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Changing down to 30-35 hours instead of 40 - pros and cons?
Posted: Sep 12, 2014
So, progressive part time anyone?
Obviously, the PTO accrual (which is pretty pitiful even at full strength) is way less, but when you have to keep using all your PTO anyway to make up the paycheck and your lph goes down because of that, what's the point of that?
I am considering going down to 30-35 hours so I don't have to scratch all the time to make up to 40 hours, even if my PTO accrual goes down, mainly because I am sick of having to "flex" every morning, noon, and night to get those 40 hours in or close to it.
I do have a second job but it only pays once a month, so kind of scary, yet I do wonder if I would make just as much working 30-35 hours per week for Nuance as 40 hours, and what's the point of accruing PTO if you always have to use it all for lack of hours?
I never seem to get any bonus anyway for the last year or so, so not too concerned about that. Mainly my motivation would be just to not get so stressed out about making up the hours and to be able to focus better with less hours and hopefully get the lph up a bit.
I am not using their benefits now, not sure if I would use them, so that is not part of my consideration at the moment.
Just wondering if anyone has made this change and if they felt it was a good move or not.
I can only look at the latest version of the employee manual in ENRICH, cannot download it - anyone do this? I hate having to log into anything, would rather have the PDF file on my desktop.
Something interesting I just found in the employee handbook in the description of the different types of employment, part-time, progressive part-time, were that the scheduled work week is Saturday-Friday (how come I am working Sunday then?) and that employment is for no definite term - which I am guessing is At Will Employment? No surprise there, but seems weird reading that.
If anyone has any personal experiences, positive or negative, of progressive part time to offer, I would much appreciate. Thanks.
Progressive PT - Not bad
[ In Reply To ..]At 30 hours, you still receive benefits and PTO. The nice part of that is if it does get busy and you can put in more, then do so. You have 10 hours that you could possibly put in extra. Not sure what you mean about why do you have to work on Sunday. If work week is Sat-Fri, Sunday is included? They usually offer Tues-Sat or Sun-Thur.
Oh yeah - Doh!
[ In Reply To ..]Seeing Sat-Fri I just thought Sunday was missed out for some reason, but no. I guess they just say it that way because the work week begins on Saturday.
Thanks for your input. I guess if you want time off instead of taking PTO you can probably flex? The PTO accrual seems so bad that that is my only worry, yet I have accrued a bit and now it is all gone with one week of low work, and I am getting sick of it.
I may just wait to see what they are going to do in October before I change anyway, just to see if there would be any difference.
Download and saving the employee handbook - Two or three steps
[ In Reply To ..]Once you have the document open on your screen, notice the little triangle or down-pointing arrow next to the title. Click that and click onthe download option. Then, your screen will look identical, but now scroll down to the bottom of your screen and click THAT download button also. This time a dialog box should appear and you can choose which file you would like to save it to!
Thanks for explaining how - to download the pdf
[ In Reply To ..]I am usually not so clueless, but this one seemed to be almost purposely deceptive.
Almost like they want you to be forced to log into Enrich every day in order to justify its existence....
I went from - wannie
[ In Reply To ..]full time to part-time (not progressive, dropped to 20 hours per week). My hours were required to change from starting early morning to starting at noon. I do find, however, that I rarely run out of work and I am not as stressed about work. The money I make, of course, is less, but I did it in order to be able to be on my husband's insurance because it is much better than what we have through Nuance. Even with the difference in the net income, it was the best move for me.
Changing down to 30-35 hours instead of 40 - pros and cons - DJ
[ In Reply To ..]Absolutely, this can be a great choice depending on your circumstances. True, the PTO is not so great, but if you only work 4 days a week, or 32 hours, you have 3 days to get away on a short trip. I did that for 2 years, then recently moved to a schedule where I work 2 days on, 1 day off, 2 days on, 2 days off, which I really love because it gives me a physical and emotional break from the job. Also, you have some time to make up hours if need be and you also have time to do OT if called for and you want to do it. Won't work for everybody, but when my hospital that I worked for dropped the bomb on us that they were outsourcing and we had our meeting with Nuance and I glanced over their handouts my eye went right to the statement that you could work 30 hours and still get benefits. That was 3 years ago and I still needed health insurance. I also realized that with the hospital I was making too much to collect my late husband's Social Security, but with this offer, if I dropped back to 32 hours with the decreased pay I could collect his SS and only work 4 days a week. It worked for me. May not work for everybody, but it made the outsourcing tolerable.
PS from DJ - DJ
[ In Reply To ..]Oh yes -- BTW, say you work Wed thru Sat, you have Sunday off for family time, then you have Monday/Tuesday to go to doc or dentist appointments and don't need to use PTO. I have a little different situation in that I am widowed and now 66 and on Medicare plus supplemental. The account I work on keeps me busy and I make about 20 K a year. That and my late husband's SS, plus no house payment or debt to speak of makes this very workable and tolerable for me. If I was in my 30s or 40s and trying to support children there is nothing about this job that would work.
went from 35 to 30 hours - beulah
[ In Reply To ..]Dropped to 30 because: with husband bringing in much of the bacon, and our mainly needing Nuance's health insurance (30 hr/wk being minimum for eligibility, and my husband doesn't have insurance), plus the rather crummy pay, I'd much rather have the extra free time!
But relating to your question, I have 3 accts and actually DO run out of work a couple hours a week, so you could still be in the same OOW boat even at 30 hr, it would depend on your accounts and staffing. So that may be a crapshoot.
I've never used PTO to make up for OOW, there's much too little PTO as it is. I don't flex either, I make myself available for my scheduled hours and that's the end of it. We are rarely offered OT, and if we are, oftentimes I have other plans and can't do it anyway. But definitely want to save my PTO for vacation and holidays! At 30 hours, I work 4 only days a week, so that extra day off is very helpful! I really do like my schedule (except working Saturdays).
At 30 hr of acute care, I never earn any production bonus. (Quality bonus of course is independent of your work schedule). Hope this helps.
I went from 40 to 20 hours a week. sm - Senior
[ In Reply To ..]6 accounts, still run out occasionally, but much easier to make up a few hours. Love part-time, but had to start SS early at age 62 due to huge pay cuts here. Plus DH and I both have pensions from many years at our previous jobs.
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