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01-20-2025 12:46 PM
Hubby is an RN. He works in case management and discharge planning. They work remotely but one nurse must be in the office Monday through Saturday. Which means they all have an office day roughly once every 4 or 5 weeks when they factor in coverage for scheduled days off. Hubby likes being onsite so he sometimes goes into the office to work on a remote day. It's MLK day and he took a vacation for a long weekend but he decided to go into the office to get caught up on some projects, clean his desk, read some medical journals. Technically it's still his vacation day. So... The nurse who was scheduled to work asked him if she could leave since he's there and she'd "owe" him a day. He said no since he really wasn't working and he might not stay the whole day. He said they always get along but she got furious and lost control. She called him mean and selfish and then she called their boss to "tell on him". Although he didn't know why. He wasn't doing anything wrong. So.. His boss texted him and he explained the situation how irate his coworker was. She seemed unable to calm down. His boss said don't talk to her, she's acting like a child. She said he did the right thing in not swapping office days because it gets messy and causes problems. He assumes something happened but he doesn't know what or between whom and he doesn't care. He's doing what he planned but angry woman sits near him and hasn't stopped mumbling. Weirdly she's mumbling about doing all the work herself when in reality FIVE nurses are working and covering all the floors. The other
four are working from their home offices. It's a normal day. Hubby is the only one who took the day off.
01-20-2025 12:57 PM - edited 01-20-2025 12:58 PM
Oh, that's awful.
Good to know the boss supported him. Changing the schedule creates a problem for the HR tracking and appropriate compensation.
The angry co-worker also sounds like she is never going to pay him back the "day she owes him", once again creating a problerm for HR.
Boss might want to keep an eye on what this co-worker is doing. She might be shirking tasks or cheating the job in some other way.
Your husband sounds like a very smart guy.with a cool head.
01-20-2025 12:59 PM
Sounds like this coworker could use a bit of kindness. Maybe an offer to buy her lunch or ask what her favorite cookie or doughnut is that can be picked up at a local spot? Just a thought.
"kill em with kindness"
"be the change you want to see in the world"
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01-20-2025 01:00 PM
Is this inhospitable work enviroment detrimental to patient care?
01-20-2025 01:10 PM
@deepwaterdotter wrote:Is this inhospitable work enviroment detrimental to patient care?
not likely. These nurses are discharge planners
01-20-2025 01:12 PM
situation could have been avoided if Dh had not gone in to office on day off.
01-20-2025 01:19 PM
01-20-2025 01:20 PM
Wow ! sorry your husband had to deal with that. He sounds like a very dedicated medical professional and to go into the office on his day off to clean his desk and catch up on projects or do anything says alot about him. I worked 50 yrs as a nurse, retired in 2016 and so glad ! I also worked as a case manager for my last 16 yrs doing work comp for an insurance company and my last 4 yrs I worked from home 4 days a week and 1 day in the office which was mandatory. We worked Mon-Fri no Saturdays. I loved working from home, saved on gas and going to work in bad weather including snow ! Hats off to your hubby !
01-20-2025 01:24 PM
@smoochy wrote:situation could have been avoided if Dh had not gone in to office on day off.
@smoochy You know I'm wondering the same thing.
Regardless it would have been better if he simply wished her a better day and left rather than sitting there knowing (we are told) she's mumbling and carrying on.
Cleaning his desk is not important. Journals can be read online.
We do not always know someone's story. Did he ask her why it was important for her to leave? Was the situation calmly explained to her?
Two sides. It doesn't matter the "boss" agreed with him and yes I understand the implications with HR.
Sometimes it's just better to leave the situation alone.
01-20-2025 01:24 PM
@bikerbabe wrote:
@smoochy
Punish the guy for doing extra? That makes a lot of sense. 🤨
no. She said he went in to get caught up on proǰects, clean his desk and read medical journals none of that is "extra"
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