[stdgy]

The rules nurses have to deal with around things as asinine as taking PTO are AMAZING. They’re required to put in PTO requests months in advance and the hospital can and will say “Sorry, denied. We don’t have enough people…” As they are intentionally creating skeleton crews of nurses to wring every ounce of profit out of the business.

My mom was a nurse, my aunt was a nurse, my sister is a nurse and my best friend’s mom is a nurse. I really can’t believe anyone continues to be a nurse given the insane working conditions these folks have to put up with. Twelve hour shifts, overflowing with patients, watching newcomers earn more than seasoned veterans… When I compare it to my laid back software engineering job it’s like I’m living in an entirely different universe. The hospital industry is a hugely demoralizing place.

[a2tech]

The hospital I work at requires physicians to file their schedules 8 months in advance. The only deviation from that is for emergencies. Unofficially there’s a lot of flex for them, but that’s the official administration line.

[cogman10]

Yeah, my mom was a small town nurse it was the same even there. I gave them a bit more slack because it was a hospital serving like 2000 people (so not really a high profit place) but even there, there was a lot of last minute "Oh no! People didn't show up for their christmas shifts, could you come in please!"