boss and try to negotiate. If management doesn't pony up, let them know that you view this as disrespectful to you and you can't work for people who don't respect you. See where it goes from there.

Believe it or not, this approach has worked for me a couple of times. If you can take the emotion out of the situation and be calm, you may get what you are after.

Good luck!

BTW - your boss is a turd and handled that badly.

HUGS to you!! :hug:

[grandmawrinkle]

I had to do this years ago in a similar situation. It's a hard call. I think if you truly believe you are deserving of better, it doesn't do anyone any good to stay. You'll just carry resentment toward your employer forward and it will end badly, somehow. Sounds like you are a good guy, and you they won't know what they were missing until they lost you.

The situation I was in was this: I had asked for a small raise after I had been at a homecare agency for several years with no raise at all. Their pay was low to begin with (I had scoped out other agencies) and I cited what I had found and what I thought I was worth, and why I thought I deserved a raise. After waffling around, they said no, because "Then they would have to do it for everybody." (What? So nobody at that agency gets raises? ...is what I thought.) I put in my two weeks and went elsewhere.

The only thing I would be really cautious about is getting another job with the way the employment scenario for nurses is right now though. If you were only going to be PRN, perhaps you can afford to not have an income while you look for work.

[belfry]

No no union here. And I am not asking for more than they were giving me, just to make it equal, if I am not getting the PTO, just reimburse me that same amount. What they are offering me is a ten percent cut for the same work!!!

[CNM 26.2]

You also have to remember that sometimes PTO is a benefit for full and/or part time employees so if you are PRN you do not qualify for that benefit-in which case they really are under no obligation to make this up to you. I don't know if that's the case or not, but that may be where they are coming from. Sorry to hear about your situation though-I hope it all works out for you.

[TickyRN]

whatever you do, dont quit before you have another job lined up.

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

Have you considered travel nursing?

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Sadly this market is more in favor of employers than employees. Maybe stay until you find work elsewhere? Good luck!

[grandmawrinkle]

You also have to remember that sometimes PTO is a benefit for full and/or part time employees so if you are PRN you do not qualify for that benefit-in which case they really are under no obligation to make this up to you. I don't know if that's the case or not, but that may be where they are coming from. Sorry to hear about your situation though-I hope it all works out for you.

This isn't everywhere, but many facilities have a FT/PT benefitted pay scale and then a PRN only pay scale. The PRN scale IS higher because they don't have to pay out benefits. It's certainly not unheard of. I don't think that what OP is asking for is unreasonable.

[singingtothewheat]

I disagree wholeheartedly. If you had this benefit I don't believe they should be able to suddenly decide your worth less, without any compensation. However, in this climate I would Never just quit a job until I had another.

You also have to remember that sometimes PTO is a benefit for full and/or part time employees so if you are PRN you do not qualify for that benefit-in which case they really are under no obligation to make this up to you. I don't know if that's the case or not, but that may be where they are coming from. Sorry to hear about your situation though-I hope it all works out for you.