'My exit interview [...] led to their resignation': Nurse quits and files anonymous complaint agains problematic boss, leading to her abrupt departure

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 19, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

There is nothing worse than a problematic boss taking over and ruining a system that was working well, but on the other end of the spectrum, there is nothing better than calling that boss out on their flawed leadership.

This thread was posted by a nurse who ensured that her exit interview at the hospital would be put to good use. Instead of leavings all her complaints unresolved, she took the opportunity to call out her former director to HR about how all the changes were counterproductive, unethical, and conducive to a toxic work environment. After laying all of that information on the table, the Redditor learned from her coworkers just a few weeks later that her former director was forced to resign. At least she wound up making the workplace better for all her colleagues who are still stuck there!

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reaction from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a summer camp counselor who called out her employers.

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  • 01
    "My exit interview led to my former director's resignation"
    via Tim Gouw
  • 02
    My exit interview led to my former director's resignation Sorry for the long read.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 03
    TLDR at the end; Up until last week I (RN) worked at a surgical center. This surgical was taken over last year by a large healthcare system in my area. They brought in a management company to handle the transition from our previous small ownership group to this bigger company, for the transition and as part of the management company they brought in a new director of nursing.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 04
    When they started, the director said they approachable and collaborative, they were not. Any idea that wasn't their own, was immediately shot down. They even went so far as to claim some new policies that were being implemented, were from the new organization, but
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 05
    when people who were familiar with that organization pointed out that this wasn't true (the director lied and wasn't happy to get caught), they said tough, we were implementing the new policies anyways. They also said that if anything happened during transition, any corrections wouldn't be punitive, and they didn't hold grudges, so feel free to approach with concerns.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 06
    Our place used to be very mom and pop like, so all of us would do things around the place, including repairs. During the transition, some stuff needed to be hung, so someone asked if I could bring in some tools to do it,
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 07
    and I did, as I have previous experience as a ticketed carpenter prior to becoming a nurse. In retrospect, I should've left it up to them to do it, but again, I was going with our previous culture of "get things done".
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 08
    I was given a talking to, and told this wasn't the way to do things anymore. To which I acquiesced.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 09
    They proceeded to write me up over the matter. This felt very punitive, and would likely impact any potential I had in the future to become a supervisor myself, as this company has a long memory.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 10
    Later on, during a time of low humidity, our director pushed through with us doing ENT surgeries on kids where there was a high risk of fire from electrical discharge even though we protested for safety reasons. A bunch of other local OR's shut down, but
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 11
    not us. So I made an "anonymous" complaint to the health department, and they shut us down for a few weeks while they investigated, and they indeed found that we had performed surgeries outside of accepted guidelines
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 12
    The director had no proof it was me, but treated me like afterwards (I would be cordial and greet them in the hallway, I would be completely ignored and they would look through me like I was a ghost). I was told by my supervisor during my exit interview, when I asked directly, that my director suspected I was the one who lodged the complaint as I was quite vocal about the safety risk when it happened, so definitely holding a grudge.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 13
    During my last week, I requested an exit interview with the health system for the center, as well as with the management company (for whom the director was an employee), and I voiced my reasons for leaving and cited their unprofessional and toxic behavior as one of the main causes they were losing one of their most experienced nurses.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 14
    Started my new job today(yay!), and received multiple texts from my old workmates this morning, that the director had "resigned". I was told during my exit interview that I wasn't the only one who had had negative experiences with this person, but seems that my leaving for a new job, along with my exit interview was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 15
    I take no pride in someone losing their job. They didn't have to like me. But being professional is a bare minimum, and they weren't meeting that bar.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 16
    I do take pride in the fact that even thought things didn't change in time to improve for me, at least they've improved for my friends. And the texts I received today told me as much, as I was told that everyone seemed downright giddy that they wouldn't have to deal with this director anymore.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 17
    TLDR; new director of nursing came in with toxic behavior, refused to collaborate and listen to reason, leading to a department of health complain and shut down.
    via u/ExiledCanuck
  • 18
    Their poor attitude led to me seeking employment elsewhere, and my exit interview very likely (all but confirmed) led to their resignation. Chalk one up to the little guy
    via u/ExiledCanuck

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