Today I was made redundant

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Hi,

I have been working in a senior management position in a home health company.

Today I was called into the CEO's office and informed that my position had been made redundant, effectively immediately. I was given a redundancy package (quite generous) and I had 1 hour to clear my desk and leave.

It is now 4 hours since that time, and I am sitting at home.

I find myself reflecting that I can once again choose which direction to go. I have extensive clinical experience in home health, perioperative and renal nursing and I have management experience in all.

I could go back to one of these fields, in either a clinical field or a management field or...?

I have been a nurse for 30 years, do I really want to keep doing this till I retire?

I feel that being made redundant has made me examine what I want my future to be.

What I am really pondering is to go back and study to be a high school teacher.

What do you all think?

Specializes in Med Surg, Hospice.
Congratulations on such a great out look... But consider one thing! Why not become a Nursing instructor and fulfill your teaching desires from that angle. Possibly be easier to start with less schooling with all of your experience!

:yeahthat:

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Specializes in Med Surg, Hospice.
Ok, at the risk of looking stupid. What is redundant? I've never heard this term before?

It means laid off permanently. Been there.. done that..many many times... :angryfire

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It means laid off permanently. Been there.. done that..many many times... :angryfire

As well as the term "Plutoed" (one of my favorite new words).

Getting laid off can be a good thing, it's great you're looking at it that way. Don't forget about filing for unemployment (you can likely get that too). My first reaction was "that must suck", and then I thought about it and now I'm jealous lol. Good luck!

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REDUNDAND it sounds worse in USA than in other places i guess

we use the term phased out as a general rule but it means the same thing glad that you got a umbrella if i know nursing it was more silver than gold but don't look a gift horse in the mouth

as for your future only you can decide that, being a teacher would take more time than going into a different part of nursing but if it is what you would like to do there is always a need for teacher

you spend a lot of your life at work, go to the field that will give you the most fulfillment

they say that being loking forward to going to work in the morning and looking forward to going home in the evening makes for a happy life

good luck

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Specializes in M/S, dialysis, home health, SNF.

I would just savor the time you have right now, relax and ask yourself what YOU want to do, now that the future is all yours.

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Specializes in nursery, L and D.

I think you are so strong for looking at this with a positive light. I had this happen once, and I didn't see it coming, and I had to spend a little time feeling resentful, lol. I see now that it was wasted time, and I am glad you aren't doing that.

Good luck in what ever you decide. With your outlook on life, what ever it is you can make it work!

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Education.
...if it ever happened to me to use it as a positive rather than a negative.:nuke:

Excellent advice!

Good luck to you with whatever path you choose. You'll always think like a nurse at heart! :redbeathe

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Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.

I say give yourself a few days to let the dust settle and to clear your head, and if you still want to teach, go for it! You know what working with the general public and management is like, so you aren't a babe in the woods to human behavior. You sound as if this isn't the first time you've thought this over. At the end of a few days if your thoughts are the same, make your decision and go for what you want!

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Ok, at the risk of looking stupid. What is redundant? I've never heard this term before?

I don't think that was so stupid, but I think I'm going to top you.

TO the OP...so you have been a nurse for 30 years and your age is listed at 46?. So you became a nurse at 16 y/o? Is that legally possible in Australia; or am I being too concrete?

Sorry you were terminated; but I'm glad you are taking it in stride.

Unfortunately I cannot give you advice on whether to pursue teaching or not, but the suggestion to check out teaching future nurses was outstanding. This world needs nursing instructors in the worst way and it addresses 2 of your passions, so it seems to be a perfect fit.

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you are such an inspiration to me.

whatever path you choose, i know you will find many successes.

best of everything to you.

leslie

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.

I think this really will be a positive experience for you. It may just give you the opportunity to do things you would not have, otherwise.

Another positive is that, when future prospective employers look at your resume, they will look at this totally differently than they would look at getting fired or just changing jobs for the fun of it. You can say that your position was eliminated and that has no negative reflection on you at all. It will also be a plus when you can say something like "I decided that this would be a positive experience for me, rather than a negative, and so I did blah blah blah..." That will be a big positive for you!

Take your time in deciding where you go from here, and good luck to you!

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Specializes in Community, Renal, OR.

TO the OP...so you have been a nurse for 30 years and your age is listed at 46?. So you became a nurse at 16 y/o? Is that legally possible in Australia; or am I being too concrete?

.

I started nursing at 17, I accelerated through high school.

30 years ago Australian nurses were still trained in hospitals, 1979 saw the first Diploma courses and soon after the first BSN courses. Since then I have done an BSN, and MSN.

I am 47 in 1 week, so that makes it close enough to 30 years for me.:nuke:

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