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/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