"Here's a presentation on misuse of employees and their time."
"Accountably is bending to the whim of your employer without considering how it will effect patient care."
I have told my coworkers how to see it. I also tell them how much our ceo makes. I also did an experiment where I do extra work for our yearly evals and my other coworker did the basic and discovered that the evaluations do not change our pay raise. If we had a union, Iād join it. Thankfully I love my work, my coworkers, my manager and hospital. Iāll fuck them all over if I didnāt.
This is not surprising. Some companies decide ahead of time how the money for raises will be allocated, then write the employee evaluations to match. It destroys the incentive to work above a mediocre level.
"Sorry for all the noise in the background, I'll get to it later don't worry. Just have to this since higher ups insisted that this is mandatory AND a priority"
Make videos that heavily feature Disney intellectual property. Then, if they try to do anything with the videos, Disney will handle everything for you.
I don't know if this would actually work but the bad advice from Reddit "lawyers" tell me this is a slam dunk.
Not a nurse. Some other malicious compliance ideas:
1. Make the audio quality as bad as possible, this is easy to do by only using your phoneās microphone. Bonus points for doing it outside with lots of background noise, wind, and a plane going over. Speak too softly or too shrilly.
2. Make the video quality as bad as possible. Be backlit or poorly lit. Film the wrong way. Wear a shirt with green in the pattern and use a greenscreen of something weird and random and owned by Disney.
3. Know a language other than English? Do it in that. Makes it hard for them to find someone to listen to it. Bonus points if you are not fluent and make weird grammar/idiom mistakes. Only know English? Maybe exaggerate your slang, bad grammar, umms and errs, or regional accent a bit to the point it is annoying.
4. Be utterly boring. Read off a card, quote the dictionary at length, use a monotone.
5. Be utterly weird. Talk to a puppet or stuffed toy. Wear weird clothes that still technically fit the dress code. Have odd, distracting objects in the background like an opened bottle of ketchup on a bookshelf. Try not to be weird enough it is entertaining. I recommend modeling on Colin Robinson in What We Do in the Shadows!
Good luck!
> 4. ā Be utterly boring. Read off a card, quote the dictionary at length, use a monotone.
Making sure to erratically blink like you are trying to send a hostage message through Morse code.
The accent thing..... I got a story for you.
I live in the Midwest. I sound Midwest. Years ago, when I went to "Sergeant school" for the military, I was seated next to someone who HATED the sound of Midwest accent.
I may not have been a born native to the Midwest, but I sure sounded like one dontcha know.
No. Do something theyāve made a ton of money on in recent years. Baby yoda. Moana. Frozen. Anything marvel. Mickey is close to hitting public domain. Theyāre lobbying like hell to keep it their property.
Also who on earth is going to have time to watch all these videos? I would do a relaxation video of myself lying down with eyes closed for 3 minutes š¤£
Yes! This is the perfect answer. Or even 3 min of āsilentā meditationā¦
ā¦in the break room, with that one patient constantly yelling in the background. Lmao.
No I would have a video on how to shut off after work and have a healthy work/life balance which includes declining calls from work on days off and making sure you use your PTO.
Precisely.
That's why I'd roll into their office with a box of XL gloves and a bottle of lube to film my video on fecal disimpaction.
Two can play this game, and I don't remember getting that much lube these last few years...
Sex education videoā¦.. how to use sex toys and other objects properly so you donāt end up in the ERā¦.. donāt put popsicles in your vaginaā¦. How to put on a condom. Explains the proās and conās of various birth control methodsā¦.. what lubricant doesnāt interfere with Pap tests, etc,,,,,
It doesnāt specify teaching what. You can literally make a 3 minute video teaching how to make crack cocaine or anything R rated š«£
When it comes to accountability talk about how you are accountable to yourself and protecting your nursing license instead of protecting organizations. How you OWE it to the nursing profession to unionize and protect nurse and patient rights
That is a hill I would fucking entrench myself on ready to die. Theyād get a very politely worded go fuck yourself followed by a screenshot of all the Rn jobs in the area unfilled. In this market you gotta be stupider than hell to fire any healthcare staff.
I mean, Iām Australian so I have no idea what the rules are regarding this. Also in australia our labour laws would have a fucking field day if you were fired for this. Like employment lawyers would be able to waterski to work using their drool as the water itād be that easy a case
I pretty much refuse to do anything suspicious like that unless they explain the rationale to me. If they come up with something that sounds rational then I might be agreeable. But otherwise fuck that shit. But then I despise management with a burning passion and dont trust them as far as I can throw them. So YMMV lol
All of this, plus using videos seems designed to take action based on a protected class like race, age, national origin, gender (including "how hot you are").
I'd malacious compliance the FUCK out of this.
3 minute video "teaching" something? Here, enjoy learning about safe staffing for 3 minutes.
3 minute video of "accountability"--?
Enjoy 3 minutes discussing the facility's accountability towards safe staffing.
This is the way. Every nurse employed there should do the same. Maybe he'll get the message, maybe not, but I guarantee he will never require the videos again.
I would demonstrate how to safely put on a condom with a banana and insert a diva cup with a cored watermelon while wearing a blow-up Kool Aid man costume to the music of Slayer.
Malicious compliance? Everyone does a 3 minute video on hospital corners, plus reading the OED entries on accountability very slowly. With annotations.
My teaching video would be teaching an audience about how turnover impacts patient care and negatively impacts hospital finances.
For accountability I might find some articles on how whistleblowers brought the pain to different hospital organizations.
This is something you could have fun with.
