Right before the pandemic hit, I was working as a nurse (LPN) at a high-volume urgent care in the greater Seattle area. My managers were v out of touch and always complaining about how they never had any applicants for the unit.
One day I was charting at my workstation before heading into another patient's room and my manager had the audacity to make a joke in front of our entire staff that the workman's comp form he was filling out for the delivery guy being seen next said that he made more money than I did as their staff nurse.
This is not me saying that a food delivery person deserves to make less than me – he likely wasn't pulling a wage considered liveable for our area to begin with. But this is the behavior of over-paid healthcare administrators across the nation. Then add covid burnout. This is why we don't want to work for you anymore.
Jokes on them because I never “charged” patients for any of their bandages, wound care, or splints, something they would remind us to do while hovering over our charting. I think the religious based “not for profit” hospital system can surely afford it.