Got a letter in from my company. In short, saying due to attempts to streamline the organization, raises are being withheld until 2/09. That's 6 months!! after they are due. Not that raises are spectacular anyway, normally about 2.5%. Still, how much money is the company going to make holding on our funds for that long??? Not that they won't compensat us at all. We are getting a 1.5% cost of living raise. Now considering I have to drive 35 minutes to get to work and the rising cost of gas, I'm not exactly doing cartwheels (not that I could--just not that talented)
And it's not just the raises. Every year since I started there has been a day at a local amusement park.. Tickets for emplyees were complimentery, family tickets had to be purchased. That's been eliminated this year.
My "work wife" and good friend organized a picnic for our unit. She took care of purchasing most of the food, arranging for the shelter at a local park, buying prizes for the kids. (I did help to but the majority of it was her). Our manager re-imbursed her for some--out of her own pocket.
My point is, is it any surprise that so many experienced nurses are flocking away from health care when the appreciation just isn't there??
About Me
- Midnight_RN
- Just your average, ordinary kind of woman. Known to my loved ones as high maintenance, my friends as anal and my enemies as--Well who the hell cares what they say. I have a wonderful husband, an amazing daughter, a cat with a superiority complex and a large puppy who just wants to play with the cat--chaos usually does ensue. I usually work too hard, play to little and love to play devil's advocate just to get people thinking and questioning.
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