Things may be changing...
I had an interview this Thursday via Teams. This was my second interview and it was with the CEO of the company. I think this one is mine if they can come up with a decent enough salary and benefits package. The last offer I got was the same salary I'm making now but the benefits sucked and I would have had to move someplace more expensive.
The next step is to tour the facility and talk about the financials. They are working on a long time line which means I would have over a month to give notice, secure a FL license, and move. I like not being rushed... My current company requires 2 weeks notice but for management and clinical they really want 30 days. If my current position plays nice and doesn't try to screw with me even more than they already are they will get the 30 days, if they mess up my already requested PTO for Christmas after making me work three 12 hour kitchen shifts including a 12 on Thanksgiving along with my clinical case load they will get exactly what is required.
I have put up with 50-60 hour weeks and working 6 days a week for months... I'm salaried so they pay me for 37.5 hours no matter how long I am actually there and this has been saving them tons in paying the hourly staff for overtime. It's not fair and I'm done trying to fix it. I like my residents, patients, and the nursing staff, but my own department has screwed me over too long. I passed up my dream job so they didn't lose all but one member of the management team back in June, I got hurt on the job in July doing the dish washers job and I'm still in pain, and there have been so many broken promises and things they were supposed to pay for and didn't (my license renewal and a few other things required for me to continue to work), and hiring or transferring in help that they said they were doing two years ago and I'm still doing it all myself... I'm just done.
This new position has a higher number of clinical cases but I would be part of a team and it would only be clinical, some kitchen safety assessments, and providing education to other staff members, not the clinical plus covering everyone else in the kitchen... Pretty much what my current job should be. The pay starts higher than I am getting even with my most recent raise and the location is in the middle of the state where I have my parents 20 minutes away for 6 months out of the year, family in the next town over, friends on both coasts, beaches within driving distance, and a lot more to do locally. I am really hoping they can come up with a good package as I'm ready to say bye bye to this place... Here's hoping...
The next step is to tour the facility and talk about the financials. They are working on a long time line which means I would have over a month to give notice, secure a FL license, and move. I like not being rushed... My current company requires 2 weeks notice but for management and clinical they really want 30 days. If my current position plays nice and doesn't try to screw with me even more than they already are they will get the 30 days, if they mess up my already requested PTO for Christmas after making me work three 12 hour kitchen shifts including a 12 on Thanksgiving along with my clinical case load they will get exactly what is required.
I have put up with 50-60 hour weeks and working 6 days a week for months... I'm salaried so they pay me for 37.5 hours no matter how long I am actually there and this has been saving them tons in paying the hourly staff for overtime. It's not fair and I'm done trying to fix it. I like my residents, patients, and the nursing staff, but my own department has screwed me over too long. I passed up my dream job so they didn't lose all but one member of the management team back in June, I got hurt on the job in July doing the dish washers job and I'm still in pain, and there have been so many broken promises and things they were supposed to pay for and didn't (my license renewal and a few other things required for me to continue to work), and hiring or transferring in help that they said they were doing two years ago and I'm still doing it all myself... I'm just done.
This new position has a higher number of clinical cases but I would be part of a team and it would only be clinical, some kitchen safety assessments, and providing education to other staff members, not the clinical plus covering everyone else in the kitchen... Pretty much what my current job should be. The pay starts higher than I am getting even with my most recent raise and the location is in the middle of the state where I have my parents 20 minutes away for 6 months out of the year, family in the next town over, friends on both coasts, beaches within driving distance, and a lot more to do locally. I am really hoping they can come up with a good package as I'm ready to say bye bye to this place... Here's hoping...