# give me an IMHO on my F.U. resignation letter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209 "2013-04-09T06:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/41 "2013-04-09T16:43:45Z")
A very good reason to call the number provided in post #23 is so that patterns of behavior can be be determined. It might be that others have reported the same problems and they just need a bit more to start an investigation. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/42 "2013-04-09T16:45:52Z")
First of all, get some sleep. You initially posted at 2 AM and have posted fairly regularly since. Sending letters… DON’T. Several scenarios , all bad for you. If you have actually quit, any letters will make you “Not eligible for rehire”. Most larger corporations are only giving start date , stop date, and eligible for re-hire to any future employers. If you haven’t actually quit, start looking hard now. Much easier to get a job while you have one. There are 1000s of RN jobs . Most are at good places. Places that wil enable you to do the good work that you want to do. Whistle blowing … Sounds good, but as an RN you are as guilty as the clinic. You have signed off on all the poor quality care. You have signed off on the missing, falsified V.S. etc. I’m not blaming you, I’m just saying. Perhaps whoever takes over for you will be able to affect the change that needs to happen at the clinic. Probably not, but you know you can’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/43 "2013-04-09T16:54:42Z")
I didn’t read the responses, but my recommendation is: don’t do it. Burning bridges is always a bad idea, and you would NOT want this letter sent anonymously to a future employer. If you really want to tell the boss off, do it verbally and keep your letter to the basic: I’m resigning my position effective xxxx. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/44 "2013-04-09T16:55:09Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > With all do respect, I think you and **czarcasm** are both missing the point. This is constant minor malpractice. I have no smoking gun that I can wave to the authorities and say “Here! look at this!”. What I have is my word against theirs about constant minor violations. How much do you think that’s worth in front of the regulatory bureaucracy, much less the _corporate_ bureaucracy? > > Not much. > > So, well, don’t make “take this job and shove it, I ain’t working here no more” into a morality play. The management at that job sucks, don’t think I can charge in there and change things. I don’t have the POWER to change it. That’s why I am angry. > > Sorry if I swung some verbal punches earlier, but well, I decided NOT to send the letter and that in an odd way makes me feel even angrier. I supose there are a lot of reasons not to do the right thing. In my opinion, a little heat on the company might cause them to straighten up a bit, if only for appearances. Even if you can’t \*prove \*anything, you can stir things up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/45 "2013-04-09T17:06:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I supose there are a lot of reasons not to do the right thing. In my opinion, a little heat on the company might cause them to straighten up a bit, if only for appearances. Even if you can’t \*prove \*anything, you can stir things up a bit. What, exactly, is the “right thing” here? Do I report it? Already done. Both the corporate and the Nursing Board. Do I sue? As in a court of law? How will that work out? I am really at a loss as to what you want me to do. I suspect that you are also thinking that me quitting my job is some kind of health care life/death morality play. It’s not. You are thinking _way_ too deep into this. It’s me quiting my job. A job. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/46 "2013-04-09T17:11:26Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > First of all, get some sleep. You initially posted at 2 AM and have posted fairly regularly since. > > Sending letters… DON’T. > Several scenarios , all bad for you. > If you have actually quit, any letters will make you “Not eligible for rehire”. > Most larger corporations are only giving start date , stop date, and eligible for re-hire to any future employers. > If you haven’t actually quit, start looking hard now. Much easier to get a job while you have one. > > There are 1000s of RN jobs . Most are at good places. Places that wil enable you to do the good work that you want to do. > > Whistle blowing … Sounds good, but as an RN you are as guilty as the clinic. You have signed off on all the poor quality care. You have signed off on the missing, falsified V.S. etc. I’m not blaming you, I’m just saying. > > Perhaps whoever takes over for you will be able to affect the change that needs to happen at the clinic. Probably not, but you know you can’t do it. Thank you for that. I think I agree with every word you said. edited to add: I know who is going to replace me. God help her. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/47 "2013-04-09T17:17:20Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > With all do respect, I think you and **czarcasm** are both missing the point. This is constant minor malpractice. I have no smoking gun that I can wave to the authorities and say “Here! look at this!”