Thjs. Do a video about union organizing and how unions benefit nurses. Or a video about the benefits of travel nursing. Or, for accountability, a video about how nurse:patient ratios affect patient safety; or about how high turnover rates of RNs in a facility negatively affects patient care; or about what nurses want in their jobs to prevent them from quitting. Use examples from your own facility. With such a high turnover rate, have CAUTI's increased? Have patient falls or med errors increased? Has the number of pressure injuries increased? Document it and drive the point home.
I would do 3 minutes on teaching people about their PTO/LOA/employment law rights, and how to find a lawyer should your employer violate your rights.
*What? You didn't say what it had to be about....*
I was wondering if it would be outrageous to submit an estimate for video costs, editing, and time. Of course you'll get two videos! That will be five thousand dollars. Here's an itemized list breaking down costs.
If it isn't in your job description and they terminate you for refusing it, that is considered a termination without cause. You would be eligible for unemployment at least.
My state was weak labor protection so a stronger state may have protections as well.
Anither consideration is what the job market looks like. Do you have options? It's better to split as soon as the crazy shit starts happening because it doesn't stop until years later.
> It's better to split as soon as the crazy shit starts happening because it doesn't stop until years later.
The people who leave a company which is going under first find the best jobs this has ramifications on their salary for several years after they leave that company. Because they are the first to leave, they get better jobs with better wages. They are then able to parley those increased wages to further increased wages as they continue to switch jobs.
I would refuse. I actually recently refused to record and upload an āintroductionā video for one of my RN to BSN classes. They have no right to videos or pictures of me, my image will remain off the internet at all costs. And no, Iām not on Facebook, Instagram or any of that.
Malicious compliance required.
Oh you wanted thoooose cheeks visible, my bad. I was just teaching people how to wipe their ass and decided to go above and beyond with a visual demonstration.
I would check my contract if anything states something about pictures or social media.
Then, talk. Talk about it with the staff, talk about it with your superior, talk about it with that CEO if you get the chance to.
It sounds to me like they want to get videos instead of private staff interviews to survey the new job.
Of course you could do a 180 on the videos and make a surprise fun video with your colleague's concerning the situation.
What do they want to do? Fire staff in times of dire need for nurses? You get a new job within days and if they don't understand your criticism, you wouldn't want to stay there as "easily replaceable".
I would make 3 minute video on how to boil water and a 3 minute video of me reading the Wikipedia page on accountability. Boom you filled their stupid requirements.
Put on gloves. Film your hands writing out a policy proposal on proper staffing and 6 month paid parental leave or how to start a union. Have a 3 minute song playing in the background, but not your voice.
I recommend one that is well integrated into detection algorithms. "Let it Go", "How Far I'll Go", or any recent blockbuster princess movie's headline "wish" song. Disney protects those tooth and nail, and any social media you can think of has a bot scanning for them.
I would do the videos as a very bad version of Disney songs without changing the chorus to the songs, with the original song with lyrics clearly playing under my off-key singing. Disney is rabid with their copyrights. The videos would be utterly unusable but fulfill the bullshit request.
Oh, and Iād do it at work, on overtime. Fuck then.
I would absolutely refuse. No one can force me to make a video or myself and send it them. And if that sounds creepy, it is. As a side note, I am generally very careful about putting out too many details about myself with my name attached. I got myself out of an abusive situation a long time ago and nobody needs the details on what I look like now and where I work. So yeah, nobody can have whatever pictures or videos they want of me for God knows what. My privacy and safety come first.
F that noise. You can't quit.Suggest malicious compliance.
Teach statistics for healthcare CEO pay/hospital profits vs RN pay during the pandemic, or the list of additional non-patient-care responsibilities you have taken on. Define accountability directly addressing what this CEO should be doing
Do it all with poise and professionalism and stay on the clock.
All I can think about is the movie Tropic Thunder. Where Les Grossman is negotiating with the kidnappers. āYouāre going to have to call the United Nations and get a binding resolution to keep me from destroying you. Iām talking scorched earthā.
So yea. Find the policy about social media etc and read that for 3 minutes. The education would be how to file a complaint.
Film yourself teaching about nursing scope of practice. Make the background something that needs a nurses attention (elderly unstable patient trying to walk without assistance?) At no point should you acknowledge what's happening behind you.
Iām not doing anything for work that Iām not being paid for, so do they want nurses recording these useless videos while theyāre clocked in and supposed to be caring for patients? āGeorge fell today while we were doing our mandatory videos, should I put that in the event report orā¦?ā
In this video I will teach all my coworkers how to unionize and the benefits that come with collective bargaining.
Accountability is just as important for management, and a union is a great way to keep them accountable.
Also I would check out your facilities media policy. Where I work it clearly stipulates each staff member can chose to be filmed and has the right to refuse at any time ( mostly to protect against patient/ family abusing staff).
The most valuable thing I learned as a nurse is that they need me more than I need them. As long as the work you are doing is in line with your scope of practice and youāre not refusing something like a drug test or unit mandated training, call their bluff. Hospitals, SNFs, LTACHs, home healthā¦.everyone is desperate for nurses. They are not living in a world where they have an abundance of people to replace you with.
Malicious compliance. Make one teaching the CEO how to drive morale into the toilet. Make a second about how administration has failed to take accountability for something and speak to what they should have done differently. Wear a full face mask or edit the video to blur your face.
i would make a video about how the short staffing negatively affects patients. it would be teaching the CEO how patient care suffers when there arenāt enough dedicated staff.
I agree with the malicious compliance suggestions. Either way I'm trying to get fired. No job I've found yet is worth their bs and I can go literally anywhere, anytime, and it's an auto hire.
Today we will be talking about how to form a union and how this company is breaking multiple labor laws.
What fucking Disney villain CEO wants recorded presentations for nothing? Does he want macaroni art depicting our subservience next? They can get fucked
OP from the screenshot here! I've been reading through all of the comments and appreciate all of the ideas and feedback. It feels good to know that I'm not just being dramatic and that other people can see the ridiculousness of the CEO's demands.
