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Warpy

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71. That's exactly it these days

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 08:44 PM

Jul 2012

It's all money. Never mind a green new nurse is not going to be making good decisions. Never mind there will be occasional lawsuits, it's easier to budget for those than pay a seasoned nurse.

It happens in the corporate world, too. If there's no place to move up into management, you're out at 55. You're making too much money and starting to cost the insurance plan a few bucks, better to get a green kid right out of college and lose money on him for a few years while he learns the job. It saves money in the long run.

However, the way they're getting rid of older nurses is obscene.

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I've been working at a new job for 9 weeks and tonight [View all] Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 OP

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I think I know what it feels like to be Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #4

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Don't stand in line! Run to BlueToTheBone Jul 2012 #28

How horrible.... physioex Jul 2012 #2

Is There a Buyout in the Works? SoDesuKa Jul 2012 #3

No buyout. I am a nurse in a county jail working for a nurse admin Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #6

privatized or civil service type employment? nt msongs Jul 2012 #8

Privatized managed healthcare. Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #13

The day this country goes to a single payer plan that will be the day this country will move southernyankeebelle Jul 2012 #52

Do you work for the Naphcare Corporation? FarPoint Jul 2012 #10

No not Naphcare. The company I work for came after Naphcare. Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #12

If this is the pattern, then there is a discrimination suit possible... rfranklin Jul 2012 #25

And yes the business is making money! Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #7

This is what I'm seeing where I work. underseasurveyor Jul 2012 #9

I hear you. This Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #11

UNION Selatius Jul 2012 #14

I work 5 minutes from home. Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #15

Hey- I live in Lawrence, KS! Where do you work at? O/ nt cecilfirefox Jul 2012 #53

Are you organized? Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #16

Sadly, none of the above. Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #18

Try this.... Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #41

If nurses would only bond together and unionize..... FarPoint Jul 2012 #26

Things have gotten so bad Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #17

Possible they were let go for some type of infraction? Skip Intro Jul 2012 #19

Working while being black? Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #20

I don't know, do you? Skip Intro Jul 2012 #21

I don't know why they were fired as no one takes about it. Seedersandleechers Jul 2012 #23

I'd bet they were fired to sweeten the bottom line. For a sale, or a loan, or something. nt Nay Jul 2012 #29

I can see a lot of different possibilities Major Nikon Jul 2012 #22

I know attendance policies for Nurses are normally very strict... n/t IamK Jul 2012 #24

or it could be the reason that our unemployment is so high Enrique Jul 2012 #40

I hate to break it to you, but there's also a push to get older nurses out Warpy Jul 2012 #27

warpy is right riverwalker Jul 2012 #33

I wish I could vote your post as today's best XanaDUer Jul 2012 #34

I suspect the young new nurses have fewer benefits LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #65

That's exactly it these days Warpy Jul 2012 #71

Getting "walked to the door" without notice usually... meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #30

I worked for years at a nonprofit hospital that perp walked XanaDUer Jul 2012 #36

Oh, puh-leeze. I'll see your anecdotes and raise you the two times I've been coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #39

True. I left my last job in 1981... meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #44

My latest was in 2010. Previous was 2004. In both cases, was not even allowed to say coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #45

My RIF was 2010 XanaDUer Jul 2012 #50

I'm still unemployed after some 20 months. I've made a bunch of bad coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #54

I'm so sorry XanaDUer Jul 2012 #58

The building where my condo is located has seen values of its units drop by some 65% from the coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #64

Don't blame your wife or yourself XanaDUer Jul 2012 #67

Oh, I definitely don't blame my wife. She's an artist and doesn't work coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #68

The game is rigged against average folks XanaDUer Jul 2012 #70

Back atcha. 2009 and 2011 RIFFs both had plenty of time and notice. nt dmallind Jul 2012 #60

Consider yourself lucky that you seem to have worked for humane employers. Me, not so much. But I coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #63

Sorry, this is often a corporate SOP ... regardless of ... etherealtruth Jul 2012 #48

A jail medical department is probably run on a quasi-military style of management FarCenter Jul 2012 #31

reminds me of a place i used to work dembotoz Jul 2012 #32

That's the fundamental problem with using seniority as the basis for pay and benefits FarCenter Jul 2012 #42

still of the generation that thought loyalty should be rewarded dembotoz Jul 2012 #61

Staying in the same job at the same organization for over 10 years isn't loyalty, it's inertia. FarCenter Jul 2012 #62

Sometimes a hospital or gov job is the XanaDUer Jul 2012 #69

Terrible. Nurse Ratched? Faygo Kid Jul 2012 #35

Amen. nt XanaDUer Jul 2012 #37

Go back to England if you can. Before it too is finished. Headed in that direction, is it not? SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #43

Mandatory private health insurance will solve this problem. For-profit care is the law! nt Romulox Jul 2012 #38

It's not just in your field. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #46

Call me paranoid, but SoCalDem Jul 2012 #47

I can't believe what has happened within nursing/ the healthcare industry etherealtruth Jul 2012 #49

My niece works in a new county trauma center.... Historic NY Jul 2012 #56

Though extremely rewarding .... etherealtruth Jul 2012 #57

Well she is a busy 30 something... Historic NY Jul 2012 #59

Fiscal cuts? I know many county services / staff are getting cut in my area. pinto Jul 2012 #51

With fewer labor laws to protect workers and fewer unions tawadi Jul 2012 #55

The nurses should go on strike. Betcha they can't find replacements. Zalatix Jul 2012 #66