. What I have is my word against theirs about constant minor violations. How much do you think that’s worth in front of the regulatory bureaucracy, much less the _corporate_ bureaucracy? Typically we advise people to not speak up unless they are willing to quit. You did that, which was the ethical thing to do. You tried to go through channels, but you have already told us why that won’t work. You might as well be alerting Boss Tweed to corruption in New York. “Minor” malpractice to you, when repeated, may seem like major malpractice to a regulatory agency. And, remember, they get to ask for records. Falsified ones, it seems. And if you have an real newspapers down there they might be interested - but go to the regulators first. Clinics are cutting back on nursing services to save money all over the country. You could be a tiny piece, but a piece, in putting this right. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/48 "2013-04-09T17:21:50Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > What, exactly, is the “right thing” here? Do I report it? Already done. Both the corporate **and the Nursing Board**. (bolding mine). I’m sorry, but all we had to work on concerning your actions are this statement: > [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I’ve spent the last hour trying to track down the HR department of Fresenius (that’s the name of the company, by the way) with no luck. I wonder if they hide themselves because of all the class action lawsuits. Called the “anonymous report line” and spent 20 minutes with some poor call center girl (she sounded like she was 17 - that’s why I say “girl”) who couldn’t even place the clinic I’m at. Nothing here, or anywhere else, about contacting a Nursing Board. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/49 "2013-04-09T17:35:07Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Ain’t that the truth. I’ve spent the last hour trying to track down the HR department of Fresenius (that’s the name of the company, by the way) with no luck. It took me literally 30 seconds of clicking on links in the Fresenius website, with no false rabbit holes, to[find contact information for the head of HR.](http://career.fmc-ag.com/32.htm) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/50 "2013-04-09T18:12:42Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > With all do respect, I think you and **czarcasm** are both missing the point. This is constant minor malpractice. I have no smoking gun that I can wave to the authorities and say “Here! look at this!”. What I have is my word against theirs about constant minor violations. How much do you think that’s worth in front of the regulatory bureaucracy, much less the _corporate_ bureaucracy? > > Not much. > > So, well, don’t make “take this job and shove it, I ain’t working here no more” into a morality play. The management at that job sucks, don’t think I can charge in there and change things. I don’t have the POWER to change it. That’s why I am angry. > > Sorry if I swung some verbal punches earlier, but well, I decided NOT to send the letter and that in an odd way makes me feel even angrier. I was distinguishing between the two points- inevitable deaths and avoidable ones. That’s the point I thought you were missing with your comments about being a “front line warrior”. You seemed to be responding to a different point than\*\* Czarcasm\*\* was making. That’s all I was trying to clarify. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/51 "2013-04-09T19:07:28Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Unless you’ve got documented evidence then don’t make any claims. This. Don’t put in writing anything you can’t prove. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/52 "2013-04-09T19:12:57Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > What, exactly, is the “right thing” here? Do I report it? Already done. Both the corporate and the Nursing Board. Do I sue? As in a court of law? How will that work out? > > I am really at a loss as to what you want me to do. I suspect that you are also thinking that me quitting my job is some kind of health care life/death morality play. It’s not. You are thinking _way_ too deep into this. It’s me quiting my job. > > A job. Sorry, I missed the part where you reported it. I’m satisfied. Good luck with your next position. I don’t see the need to sue, but if you want to discuss your options talk to a good employment lawyer about “constructive discharge.” I haven’t heard enough to suggest you have a case, but it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209/53 "2013-04-09T19:51:27Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > It took me literally 30 seconds of clicking on links in the Fresenius website, with no false rabbit holes, to[find contact information for the head of HR.](http://career.fmc-ag.com/32.htm) Fresenius is a multinational. Your link is to the German HR department. But thanks for trying. But at this point it’s all irrelevant. As I said earlier, I am not going to send the letter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-imho-on-my-f-u-resignation-letter/655209.md?page=2)