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I said yes to a job offer... [May. 20th, 2024|10:14 pm]
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[music |Nothing right now]
[Current Location |Florida]
[mood |anxiousanxious]

It's not where I want to be and it's a bad fit, but it should keep me going for a while until I find something better. I guess I'm just going to have to make sure I keep my mouth shut and try not to get friendly with my co-workers. I'm also going to have to remember that I'm only allowed to put earrings in one set of holes. I guess it's a good thing I didn't go for the cartilage piercing I thought about. This is such a wrong move for me but I don't want to blow through my savings waiting for the right job, it's been 2 months already. I'm just going to have to smile, suck it up, and just do my job without letting anyone get a hint that I'm not a conservative, right wing, type. This is going to be an uncomfortable job... At least it's money, health insurance, and I'll learn a new EMR and I won't have to explain an even bigger gap in my employment history. Fun times....
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An update.... [May. 7th, 2024|05:46 pm]
frostfalcon
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[Current Location |Daytona Beach, FL]
[music |Children screaming in the pool]
[mood |anxiousanxious]

I've been unemployed for 7 weeks now. I'm still stressed (I was stressed before this all started, the facility was a shit show) but at least now I'm stressed about picking the next job so it's not a shit show and I'm not being taken advantage of.

I've had several interviews and one offer that I was hard pressed not to laugh at as it was less than what I made right out of school. They did come up to something I'd consider but they are pushing me to make a decision, but when I asked them to put it in writing and not just a verbal offer they took their time and then sent me the benefit info not the offer. They are my third choice but so far the only offer I've gotten.

The first choice is with the same parent company, 100% virtual, and the focus is pretty much the entire reason I got into healthcare. I've had two very long interviews and I really feel like this could be a great position that I could thrive in and make a difference in people's lives. They are being a bit slow on making a decision and if I wait for them I'm worried I'll miss out on something else if you don't choose me...

The third option if I don't get the one I want is to go back to being a contractor in long term care. The money is good, the benefits are good, and as a contractor I wouldn't be directly involved in the facility so they couldn't make me do the kitchen work that the previous two places have done. I'd take care of the clinical, the charting, some audits, and maybe a meeting or two but not the day to day crap when you actually work for the facility...

I really hope that the job I want comes through, that would be the best fit...
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The Ides of March.... [Mar. 15th, 2024|07:04 pm]
frostfalcon
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[Current Location |My apartment]
[music |Nothing right now]
[mood |aggravatedaggravated]

So yeah, I feel stabbed in the back... Got terminated this morning. They said I wasn't doing enough and wasn't taking care of enough of the issues with the patients. Considering I had more than double the recommended number of patients for my specialty (they recommend 1:65 or 1:75 unless it's critical care then it's 1:30 and we had an average census of 150+) I thought I was doing well. Yes, I was behind, but not that far and some things got a lower priority... Taking care of patient related stuff came first, then required billing/insurance related documentation, then educating nurses and CNA's on stuff they should already know came last.

I was thinking about leaving anyway as the new administrator and director that came in a few months ago didn't like me and were playing favorites... we had 5 of our best people leave and the new people they brought in seemed to already know the director from other facilities... I think I'm leaving the rehab and LTC area and am going to try hospital and acute care again. Someplace big enough that I'm not expected to be the entire department on my own or be expected to come in at 6am because they had a call out and needed someone to cover the mornings.

I mean, they lied to me right off the bat about several aspects of the job so I knew this wasn't my forever job and should have expected something like this.
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Considering making an offer on a house... [Mar. 2nd, 2024|02:35 pm]
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[Current Location |Daytona Beach, FL]
[music |Alestorm - Pirate Metal Drinking Crew]
[mood |hopefulhopeful]

I think that if the tour goes well tomorrow I may just go ahead and make an offer. The house needs some cosmetic help but the structure itself is good. The AC is new which is a plus for being in Florida. The roof is also pretty new, another plus. It has a decent garage and fenced-in back yard.

My issue is the carpet has to go, the back door needs to be replaced, and the trim around the doors have been chewed on by the family pets. It could also use a good power washing... It also needs some updates but I can do them one room at a time while I live there. The bathrooms have already been done and that's a big plus since I hate doing those. The kitchen is fine but eventually I'll want to re-do that too.