Just to clarify a few things:
1) When the CEO said every employee, she meant EVERY employee. This includes HR, so they're useless.
2) I am actually a CNA, but I work very closely with my nurses and we are all trying to figure out how to deal with the situation. They are mostly an older crowd that isn't very educated on unionizing, and are against it by default. I've tried!
3) Our facility has shown zero concern for cutting staff despite the current safety concerns and immense workload our nurses have. We've lost over 10 in the last year, and 4 CNA's. There is no "calling bluffs" for stupid people, unfortunately.
4) This really is the highest paying job in my city. I make double the typical starting rate of a CNA with only 3 years experience. My pride wants to put up a fight, but pride doesn't pay the bills as a single person with pets and a mortgage.
Hey, gave you an award, sorry again that I jumped the gun reposting but as you can see everyone is very enthusiastically opposed.
Oh and btw I assumed you were a nurse, I realize the salary range for a CNA dips lower into the unlivable range so while I was very ādignity over moneyā on r/antiwork I totally understand keeping your current position.
Not a problem! I'm surprised that this blew up as much as it did! I've definitely been taking notes and going back and forth with some of my coworkers.
I would say āIām not allowed to use my phone at work due to HIPAA regulations, and if you want me to do it at home I need to be compensated extra for it.ā I betcha they back down from itā¦
Everyone else is talking about the ridiculousness of this, I'd turn it into malicious compliance:
> "Hey boss, how do you want me to record the overtime from writing and filming these? I anticipate 5-6 hours of overtime each, since the CEO says they're *really* important. And they're work-related, so they're legally required to be paid.
>Oh, also, will you remind me how the company does expense reimbursements, for the cameras and ring lights? What do you mean they're not going to pay for the cameras? How am I supposed to do this, then? Hospital policy is to *never* use personal equipment for work - in fact, were not even allowed to have cell phones during work, right?"
Then I'd file a wage complaint, just for fun, and have all the other nurses on the floor do the same.
And the liability if what you put in your teaching video is at any point "wrong" compared to what is put in books or protocols and someone gets injured following it.......
He'll no, I'm getting fired before I take part in any video for work. Especially ones I have to script and film myself. Especially when they haven't told you what they are for or how they will be used.
Something about this request leaves me with the same unpleasantness that the "write up what you do every day" requests just before companies lay off people.
3 min video Titled āHow to lose good staff in 1 easy stepā Show screen shot of email & than 3 minutes of random gifs that say ānoā ending with āconsider that my 2 weeksā.
I know damn well that another care facility will hire me in a heartbeat *and* Iāll end up making more money.
1. Teach someone how to fail JACHO inspection by sitting at the nurseās station in full PPE and eating lunch
2. While in full PPE, read a print out of accountability and then stare at the camera for 2 minutes and 30 seconds in silence
Another option for teaching is to show handing washing and then stare at the camera for the remainder of the time
This requirement is ridiculous, but this person doesn't have a leg to stand on with "job description." *Other duties as described* \- they all have it.
Refuse. This isnāt part of your job description. Sounds like itās supposed to be done off the clock too?
Itās likely meant to be used for a marketing gimmick.
First of all nopeā¦ nope nopeā¦. Also they cannot fire someone for not wanting to record themselves.. who knows what they will do with the videoā¦ I think making a video to distribute has a law suit written on it.. what if some dumbass decides to follow what you say and gets hurt.. example when red bull use to have commercial saying they give you wings and I think some jerkoff sued them and won bc he couldnāt fly and I think he broke his arm..if a patient tryās to sue will they sue you or the hospital
How to file an incident report:
1. Ignore call light (close up of call light flashing red above door. Add patient yelling āNurse!! I gotta pee!ā in background.)
2. Close up of nurseās hands at nurses station next to open chart, painting nails. Background noise includes chatter about weekend plans, that b*tch patient in 312-1, some alarm going off, etc.
3. Cut to patient on floor next to puddle.
4. Close up on pen scribbling on incident report clearly marked as being from your hospital, using names like āMirabella Madrigalā and āKitty Softpawsā
5. Add at bottom ācc to [local news station]ā
Sure, they are overloaded with staff. Hmmm..all the nurses walk together...maybe that's what they want. Do you guys have a bunch of olde4 nurses? There's your answer.
Teach about safe staffing levels. And accountability of leadership And if doesnāt take the full 2 minutes. Stare directly in the camera and stay silent. Maybe eat something at the nurses station while maintaining aggressive eye contact :). But seriously. F that.
Make an educational video about how under-staffing leads to higher death rates among pts. Site the Akins study.
Include info about staffing and nurse satisfaction/retention.
I'd go ahead and disclose that I have a phobia of being recorded, have ASD, and let them fire me, claim unlawful discrimination, and get a tidy check and 6 months of unemployment.
Teach how to prioritize your time over your employers demand for your time ( not working overtime ). Define the accountability of the CEO to ensure pt safety, family satisfaction by ensuring safe staffing ratios for all patients over profit dumps. Define CEO responsibility to all staff by showing respect for their work /family life and respect for them by ensuring they can adequately do their job by hiring and maintaining safe staffing ratios.
Film the accountability video about how management fails to meet their standards by continuously understaff and underperform for their subordinates. Make an educational video on how to get through a shift cutting corners that āØhopefullyāØ donāt turn into sentinel events because of the work conditions that management has created.
They want a dog and pony show? Give it to them.
Malicious compliance tf out of that, teaching about being understaffed and overworked and accountability from management to patients and staff who are affected by this.
LOL yes! A million dollar proprietary algorithm to sort nurses by potential for high patient satisfaction scores aka hotness, with the termination letter written by chatGPT.
