To be clear they are not putting me on administrative leave because I've resigned. They have been working us so hard over the last 6 months they're burning people out left and right. As a result a lot more mistakes are being made myself included. It got to the point where I no longer felt I could do my job safely. And that is why I am leaving the company. Though I suspect that the result of this administrative leave will be my termination. I'm the 3rd person to leave this week alone.
A little bit more context if you care to know. I am a nurse working in the blood banking industry. A unit I had drawn a couple of weeks ago came back positive for bacterial contamination resulting in an internal investigation. These are normally quite rare and I have had 2 of these units in the last 3 months along with a few other more mistakes that I would normally never make. I should have drawn the line a few months ago and left in December but I had hoped that things would improve. They have only gotten worse.
Our company has been making a lot of changes recently to the scheduled, staffing, none of which has gone over very well. We already work very odd hours and we never start the same time everyday. We have a pretty high turnover rate at our company and I actually lasted a lot longer than most. I don't deny any of the mistakes I've made and I understand the seriousness of them. I do feel though that my company puts so much pressure on us to be fast, and to push donors through like cattle that the human connection is definitely gone. over time when you're trying to be fast corners get cut and more mistakes are getting made.
Despite my complaints I still encourage everyone to donate blood if they are healthy and able to. Many of us don't think about the need until we're the ones who need it. People that donate on a regular basis are the ones that save lives not the ones that donate after a crisis.