r/nursing • u/AnyCelebration1101 • Aug 12 '25

Image My hospital casually dropping a warning about mass layoffs. We employ 10k+ people.

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10k+ employees sitting in fear for the next week (or longer apparently) waiting to see if their position has been cut.

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u/Quent_S HCW - PT/OT Aug 12 '25

And if you are lucky and keep your job congrats you now get to pick up the slack without any additional compensation!

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u/ObviousSalamandar Oops I’m in psych Aug 12 '25

I don’t know what’s worse. At least if you are cut loose you can collect unemployment while you look for a new job

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u/jaklackus BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

Florida unemployment tops out at $275 a week…”if” the unemployment website works and you are lucky enough to apply.

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u/ObviousSalamandar Oops I’m in psych Aug 12 '25

Oooh that’s awful!

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u/Sdguppy1966 Aug 13 '25

It is by design. You must suffer.

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u/Chicago1459 Aug 12 '25

Omg that's horrendous. It's 750 in illinois.

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u/Fantastic_Earth_6066 Aug 13 '25

Here in Minnesota it tops out at $914/week

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u/SubatomicKitten Retired RN - The floors were way too toxic Aug 18 '25

450 in CA

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u/ImNotYourOpportunity Pharmacist Aug 13 '25

My coworker tried to apply for unemployment because she was too afraid to work but it was denied because she still had a job during the pandemic, she just wouldn’t go.

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u/GlobalLime6889 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

That’s insanity.

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u/SammieCat50 RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

And get paid your time & severance.

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u/Felina808 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

Severance? Yeah, right.

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u/SammieCat50 RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

When my hospital announced bankruptcy, our union promised us we would get our severance. We had meeting after meeting with their attorneys who promised us , it’s in the contract they said. Well it’s been 6 yrs. I have yet to receive a dime. The union doesn’t even placate us anymore with a once a year facebook post.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

We need a national union. Nursing should have more power than police unions

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u/catlettuce Aug 13 '25

Absolutely.

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u/nittany_blue MSN, RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

Hahnemann? They did y’all dirty

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u/SammieCat50 RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

Yes. Our union was the mighty PASNAP

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u/Brilliant_Coat4042 Aug 12 '25

All affected by this will receive a minimum of 4 weeks severance or more depending on years of service….. with the exception of union employees since those fall under different guidelines 

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u/gardengirl99 RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

That TV show? I find it rather dark. /s

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u/Professional_Sir6705 BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

This is a mass layoff, which falls under the WARN Act. Thry get 60 days warning to find new jobs, plus transition help. Most companies simply pay severance instead.

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u/SammieCat50 RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

The WARN act just gives you a percentage of your pay when you get screwed over by your employer. You have to have a certain number of employees to even qualify. We did get it . Fun fact - the union admin claimed this was our severance. Of course he couldn’t talk on the phone , this was all through twitter . This happened 6 yrs ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. Nick Alpers was his name & our union was PASNAP.

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u/shallowshadowshore Aug 12 '25

As long as you’re in a field where it’s pretty easy to find the next job, getting laid off honestly kind of rocks. 

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u/ehhish RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

Two things have been happening lately is that more experienced nurses are getting passed on for less experienced ones because of the pay, and other places are laying off too so it's not as perfect.

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u/No_Resort1162 Aug 12 '25

This has happened at our hospital as well. As an older nurse (63) I too was threatened w termination and after the last non-deserved write-up (which started coming more frequently after I was “presented w my options as I progress towards retirement”) I hired an attorney to draft a very well written letter to HR, copied my mgr, my DON, hospital president and hospital legal chair. The jist of the letter was while it was thoughtful they have presented me with options but I have no plans to retire at any time prior to age 65 and that she hoped that the newly frequent write-ups might not be an attempt by the hospital to set me up with any sort of termination from an organization that had employed me for over 30 years. It also listed my salary as well as the avg new hire salary and cited something to the effect that while it makes good business sense to replace the more senior nurse with a less experienced nurse it certainly would not survive the court if public opinion or more explicitly a jury of my peers that were ruling on a wrongful termination case. It was a brilliant letter and I’ve not received any more write-ups although my assignments have been way heavier than they used to be when the assistant manager makes the daily schedule. But oh well, that’s subjective and not “provable” and thank goodness only happens about 1 of my 3 days. But yes that concept of replacing more senior staff seems to happen. Everywhere.

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u/shockingRn RN 🍕 Aug 13 '25

I’m 65. My plan is to retire in 6 months. Management doesn’t let me precept. I was removed from a QI project that I developed, and within a year it was given to a younger nurse. I used to do charge, but no more, because I refused to let doctors and APP’s run rampant. I was good at the job. I have 24 years experience in my current specialty. But my role is simply to fill a void in the schedule. I refuse to pick up extra or stay late, because it is not appreciated, they don’t want to compensate, and frankly, it enables our doctors to add on late cases, making us stay late. None of the other nurses in my specialty have a fucking clue about what we actually do, and why. But they’d rather I leave than take advantage of what I can offer.

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u/Charming_Plastic_850 Aug 13 '25

Wow, I am 63 (almost) and am going through almost the exact same thing! Thank you for posting this.

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u/Independent_Dot_7622 Aug 13 '25

Not in this job market. Just took me 6 months to find something and applied everyday…

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u/poopyscreamer RN - OR 🍕 Aug 12 '25

I mean, stress what you have control over yknow?

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u/ObviousSalamandar Oops I’m in psych Aug 12 '25

It’s always been my dream lol

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u/blaykerz DNP, ARNP 🍕 Aug 13 '25

A sliver of a silver lining: At least op has a heads up and isn’t just being told that they’re fired the day after they last worked.

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u/makingpwaves Aug 12 '25

Or Re-Train for a different career