I have such a weird relationship with anticapitalist/workers rights narratives.
On the one hand, i 100% agree. Do not go above and beyond, for a company you are just a number. Do not work overtime. Do not help your supervisor. Go, do your job and leave.
On the other hand, when you're in Healthcare and other people's literal lives and wellbeing depends on you doing those things it feels like those narratives dont apply to me.
Like yes, if I put in the overtime and take on extra work they'll just keep expecting it of me instead of fairly compensating me for it or hiring sufficient staff for the workload.
On the other hand, overtime for me usually looks like holding someone's hand while they greive or are afraid, performing first aid to keep someone alive and safe, calling their families, updating paramedics on their arrival and performing a medical handoff or preparing a body. OR taking over the oncoming nurse's regular duties while they do those same things. Not doing extra work outside of my job description means people go without external care they need, medication errors get made, important health changes and care changes get missed.
I can't, in good conscience, not do those things. I am human. The people I care for are human.
I deserve fair pay, reasonable hours, safe and adequate staffing. I cannot take the necessary steps to fight for those things without causing harm to actual individuals. People I've gotten to know. People I care for and care about.
I dont know where I'm going with this. It's just weird to see all the anticap/workers resistance sentiment on here and agree with it, but I also believe it doesn't apply to me.
#healthcare #nursing #workersrights #anticap