You may/may not recall an earlier post about my horrible interview. My interview was with this crazy, inappropriate, unprofessional nurse manager on MedSurg. Well, 2 weeks later I interviewed in a different dept. (L&D) and the nurse manager informally offered my dream job on the spot. She has been keeping in touch via phone and email with me the past 2 weeks. I'm just waiting for the call from HR.
I am so excited until today. I called HR to check my status on the L&D job and HR tells me there are 2 approvals for 2 different dept. (one in MedSurg, the other in L&D) and the DON has to decide *if* she's going to hire me, and *which* dept. she wants to put me. She said they "are wondering how dishonest" I am and think I wasn't forthcoming with the managers. WTH? It's nothing but a turf war and I'm being made to look like I'm dishonest. I told the first crazy manager that my goal is to eventually transfer to L&D but I would give her a solid, one year on her floor. (I later decided there was no way in hell I'll work for her, but I was polite at the end of the interview and left it alone). When I managed to get a word in, I told her my passion lays with women's health. I guess the crazy manager was too busy talking about herself to listen to anything I said. NO formal offer was made from HR about that job. Fast forward 2 weeks. I land an interview with L&D. Everything is great. I tell the manager I have papers in HR for the other position but no formal offer was made and I don't want the job anyway. She said that's fine. How am I being dishonest? I feel like this crazy MedSurg manager is making trouble. I will be so upset if I lose this job in L&D b/c of this drama!
When talking with HR today I mentioned that no offer was made from HR on either job. I told her even if the MedSurg job was offered I decided I wasn't going to take it b/c of the experience I had with the manager during my interview. That interview was one month ago and I still haven't gotten an offer from HR anyway. She probed about my experience and I told her everything that happened. The racial comments that were made about other nurses, the plans to "clean up the floor" and fire people, the bad-mouthing other nurses and using first names, etc. I told her how unprofessional the interview was and that I was turned off. These were all reasons I decided I would not take that job if it were offered. Why can't I interview with other departments if no contract has been signed? I don't understand that. Yes, it territorial, but my goal is to work in L&D and that was mentioned in my interview. Now that I've finally made it (maybe) to L&D I get a roadblock. So now I have to wait until DON decides if I can have the L&D job. HR is supposed to meet with the DON today. I'm sure this will be discussed.
Congrats. Take this as a sign that Karma was working for you. One bit of advice - once you start pretend you have selective amnesia regarding the med-surg fiasco. In the words of Sgt. Schultz, "I know Nnno...thiing!"
nursel56
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Great and congrats!! Crazylady? You've never heeaaaard of her, her name does not pass your lips! :)