End of NHS career after 22 years

[MrsKOBrien]

Hi,

I accepted (verbally) a job offer with a major, global company this morning. It is related to my profession so I am not giving up on all of my skills & knowledge gained over the years but I so fed up that management is forcing us mums to leave the NHS! We have been forced to change from a reasonable 9-5 job with very little weekend work to one where we work crazy shifts all over the place (including many, many weekends and 12.5hr nights). I will be the 4th mum to leave in the last year. I am gutted tbh as I am very, very highly qualified in my field. Management are getting away with it. We have nothing in our contract and there is no policy in place but I am so annoyed I'm quitting my profession due to 'needs of the service.' I am so tempted to speak to the union and see if I can push for constructive dismissal.

Anyway, new job comes with a £10k pay increase, a company car, M-F working only and no nights! And, I will never have to work Christmas Day again!

Anyone else left the NHS??

Me! Took MARS instead of applying for my own job for the fourth time due to yet another reorganisation, each involving an office move further away from my home. Missed my colleagues, not the job.

Oh yes, after 25 years, I missed the people but not the workload and the constant having to apply for my own job, being moved to other areas, taking on more and more responsibility just made me tired and fed up. Will you get a pension. Good luck in your new venture.

Me. I've taken my pension early. It's less than I would have got if I'd have hung on another 6 years, but my mental health was more important. Lost count of the number of reorgs I've been through, each one making life worse. I've been replaced by 2 people on a lower band.

Me! Left after 18 years and countless reorganisations that saw morale drop to below sea-level, good people leaving in droves, each reorganisation bringing more uncertainty and inefficiency, every single bloody department being turned upside down and having to change working practices, policies etc.

Now working in a totally different field (small privately owned company), less money but a hell of a lot more job satisfaction and no endless box-ticking and policy re-writing!

Miss the people and camaraderie, not the organisation!