Why does quitting feel so bad...
February 26, 2016 4:18 PM Subscribe
Company fail or am I jumping ship too soon?
I quit my job today to go back to a job I left 15 years ago.
To start I make pretty good hourly...$26.30 and work pool at the hospital for a little bit less. I worked at said hospital years ago and found myself unhappy so I left but remained zero assigned.
The company I work for now is for profit (hospital isn't) and has recently cut our 401k for the year, pushed back raises, and cut hours...needless to say staff is leaving all over the company...there are multiple sites.... nurse management is being let go only to be filled by business management who have no experience in patient care, but will run numbers to see where staff is needed with their new "matrix" (X amount of pts, so X amount of employees for the day so low census is given-that kind of stuff).
I just don't feel secure anymore even though I am valuable.
I am taking a night position to work 3 twelve hour shifts for slightly less pay, I don't have small kids anymore so I think I can adjust. Manager said I could stay pool at job I am leaving, so I can fill in keep foot in door.
My problem is I feel like I am going backwards instead of forward but the job security is a plus at hospital...am I panicking or are the signs of a badly run company really there?
I quit my job today to go back to a job I left 15 years ago.
To start I make pretty good hourly...$26.30 and work pool at the hospital for a little bit less. I worked at said hospital years ago and found myself unhappy so I left but remained zero assigned.
The company I work for now is for profit (hospital isn't) and has recently cut our 401k for the year, pushed back raises, and cut hours...needless to say staff is leaving all over the company...there are multiple sites.... nurse management is being let go only to be filled by business management who have no experience in patient care, but will run numbers to see where staff is needed with their new "matrix" (X amount of pts, so X amount of employees for the day so low census is given-that kind of stuff).
I just don't feel secure anymore even though I am valuable.
I am taking a night position to work 3 twelve hour shifts for slightly less pay, I don't have small kids anymore so I think I can adjust. Manager said I could stay pool at job I am leaving, so I can fill in keep foot in door.
My problem is I feel like I am going backwards instead of forward but the job security is a plus at hospital...am I panicking or are the signs of a badly run company really there?
I think you made a very good and thoughtful decision. I don't know much (anything) about how businesses are run but I've heard of better and worse stories than what you describe here. If I were you, I wouldn't want to work there either.
posted by waving at 6:04 PM on February 26, 2016
posted by waving at 6:04 PM on February 26, 2016
It sounds like you're just turning a knob down on one job and up on another, the perfect reason to have kept yourself on the roster at the hospital and to keep yourself with your foot in the for-profit's door. If they figure their business out, you can turn that knob back up again. Plus if they're being overrun by biztypes, they totally get why you'd do such a thing.
It's normal to feel loyalty to a job that benefits you, and I wouldn't feel guilty about looking out for your own interests.
posted by rhizome at 7:03 PM on February 26, 2016
It's normal to feel loyalty to a job that benefits you, and I wouldn't feel guilty about looking out for your own interests.
posted by rhizome at 7:03 PM on February 26, 2016
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posted by LoveHam at 4:49 PM on February 26, 2016 [2 favorites]