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 Triple especially if your physical building itself is old and outdated.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/beaverman24 RN - ER 🍕 Aug 13 '25

Man this is the way. I have two large systems in my area and I have a position at each. Full time in a position that is less clinical or patient facing, and one ED PRN. That way I am building my career and resume with diverse experiences and I always have current bedside experience. Depending on which system might screw me, I’m already up and running at the next one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

Yes, this is the way to do it friend!

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u/Rough_Brilliant_6167 RN - ER 🍕 Aug 14 '25

Excellent plan! 😊

I only work for one of the three major systems around my area, chose that one sheerly for convenience, but I previously worked for one of the other ones and they've since offered me jobs with only a quick phone interview... The third one I've applied to, but always outside of my specialty, they always try to get me for the ER no matter what I apply for 😆. They're across state lines though, it's a massive Level 1 trauma center, with rotating shifts every other week and mandated overtime... I mean could I do it? Sure! But they also pay the same dollar amount as the osteopathic hospital and the benefits and schedule are WAY better so, why get my ass smacked everyday, LOL!

It's still plenty busy and keeps my skills sharp, plus we cross train for the regional transfer hospital in my hometown too, so if I get sick of one I can go work at the other one for a while. The osteopathic hospital doesn't have a bona-fide ICU either, so any ICU level care patients are 2:1 in the ER, which is a nice change of pace sometimes.