Friday, November 26, 2010
The cons outweigh the pros
There's a new job that I can have if I want it; 12-hour night shifts, 72 hours per pay period, every third weekend. This comes out to mean that I would get about 8 days off every three weeks. Sounds good, yes? It would be in the critical care float pool; I would work in the ICU, Cardiac Critical Care and the Emergency Room. It would be a great experience, but the more I think about it, the benefits are not as great as the job I have worked hard to get that I already have. I don't work weekends, I work 4 day shifts of my 10, I have an office to focus in, and a great team to work with on both day and night shifts. If I go to the float pool, I have no real team, no camaraderie that comes with a consistent group of coworkers. I would get bounced from unit to unit, getting probably the crappy assignments because I'm a float, so no patient continuity. I have to decide by November 30th. What to do? What to do?
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If the cons outweigh the pros, don't you already have your answer? Unless its a HUGE -UGE -UGE pay raise, it appears you've already decided. Jodi
ReplyDeleteWell yeah, the cons are starting to outweigh the pros, but I keep getting hung up on wanting those 8 days off every three weeks and think I can just deal with the other things. I'm tired and burnt out so the time off sounds good.
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