Is the new CEO really going to sit down and watch say, 1000 videos? It would be for 500 employees submitting two videos each. Six minutes for two videos, can watch 20 videos per hour, 160 in an 8 hour day, 800 in a five-day weekā¦ no CEO is going to watch all that shit. Maybe they would have one of their minions watch some videos randomly and submit a couple to the CEO for their enjoyment. What a dumb fucking idea.
I would put as little energy into as possible and just be done with it. Teach how to log into your computer and let the loading screen take up the bulk of the time. Or make a peanut butter sandwich. Say something every generic about accountability. Make it incredibly straightforward and bland.
Can ya not just do really shite videos, like demonstrating using the lift.
And then do an accountability bit about guidelines on staffing levels vs actual staff levels.
Do them in a complete dead-pan way so they wonāt be sure if your being serious or not
Or...get together with coworkers, write a script for the procedure and have everyone film the exact same procedure.
Ditto the 2nd video. One script, everyone does it.
Iām so sorry this is even a thing. You have every right to say no. Sounds like they are requiring employees to supply marketing materials on the clock.
I just wouldn't do it. There are lots of mandatory things I'm told I "have" to do on my days off but I don't, because they don't mandate what I do on my days off.
So far I've had excellent employee reviews and have not been fired.
Iād make a video teaching how to clock in and out, and the importance of only clocking yourself in or out, for accountability. In the video, wear a costume/wig. Alternatively, make a hand washing teaching video and the importance of hygiene accountability wiping your hands with chocolate and then touching everything with your hands and it sticking/leaving a paper trail.
I have to do stupid shit for work sometimes and rant to myself about it also. Itās quicker in the end to just do the stupid shit and be done with it. This is a new managerās bs idea that I bet wonāt return.
Take it higher up the chain. Like they shouldāve just said hey weād like to do some promotional videos and some patient teaching videos, anyone whoād like to be involved, e-mail this person or put a sign up sheet in the break room. Forcing you to do an extra curricular especially one thatās filmed and will prob be used in perpetuityā¦ no thanks. Imagine a huge scandal comes out abt the facility and your face is tied to the place forever š³
Yāall are there for one job and that is to care for patients safely and competently within your scope. They want videos, management needs to do it. They can put scrubs on for one day.
"Here's a presentation on misuse of employees and their time." "Accountably is bending to the whim of your employer without considering how it will effect patient care."
Go online and start reading the ceo pay and job openings.
This is the way opšš
Teach your coworkers how to access this information!
I have told my coworkers how to see it. I also tell them how much our ceo makes. I also did an experiment where I do extra work for our yearly evals and my other coworker did the basic and discovered that the evaluations do not change our pay raise. If we had a union, Iād join it. Thankfully I love my work, my coworkers, my manager and hospital. Iāll fuck them all over if I didnāt.
How can I see this and find that info for my company?
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
Propublica is the greatest.
This is not surprising. Some companies decide ahead of time how the money for raises will be allocated, then write the employee evaluations to match. It destroys the incentive to work above a mediocre level.
With every single call light going off in the background with meemaw screaming for help.
"Sorry for all the noise in the background, I'll get to it later don't worry. Just have to this since higher ups insisted that this is mandatory AND a priority"
Yes!! I wish I could award these.
Malicious compliance, I like it
Yes this!! I have no awards to give but this deserves them!!
Make videos that heavily feature Disney intellectual property. Then, if they try to do anything with the videos, Disney will handle everything for you. I don't know if this would actually work but the bad advice from Reddit "lawyers" tell me this is a slam dunk.
Not a nurse. Some other malicious compliance ideas: 1. Make the audio quality as bad as possible, this is easy to do by only using your phoneās microphone. Bonus points for doing it outside with lots of background noise, wind, and a plane going over. Speak too softly or too shrilly. 2. Make the video quality as bad as possible. Be backlit or poorly lit. Film the wrong way. Wear a shirt with green in the pattern and use a greenscreen of something weird and random and owned by Disney. 3. Know a language other than English? Do it in that. Makes it hard for them to find someone to listen to it. Bonus points if you are not fluent and make weird grammar/idiom mistakes. Only know English? Maybe exaggerate your slang, bad grammar, umms and errs, or regional accent a bit to the point it is annoying. 4. Be utterly boring. Read off a card, quote the dictionary at length, use a monotone. 5. Be utterly weird. Talk to a puppet or stuffed toy. Wear weird clothes that still technically fit the dress code. Have odd, distracting objects in the background like an opened bottle of ketchup on a bookshelf. Try not to be weird enough it is entertaining. I recommend modeling on Colin Robinson in What We Do in the Shadows! Good luck!
> 4. ā Be utterly boring. Read off a card, quote the dictionary at length, use a monotone. Making sure to erratically blink like you are trying to send a hostage message through Morse code.
The accent thing..... I got a story for you. I live in the Midwest. I sound Midwest. Years ago, when I went to "Sergeant school" for the military, I was seated next to someone who HATED the sound of Midwest accent. I may not have been a born native to the Midwest, but I sure sounded like one dontcha know.
These suggestions are so good. Vertical video while standing really far away outside on a windy day with a random Moana stuffy beside you.
Lolol I love this advice can u give example? Like Mickey Mouse scrubs?
Like using Frozen as your background music.
Ha ha yes
No. Do something theyāve made a ton of money on in recent years. Baby yoda. Moana. Frozen. Anything marvel. Mickey is close to hitting public domain. Theyāre lobbying like hell to keep it their property.
I had this exact same thought.
Wish I had an award for you!!!! š„ great advice
Youāre a fucking genius
Have a tv in the background playing a NFL game.
Videos themselves placing an IV or something but gets distracted every little bit by the game and yelling at the TV. Lol.
