Wanted to wait until after I wrote my letter of resignation before I made this post. I work in a hospital as a medical scribe for a contracted out company who employ (desperate) aspiring pre-healthcare (MD, PA, nursing, etc) students to work in a medical setting. I have been working this job for the past two years, since I was 18. I am set to hit two years exactly next week, and will be handing in my resignation to the day.
We get a .25 raise after 1 year which caps at $9.50 after your 2nd year. No hazard pay, no raises, despite working in the busiest ER in a city of 3 million+ and getting exposed to COVID everyday.They think because we are college students or post grad and need the hours that we should just be grateful we have the job and shut up. The hospital pays the company around $30-$35/hr for a scribe to do the job, and they pocket the rest. PPD loan of $400,000, never saw a dime of bonus pay. The providers we work with have even stated we should be paid more.
Couple it with horrible management it’s a shit show. Calling people to come in on their off days, taking days to over a week to respond to emails despite needing an immediate response from us, they do not care if you’re busy or not.
It wasn’t really coordinated or anything, but we’ve all submitted our two weeks over the past week or so. Glad I’m done. YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE FAIR PAY TOO!
Not sure if anyone will read this, but I got a new job at the same hospital that pays $15/hr. Thanks for inspiring me to know my worth.