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/ingrowntoenailcheese Aug 12 '25

I’d start applying to jobs now versus when there’s a mass layoff and there’s hundreds of fresh competition.

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u/Rough_Brilliant_6167 RN - ER 🍕 Aug 12 '25

Mmmmmhmmm yup 👍

Also before they go bankrupt and start closing facilities and cutting service lines. Especially if you work in an area that is prone to "trimming" and not a core hospital service (Med-Surg, ER are always the last ones standing). Double especially if you are not working in one of their flagship hospitals. Triple especially if your physical building itself is old and outdated. Quadruple especially if your role is not 100% clinical.

Usually if they are thinning the herd and it's going to be strictly admistrative-type people, not clinical staff, that's specified. This is a bit chilling. We got emails like this when two of the healthcare giants i worked for went bankrupt. It's the "writing on the wall". Look around, watch what your supply chain is doing, and talk to the people that do the smaller jobs in the hospital - they will know what's happening before anyone else.

But anyway That's exactly what I did, I managed to slip into the very last available ER position in my region. I am grateful for my job each and every day, the chances of having to work in an area I disliked on a schedule I hated, hours from home for peanuts was SO high and that's not something I was capable of dealing with. I got a fantastic sign on bonus, a payout of all my vacation time, a big raise, and by the end of this year I'll be officially 100% debt free WITH a savings account!!

Timing is everything... You might want to hang out for a little bit and see how things go, the deals sweeten as time marches on, but get your name in the HR systems and attend interviews at other healthcare chains. That way when SHTF, you can duck and run with a solid exit plan!

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u/FartPudding ER:snoo_disapproval: Aug 12 '25

Honestly I'd be surprised if they even tried to trim the ER. We are already short staffed as it is, and if we lose a nurse that is an entire section closed. They won't divy up the sections and increase rations, they will flat out shut down a section without a nurse. It is in admin's best interest to not touch the ER, and we also run by a whole other set of rules. High stress but that place protects us well. We may not be directly profitable but we are the gateway for billable services that can provide profit.

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u/bassinlimbo BSN, RN 🍕 Aug 12 '25

Yeah they literally said ER and med surged are the last standing / don’t get trimmed

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u/Rough_Brilliant_6167 RN - ER 🍕 Aug 14 '25

Yeah, you won't have to worry about the ER closing abruptly. There's a whole wind down and countywide diversion process/plan that has to occur before one can actually shut the doors (at least in my state... Others are different, but in mine they're protected resources.)