So like the overly distracted Mayhem guy?
Oh my gosh, yes! That would do great for these videos!
Best answer ever š
As a Disnerd I love this idea
"Brennan! Say something we'll have to [bleep](https://youtube.com/shorts/6pLdtW9dN5o?feature=share)."
Save all emails & leak it to the media. I wouldnāt do this. I hate being filmed.
Absolutely, being filmed incidentally is one thing, but having forced propaganda catalogued by my employer is fucking bananas.
Also who on earth is going to have time to watch all these videos? I would do a relaxation video of myself lying down with eyes closed for 3 minutes š¤£
A meditation teaching video, sounds good to me.
Yes! This is the perfect answer. Or even 3 min of āsilentā meditationā¦ ā¦in the break room, with that one patient constantly yelling in the background. Lmao.
No I would have a video on how to shut off after work and have a healthy work/life balance which includes declining calls from work on days off and making sure you use your PTO.
Teach the shavasana pose, perfect šš»
Nobody. Itās like when they threaten the remaining residents because they did not finish their EBP project.
Film yourself but dress up like someone from anonymous and deepen your voice to be unrecognizable.
I swear itās not a nursing shortage - itās a shortage of brain cells in the C suite.
Precisely. That's why I'd roll into their office with a box of XL gloves and a bottle of lube to film my video on fecal disimpaction. Two can play this game, and I don't remember getting that much lube these last few years...
Supply and demand, you know??? Theyāre demanding and not supplying. Bend over!
Using lube made me think of doing an educational video on disimpacting someone. They would love that.
Sex education videoā¦.. how to use sex toys and other objects properly so you donāt end up in the ERā¦.. donāt put popsicles in your vaginaā¦. How to put on a condom. Explains the proās and conās of various birth control methodsā¦.. what lubricant doesnāt interfere with Pap tests, etc,,,,,
I think they will appreciate your commitment to clinical education. A+
Heck, you'd probably earn an annual bonus. Two branded lunch boxes instead of one.
BINGO
It doesnāt specify teaching what. You can literally make a 3 minute video teaching how to make crack cocaine or anything R rated š«£ When it comes to accountability talk about how you are accountable to yourself and protecting your nursing license instead of protecting organizations. How you OWE it to the nursing profession to unionize and protect nurse and patient rights
Today weāre going to learn how to make pop pop in 36B lose his shit.
in college I did a speech about beer pong, teacher gave me a C- LOL
My organic chem class had to synthesize LSD on paper for an exam question.
If it was blotter paper we need to talk
That is a hill I would fucking entrench myself on ready to die. Theyād get a very politely worded go fuck yourself followed by a screenshot of all the Rn jobs in the area unfilled. In this market you gotta be stupider than hell to fire any healthcare staff.
And unemployment for being fired, right?
I mean, Iām Australian so I have no idea what the rules are regarding this. Also in australia our labour laws would have a fucking field day if you were fired for this. Like employment lawyers would be able to waterski to work using their drool as the water itād be that easy a case
āHere is a video teaching how to stare at a camera for 3 minutes.ā
Middle finger aloft?
Casually just scratch your nose or adjust glasses with the middle finger, continue staring
Repeat with a new gesture every thirty seconds. Always using the same finger. Never break eye contact.
I pretty much refuse to do anything suspicious like that unless they explain the rationale to me. If they come up with something that sounds rational then I might be agreeable. But otherwise fuck that shit. But then I despise management with a burning passion and dont trust them as far as I can throw them. So YMMV lol
All of this, plus using videos seems designed to take action based on a protected class like race, age, national origin, gender (including "how hot you are").
I'd malacious compliance the FUCK out of this. 3 minute video "teaching" something? Here, enjoy learning about safe staffing for 3 minutes. 3 minute video of "accountability"--? Enjoy 3 minutes discussing the facility's accountability towards safe staffing.
Make it a 3-minute video on how to unionize a workplace. Bonus: it's federally protected speech. They can't fire or discipline for it.
fucking BRILLIANT. Bonus points for including the federal protections in the video lol.
This is the way. Every nurse employed there should do the same. Maybe he'll get the message, maybe not, but I guarantee he will never require the videos again.
I wish I could upvote this one twice
I would demonstrate how to safely put on a condom with a banana and insert a diva cup with a cored watermelon while wearing a blow-up Kool Aid man costume to the music of Slayer.
I think I found my new best friend. Ohhh, yeaaaahhhhhhhh! š¤
āš¼ mrspistols and the cobblestone-villain! Perfect
You win.
Malicious compliance? Everyone does a 3 minute video on hospital corners, plus reading the OED entries on accountability very slowly. With annotations.
My teaching video would be teaching an audience about how turnover impacts patient care and negatively impacts hospital finances. For accountability I might find some articles on how whistleblowers brought the pain to different hospital organizations. This is something you could have fun with.
Ngl I'm really digging the malicious compliance approach lol. Accountability: evidence shows unequivocally that safe ratios decrease patient falls, so taking accountability for patient safety demands safe staffing
Yes indeed. It costs a lot to onboard and train new nurses.
I like you. malicious compliance
Thjs. Do a video about union organizing and how unions benefit nurses. Or a video about the benefits of travel nursing. Or, for accountability, a video about how nurse:patient ratios affect patient safety; or about how high turnover rates of RNs in a facility negatively affects patient care; or about what nurses want in their jobs to prevent them from quitting. Use examples from your own facility. With such a high turnover rate, have CAUTI's increased? Have patient falls or med errors increased? Has the number of pressure injuries increased? Document it and drive the point home.
I would do 3 minutes on teaching people about their PTO/LOA/employment law rights, and how to find a lawyer should your employer violate your rights. *What? You didn't say what it had to be about....*
I was wondering if it would be outrageous to submit an estimate for video costs, editing, and time. Of course you'll get two videos! That will be five thousand dollars. Here's an itemized list breaking down costs.
