Earlier this month, my employer royally screwed me when they told me that I could no longer see my doctor and instead had to see a company doctor. This was a bid to force me on to a cheaper medication regimen.
So I grabbed a large tube of KY and unscrewed myself. The first thing that I did was contact my wife’s employer and asked how we could add me to her insurance even though we were outside of the annual open enrollment period. The answer was we needed to show that I had lost my current coverage through no fault of my own, so I got a letter from my doctor’s office that said “Due to changes in my insurance plan, my doctor was no longer covered by that plan.”
Once I was added to the wife’s plan, I waited for the new insurance card to come in the mail, took it to the doctor’s office, got added back to the practice, and made an appointment. He wrote me a new prescription, and now we are waiting for the medications to be approved by the new insurance company.
I am also looking for a new job. I interviewed for one yesterday and they were excited to see me. It looked like a good place to work. However, the job offer was not at a good pay scale. I was willing to take a cut in pay, but the offer they made was a full 25% less than I make now. That was just too low, and was an even lower offer than one I turned down last month.
The search continues.
12 Comments
Boneman · February 27, 2025 at 5:57 am
Yeah… that’s an issue here in FlawDUH. A LOT of VERY overqualified folks looking for gigs. I was one of them. I arrived here somewhat “retired” and took a VERY part-time position a 1/4 of what I was making previously just to get myself in the door and out of my house for 12 hours a week.
It grew from there in to one of the best gigs of my life. Fortunately, I was in a position to do that. Not everyone is.
Keep up the good hunt.
Steve S6 · February 27, 2025 at 8:45 am
Sounds like you may be maxing out the pay/benefit economics. At some point one of them has to give.
Divemedic · February 27, 2025 at 10:07 am
What’s interesting about that is that I could get even more if I give up benefits, which I may do now that I’m not using my employer’s insurance.
Or I can become a contract nurse and get a 30% raise.
Stealth Spaniel · February 27, 2025 at 12:46 pm
I feel your pain; employers are vultures these days, in most cases. What is unbelievable to me is that RN’s of any stripe are struggling. When I was growing up, my mom basically wrote her own ticket-a $10,00 signing bonus was just for starters. If folks would only realize that 97% of your hospital care is on the back of nurses…..they would pony up major bucks. I am at the point where I am ready to say “See Ya!” to my current employer, as daily shift changes with zero notice, cutting hours, more work all to glorify the ever bitching management/CEO class has taken its toll, on me and every other body. I am thinking peace of mind and less stress is worth starting somewhere else. My friend’s daughter is a surgical tech and is contract. She loves it and makes a fortune.
Henry · February 27, 2025 at 9:44 am
Good luck with your job hunt. You deserve to be properly compensated for your significant experience. I don’t know what part of the state you’re looking in, but in case it’s anywhere near the space coast, don’t go near the medical center that starts with Parr… and ends with …sh. They have a really, really bad reputation and always seem to be struggling financially.
Joe Blow · February 27, 2025 at 9:50 am
GOOD FOR YOU! You’ll find another gig. Hang in there. Folks like you are hard to find.
Cederq · February 27, 2025 at 12:12 pm
That is one nice benefit to being a nurse. If you are in good standing even with a beef with your current employer you can find work. Nice you can use that as some leverage, especially if the skilled labor pool is low. I look back and remembered all the nurse recruiters calling me often for jobs throughout the country. Most of them were back east and in large cities, I wasn’t interested. I had a good job at a local hospital that I hired on to as an orderly and worked there to attain my nursing degree and was promoted and worked there for 25 years.
Vlad the non-Impaler · February 27, 2025 at 3:09 pm
Excellent news on the med fiasco!
Being on the wife’s plan does open up some possibilities. 👍🏻
Divemedic · February 28, 2025 at 7:48 am
The one that is most attractive to me is the one where I switch to PRN and only work when I want to. I think I am going to start working on that one.
Jonathan · February 27, 2025 at 11:14 pm
Glad to hear you found a solution.
That sounds far simpler (and cheaper) than I was worried it would be.
Good luck on your new job hunt, it’s too bad that you have to do it again…
Tree Mike · February 28, 2025 at 12:14 am
Isn’t mercenary management wonderful?! snarc
Mr. Garibaldi · February 28, 2025 at 2:11 am
I am VERY HAPPY to hear that you found a way out of that medical hole!
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