A little background, I’m a firefighter/ paramedic and I work 48-72 hours a week at the fire-station. I recently started working as a trauma nurse at our main hospital, another 36 hrs a week on top of my Fire gig. I often work 36 hr shifts going from one to the other.
I recently finished my orientation and at the end I tried to open the conversation about using a few days of PTO in August now that I am eligible.
My boss basically said I was selfish and I wasn’t being a team player for asking for PTO while we’re short staffed. She also pointed out how she doesn’t have to schedule me around my fire schedule and she can schedule me however she wants. She tried to manipulate me emotionally by saying all the other nurses would have to take additional patients while I was gone (when i know they can borrow another nurse from another floor.) She eventually said we can talk about the pto when the time comes. In my mind that way she can decline it at the last minute. I pointed out that that won’t work cause I’m booking flights.
Long story short, I’m gonna quit the week before my trip. I’m not working two full time jobs and not being allowed to take time off eventually.