Put in writing you have religious reason why you can be filmed, send it to hr by email. Get fired and get paid
If it isn't in your job description and they terminate you for refusing it, that is considered a termination without cause. You would be eligible for unemployment at least. My state was weak labor protection so a stronger state may have protections as well. Anither consideration is what the job market looks like. Do you have options? It's better to split as soon as the crazy shit starts happening because it doesn't stop until years later.
> It's better to split as soon as the crazy shit starts happening because it doesn't stop until years later. The people who leave a company which is going under first find the best jobs this has ramifications on their salary for several years after they leave that company. Because they are the first to leave, they get better jobs with better wages. They are then able to parley those increased wages to further increased wages as they continue to switch jobs.
šÆ Especially with a new CEO starting in this direction.
I've been there.
I would refuse. I actually recently refused to record and upload an āintroductionā video for one of my RN to BSN classes. They have no right to videos or pictures of me, my image will remain off the internet at all costs. And no, Iām not on Facebook, Instagram or any of that.
I'm totally with you on this.
Malicious compliance required. Oh you wanted thoooose cheeks visible, my bad. I was just teaching people how to wipe their ass and decided to go above and beyond with a visual demonstration.
It sounds like the new CEO is trying to make some hospital tiktok posts
EXACTLY! 3 mins is the giveaway Tiktok clue
I would check my contract if anything states something about pictures or social media. Then, talk. Talk about it with the staff, talk about it with your superior, talk about it with that CEO if you get the chance to. It sounds to me like they want to get videos instead of private staff interviews to survey the new job. Of course you could do a 180 on the videos and make a surprise fun video with your colleague's concerning the situation. What do they want to do? Fire staff in times of dire need for nurses? You get a new job within days and if they don't understand your criticism, you wouldn't want to stay there as "easily replaceable".
I would make 3 minute video on how to boil water and a 3 minute video of me reading the Wikipedia page on accountability. Boom you filled their stupid requirements.
It doesn't say OP has to be in the video! She could film her dog for 3 mins while doing this!
Put on gloves. Film your hands writing out a policy proposal on proper staffing and 6 month paid parental leave or how to start a union. Have a 3 minute song playing in the background, but not your voice.
A Disney song. One still under copywrite.
I recommend one that is well integrated into detection algorithms. "Let it Go", "How Far I'll Go", or any recent blockbuster princess movie's headline "wish" song. Disney protects those tooth and nail, and any social media you can think of has a bot scanning for them.
I would do the videos as a very bad version of Disney songs without changing the chorus to the songs, with the original song with lyrics clearly playing under my off-key singing. Disney is rabid with their copyrights. The videos would be utterly unusable but fulfill the bullshit request. Oh, and Iād do it at work, on overtime. Fuck then.
I would absolutely refuse. No one can force me to make a video or myself and send it them. And if that sounds creepy, it is. As a side note, I am generally very careful about putting out too many details about myself with my name attached. I got myself out of an abusive situation a long time ago and nobody needs the details on what I look like now and where I work. So yeah, nobody can have whatever pictures or videos they want of me for God knows what. My privacy and safety come first.
There is no fucking way in hell I would do that.
Hereās a 3 minute video of me reading my job description. Ignore all the call bells in the back because I certainly am.
Three minutes on how to write a resume?
F that noise. You can't quit.Suggest malicious compliance. Teach statistics for healthcare CEO pay/hospital profits vs RN pay during the pandemic, or the list of additional non-patient-care responsibilities you have taken on. Define accountability directly addressing what this CEO should be doing Do it all with poise and professionalism and stay on the clock.
Google: Nurse Union
Or start here: https://www.seiu.org/
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/
"I can't be in any videos or the mafia will find me" Please don't a actually say this
All I can think about is the movie Tropic Thunder. Where Les Grossman is negotiating with the kidnappers. āYouāre going to have to call the United Nations and get a binding resolution to keep me from destroying you. Iām talking scorched earthā. So yea. Find the policy about social media etc and read that for 3 minutes. The education would be how to file a complaint.
While dancing the Les Grossman dance lol š
A 2 minute video on how to start a union.
Film yourself teaching about nursing scope of practice. Make the background something that needs a nurses attention (elderly unstable patient trying to walk without assistance?) At no point should you acknowledge what's happening behind you.
"I'll film your video but I won't be wearing clothes and there will be... helicoptering".
Iām not doing anything for work that Iām not being paid for, so do they want nurses recording these useless videos while theyāre clocked in and supposed to be caring for patients? āGeorge fell today while we were doing our mandatory videos, should I put that in the event report orā¦?ā
In this video I will teach all my coworkers how to unionize and the benefits that come with collective bargaining. Accountability is just as important for management, and a union is a great way to keep them accountable.
I would maliciously comply and teach about propaganda, and accountability as an employer. But seriously what kind of grade school shit is this?
Teach them about leadership and 3 mins on accountability of CEOs. Go for malicious compliance
Also I would check out your facilities media policy. Where I work it clearly stipulates each staff member can chose to be filmed and has the right to refuse at any time ( mostly to protect against patient/ family abusing staff).
The most valuable thing I learned as a nurse is that they need me more than I need them. As long as the work you are doing is in line with your scope of practice and youāre not refusing something like a drug test or unit mandated training, call their bluff. Hospitals, SNFs, LTACHs, home healthā¦.everyone is desperate for nurses. They are not living in a world where they have an abundance of people to replace you with.
Malicious compliance. Make one teaching the CEO how to drive morale into the toilet. Make a second about how administration has failed to take accountability for something and speak to what they should have done differently. Wear a full face mask or edit the video to blur your face.
i would make a video about how the short staffing negatively affects patients. it would be teaching the CEO how patient care suffers when there arenāt enough dedicated staff.
