A contract is a contract. Unless your employer is willing to settle with you, I wouldn't quit, because of the tax consequences. If they fire you, then they have to negotiate a settlement with you on the $13320, and in all likelihood, the IRS will still keep the tax money they have collected on this money.

This is the type of situation where seeking legal advice would be beneficial. If you really want out badly enough, and your employer is unhappy with you, then maybe you can work something out. Otherwise, you are going to have do some serious soul-searching about how to make peace with the situation.

Re: Breaking a contract..resign or be dismissed?


Many hospitals will actually pay off your contract for you. The only problem is this means you will sign another contract Always be careful about taking sign-on bonuses. I can't think of many nurses that I know that would agree to a 2 year contract. Sorry about your unfortunate set of circumstances. I hope things improve for you

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I have been there; done that. If I were you, I would finish out your contract and try to avoid any other disciplinary actions. Go to work with a smile on your face, do your job well and there will be nothing they can do. Unfortunately, I signed a 2 year agreement and broke the contract before the 2 yrs. I had to pay back half of the money, which came out of my PTO time. If I had it to do over again, I would have worked the entire contract. Another thing, if they have filed disciplinary actions against you, that will follow you EVERYWHERE you go. You could potentially really harm your career by "letting them fire" you. Big mistake!!!! Do not give them the satisfaction. Also, I have learned in my short career how nurses love to stick it to one another. Believe me, when people call for a reference, they will get the entire scoop on you (which they are not suppose to, but they do) AND... even if what they are saying is bad and not the truth, it will still be said and will affect your future jobs. Just be careful how you handle this. Do not give them anything negative to feed off of once you are gone.

list factors such as stress, and depression maybe you
need a dr.'s statement to back up what the job is doing to you. your not
wanting to quit just change units. list the physical and emotional sx you
are having then i would check with human resources anony to see if they
could help in a what if situation maybe even calling other human resources
offices at other hospitals to see how they would handle it. also most hospitals
now a days are partnered with other facilities so their maybe a need at another facility. it sounds like your supervisor is unsympathetic which is not
good if it's a psych unit your working on. i mean she should know about
burnout! you may need to talk to an attorney who specializes in employment. i'm not sure if you have the time in to qualify for fmla but
your dr. can help with you submitting the paper work. do all this first and
then if you think you need to ask an attorney go in for a consult. you'll
have more to bargain with when you have all this info under your belt.
good luck!