Hopefully if all goes well I can be in and get started in time to put in a garden and have some fresh herbs and veggies for the summer.
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Let's celebrate! My blog is 19 years old [Aug. 23rd, 2023|09:43 pm]
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Daytona Beach so far seems like a better place for me... [Apr. 17th, 2023|07:45 am]
frostfalcon
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[Current Location |Daytona Beach, FL]
[music |Nothing right now]
[mood |contemplativecontemplative]

I'm doing much better here than I was in GA. I still get stuck with extra shifts but not nearly as bad as where I was. I'm only working 5 days a week and on average 48 hours but that is much better than 6 days a week and 56-64 hours. I'm salaried so the extra hours sucked and in GA it was because the director didn't want to have the hourly people get any overtime... and she wonders why all her salaried people left when we were told to pick up the hourly shifts... I make more, have much better hours, and there is a lot more to do here. Some things like rent are more but my internet bill went from $85 to $30 a month and a few other things are cheaper too.

I don't like some of the political stuff here but at least no one has OD'd and died at the gas pump next to me here yet... I should probably write about that day, it was a freaking mess of a day....
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Everything is a go! Daytona Beach here I come! [Feb. 9th, 2023|05:54 pm]
frostfalcon
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[mood |accomplishedaccomplished]
[music |Saltatio Mortis - Mittlefinger Richtung Zukunft]
[Current Location |my couch]

I have been approved for my apartment! My job begins on the 27th! and I already gave notice at my current job. I am going to remind them that I am supposed to get weekends off since they keep putting me on the schedule anyway. If they aren't going to give me my weekends then I want at least two days off a week until I leave and I want them in a row not spaced out over the week. No more of this 64 hour a week / 6 days a week crap, I'm salaried so I've been getting screwed over since July... I mean what is the worst she can do? fire me? I'm already gone in a couple of weeks anyway so I'd get more time to move... I dare her to try.

The manager above her is pissed I'm leaving and when she got the whole story she offered me a transfer out but I had already committed to the new place. She said if I want to come back she'd put in a good word for me.
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Big changes are ahead! [Jan. 25th, 2023|07:50 pm]
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[music |Spaceman - Electric Callboy]
[Current Location |the couch]
[mood |hopefulhopeful]

I signed the offer letter I got from a facility in Florida today and applied to get a Florida license. I have given up on my current shitty department (I love my residents and nurses) and have taken a position in Daytona Beach, FL. Not only are they promising me they won't take advantage like this place did but they are giving me a lot more money. I have a few friends in the area and family a few cities south so I also won't be so alone.

I already know the area as I've visited and I can't wait to get a burger at Jimmy Hula's and visit Salty (the dog at the Salty Dog surf shop). I was thinking about selling my board and moving back north but this seems like it's the better option. I can't wait to have some work/life balance again... no more 58, 64, or 79.5 hour weeks! I just don't want to deal with my director when I resign. I sort of want to see her face but I don't want to deal with the attitude I know I'm going to get...

Here's to a new chapter in my life!
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Just fed up... [Jan. 21st, 2023|03:50 pm]
frostfalcon
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[mood |tiredtired]
[music |Nothing right now]
[Current Location |Georgia ]

Still at my job... we are still short staffed and I'm doing 60+ hours a week with one day off per week. I'm pretty sure the director is making sure I'm the one scheduled as I'm salaried and therefore don't get overtime pay like any of the hourly people would so it doesn't increase the payroll costs. She says that I'm the only one available but I'm pretty sure that some of the others would take the extra shifts if they were offered overtime.

I'm doing my actual job in between the stuff she has me doing but even that is falling behind with all the extra crap and being pulled into the kitchen for things like food prep, putting up the trucks, tray building, and dishes. I end up trying to get in my resident/patient rounds and charting when I can.

I put in for a transfer to another facility but haven't heard anything about it yet and I applied for a few other positions. I was offered one so far that I'm considering. It pays a lot more but the patient load is almost double what I have now, PTO is less than half of what I have now, there is no room for promotion, and I'd be relocating to the Daytona, FL area. I'm thinking it might be worth it just to get out of where I am now and if I don't like it I can keep looking for something better while being back to 40 hour weeks with 2 days off a week.

I'm on the verge of a toddler style meltdown and feel like crap all the time. I passed up an awesome opportunity because the director told me when she started I have to give at least 30 days notice, that I should give her a chance, and she promised me it would get better. All lies... I checked with corporate and I have to give 2 weeks but 30 days is preferred and things are worse than they have been. I should have just left... The past is the past and I can't change it. I do have an Indeed alert set up in case they advertise for another position. I am so done...
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Things may be changing... [Nov. 19th, 2022|02:17 pm]
frostfalcon
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[mood |hopefulhopeful]
[Current Location |My bean bag chair]
[music |Nothing right now]

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...
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