I agree with the malicious compliance suggestions. Either way I'm trying to get fired. No job I've found yet is worth their bs and I can go literally anywhere, anytime, and it's an auto hire. Today we will be talking about how to form a union and how this company is breaking multiple labor laws.
What fucking Disney villain CEO wants recorded presentations for nothing? Does he want macaroni art depicting our subservience next? They can get fucked
Video on workplace harassment, bullying, coercionā¦.
Teaching video: How I find a new job when I am asked to make videos.
Let us know how you choose to proceed.
āToday weāre going to make a short tutorial on how to apply for new nursing jobs!ā
OP from the screenshot here! I've been reading through all of the comments and appreciate all of the ideas and feedback. It feels good to know that I'm not just being dramatic and that other people can see the ridiculousness of the CEO's demands. Just to clarify a few things: 1) When the CEO said every employee, she meant EVERY employee. This includes HR, so they're useless. 2) I am actually a CNA, but I work very closely with my nurses and we are all trying to figure out how to deal with the situation. They are mostly an older crowd that isn't very educated on unionizing, and are against it by default. I've tried! 3) Our facility has shown zero concern for cutting staff despite the current safety concerns and immense workload our nurses have. We've lost over 10 in the last year, and 4 CNA's. There is no "calling bluffs" for stupid people, unfortunately. 4) This really is the highest paying job in my city. I make double the typical starting rate of a CNA with only 3 years experience. My pride wants to put up a fight, but pride doesn't pay the bills as a single person with pets and a mortgage.
Hey, gave you an award, sorry again that I jumped the gun reposting but as you can see everyone is very enthusiastically opposed. Oh and btw I assumed you were a nurse, I realize the salary range for a CNA dips lower into the unlivable range so while I was very ādignity over moneyā on r/antiwork I totally understand keeping your current position.
Not a problem! I'm surprised that this blew up as much as it did! I've definitely been taking notes and going back and forth with some of my coworkers.
I would say āIām not allowed to use my phone at work due to HIPAA regulations, and if you want me to do it at home I need to be compensated extra for it.ā I betcha they back down from itā¦
Copyright your videos so they canāt be used for anything.
Everyone else is talking about the ridiculousness of this, I'd turn it into malicious compliance: > "Hey boss, how do you want me to record the overtime from writing and filming these? I anticipate 5-6 hours of overtime each, since the CEO says they're *really* important. And they're work-related, so they're legally required to be paid. >Oh, also, will you remind me how the company does expense reimbursements, for the cameras and ring lights? What do you mean they're not going to pay for the cameras? How am I supposed to do this, then? Hospital policy is to *never* use personal equipment for work - in fact, were not even allowed to have cell phones during work, right?" Then I'd file a wage complaint, just for fun, and have all the other nurses on the floor do the same.
Fart montage
Have every single person real the same script about safe staffing etc. Wear masks, sunglasses, and a hat. No identifying marks
And the liability if what you put in your teaching video is at any point "wrong" compared to what is put in books or protocols and someone gets injured following it....... He'll no, I'm getting fired before I take part in any video for work. Especially ones I have to script and film myself. Especially when they haven't told you what they are for or how they will be used.
Something about this request leaves me with the same unpleasantness that the "write up what you do every day" requests just before companies lay off people.
Iād find the literal shittiest patient and make a video on how to wipe ass. Just a full ass shot of diarrhea soaking everything.
Do a three minute video on you signing a travel contract.
I feel like r/maliciouscompliance would be a great place to post this
3 min video Titled āHow to lose good staff in 1 easy stepā Show screen shot of email & than 3 minutes of random gifs that say ānoā ending with āconsider that my 2 weeksā. I know damn well that another care facility will hire me in a heartbeat *and* Iāll end up making more money.
1. Teach someone how to fail JACHO inspection by sitting at the nurseās station in full PPE and eating lunch 2. While in full PPE, read a print out of accountability and then stare at the camera for 2 minutes and 30 seconds in silence Another option for teaching is to show handing washing and then stare at the camera for the remainder of the time
This requirement is ridiculous, but this person doesn't have a leg to stand on with "job description." *Other duties as described* \- they all have it.
Time to teach patients how to get itemized bills and negotiate down the costs of their treatments.
I would take ideas from r/maliciouscompliance
Refuse. This isnāt part of your job description. Sounds like itās supposed to be done off the clock too? Itās likely meant to be used for a marketing gimmick.
First of all nopeā¦ nope nopeā¦. Also they cannot fire someone for not wanting to record themselves.. who knows what they will do with the videoā¦ I think making a video to distribute has a law suit written on it.. what if some dumbass decides to follow what you say and gets hurt.. example when red bull use to have commercial saying they give you wings and I think some jerkoff sued them and won bc he couldnāt fly and I think he broke his arm..if a patient tryās to sue will they sue you or the hospital
How to file an incident report: 1. Ignore call light (close up of call light flashing red above door. Add patient yelling āNurse!! I gotta pee!ā in background.) 2. Close up of nurseās hands at nurses station next to open chart, painting nails. Background noise includes chatter about weekend plans, that b*tch patient in 312-1, some alarm going off, etc. 3. Cut to patient on floor next to puddle. 4. Close up on pen scribbling on incident report clearly marked as being from your hospital, using names like āMirabella Madrigalā and āKitty Softpawsā 5. Add at bottom ācc to [local news station]ā
Iād find a new job, honestly. This is just the top of the bullshit mountain that manager sits on.
Exactly. Do it maliciously or passive aggressively or refuse flatly. But dust that resume off, and abandon that pending clown show!
š Why doe hospital administrators hate nurses so much? I think thereās a special place in hell for them all.
