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by fluoridation 1321 days ago
I don't think it is, since it doesn't answer the question. What the person who asks the question thinks and why a nurse who doesn't like their job doesn't quit are not obviously connected. Such a response is for a hospital administrator, not for someone who has no power to do anything about their working situation.
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If that question was in good faith, I think your response might be the right one. But I very much doubt that question was in good faith - it sounds more to me like "suck it up or get out, princess".
Regardless of the intent, the response is incongruous to the prompt.

A: This is the job; take it or leave it.

B: You don't really want me to leave it.

Maybe A does or doesn't want that, but how does that have any bearing on B's decision-making? Let's call a spade a spade. The nurses who are not quitting are doing so because (they think) the job is still good; it's just not as good as it was a few years ago. The nurses quit did so because (they thought) they could get a better deal doing something else.

> more to me like "suck it up or get out, princess".

Different wording, but same message though. It sounds like the two options are fundamentally the same, regardless of the wording.

It does not answer the surface level question, but I think it answers the implicit ask to stop whining.
It reads "I'm not exploited quite to the breaking point yet, there is room for more optimization, Mr. Corpo."