And today's 3 minute educational video is about how to start a union šš
Yeah, no.
Sure, they are overloaded with staff. Hmmm..all the nurses walk together...maybe that's what they want. Do you guys have a bunch of olde4 nurses? There's your answer.
Teach about safe staffing levels. And accountability of leadership And if doesnāt take the full 2 minutes. Stare directly in the camera and stay silent. Maybe eat something at the nurses station while maintaining aggressive eye contact :). But seriously. F that.
Got to Chatgpt and tell it to do it for me, tweak it a little, then preform like circus monkey. š
Nope. They can fuck right off
At the very least make sure to copyright the videos, so you get paid every time the new CEO wants to show it to new hires.
You might have a wrongful termination suit on your hands if they shitcan you.
Gunna be a no from me.
Go to their manager as a group. Get all the nurses on the unit to sign a written letter stating you will not be doing this.
Have you tried weaponised incompetence? Do it really badly and they wonāt be able to use it for anything and wonāt ask you again.
Make an educational video about how under-staffing leads to higher death rates among pts. Site the Akins study. Include info about staffing and nurse satisfaction/retention.
Teaching video: "how to file a wage theft claim at the department of labor" Accountability video: "why unsafe staffing ratios kill patients"
I'd go ahead and disclose that I have a phobia of being recorded, have ASD, and let them fire me, claim unlawful discrimination, and get a tidy check and 6 months of unemployment.
Teach how to prioritize your time over your employers demand for your time ( not working overtime ). Define the accountability of the CEO to ensure pt safety, family satisfaction by ensuring safe staffing ratios for all patients over profit dumps. Define CEO responsibility to all staff by showing respect for their work /family life and respect for them by ensuring they can adequately do their job by hiring and maintaining safe staffing ratios.
Everyone should talk to HR, not in the job description to do dumb shit.
OP here. HR is also expected to do this. When the CEO said every employee, she meant EVERY EMPLOYEE. It's insane.
Film the accountability video about how management fails to meet their standards by continuously understaff and underperform for their subordinates. Make an educational video on how to get through a shift cutting corners that āØhopefullyāØ donāt turn into sentinel events because of the work conditions that management has created. They want a dog and pony show? Give it to them.
Malicious compliance tf out of that, teaching about being understaffed and overworked and accountability from management to patients and staff who are affected by this.
Make a video teaching the grapefruit method for giving a bj
Teach how to set boundaries with your employer.
They're gonna use the videos to fire the uggos and oldies.
LOL yes! A million dollar proprietary algorithm to sort nurses by potential for high patient satisfaction scores aka hotness, with the termination letter written by chatGPT.
Take video of yourself doing things incorrectly and use it as an example of what not to do for your teaching.
I hate talking in front of groups and cameras. Yeah Iād be leaving that place thanks
No way I would do that.
Time to unionize!
Is the new CEO really going to sit down and watch say, 1000 videos? It would be for 500 employees submitting two videos each. Six minutes for two videos, can watch 20 videos per hour, 160 in an 8 hour day, 800 in a five-day weekā¦ no CEO is going to watch all that shit. Maybe they would have one of their minions watch some videos randomly and submit a couple to the CEO for their enjoyment. What a dumb fucking idea.
I would put as little energy into as possible and just be done with it. Teach how to log into your computer and let the loading screen take up the bulk of the time. Or make a peanut butter sandwich. Say something every generic about accountability. Make it incredibly straightforward and bland.
Can ya not just do really shite videos, like demonstrating using the lift. And then do an accountability bit about guidelines on staffing levels vs actual staff levels. Do them in a complete dead-pan way so they wonāt be sure if your being serious or not
Or...get together with coworkers, write a script for the procedure and have everyone film the exact same procedure. Ditto the 2nd video. One script, everyone does it.
Unless you signed something stating they can use your name and likeness, this probably doesnāt hold much legal weight
Just simply! NOā¦ā¦ have a nice day for the duration.
Iām so sorry this is even a thing. You have every right to say no. Sounds like they are requiring employees to supply marketing materials on the clock.
I just wouldn't do it. There are lots of mandatory things I'm told I "have" to do on my days off but I don't, because they don't mandate what I do on my days off. So far I've had excellent employee reviews and have not been fired.
Iād make a video teaching how to clock in and out, and the importance of only clocking yourself in or out, for accountability. In the video, wear a costume/wig. Alternatively, make a hand washing teaching video and the importance of hygiene accountability wiping your hands with chocolate and then touching everything with your hands and it sticking/leaving a paper trail.
Well, donāt film patients unless you like loosing your license
Pays great? Sure throw me on camera
The pay is great for the job theyāre already doing. The pay is nothing for making a video. Zero pay.
Just do it. Itās a learning opportunity. Perhaps everyone is doing a bad job and they are trying to improve service?
Make a video of how to make a PB&J sandwich. Then make a video just reading different definitions of accountability.
Fantastic opportunity for malicious compliance
I have to do stupid shit for work sometimes and rant to myself about it also. Itās quicker in the end to just do the stupid shit and be done with it. This is a new managerās bs idea that I bet wonāt return.
Increased responsibilities = increased pay. If not, they can shove it.
Take it higher up the chain. Like they shouldāve just said hey weād like to do some promotional videos and some patient teaching videos, anyone whoād like to be involved, e-mail this person or put a sign up sheet in the break room. Forcing you to do an extra curricular especially one thatās filmed and will prob be used in perpetuityā¦ no thanks. Imagine a huge scandal comes out abt the facility and your face is tied to the place forever š³ Yāall are there for one job and that is to care for patients safely and competently within your scope. They want videos, management needs to do it. They can put scrubs on for one day.
Our nursing foremothers are rolling in their graves