Pretty much the title. For info, I work in Healthcare in the U.S. as awful a mess that is in and of itself.
For the past 2 years I've specifically worked in kidney care dialysis for a company that rhymes with “Lavita” and in the past year it has gotten progressively more unbearable and it all comes down to labor costs.
Our clinic is 2 people understaffed and have been since June 2022, but we have to cut labor costs.
We have more patients than ever, but we need to cut the number of labor hours we use each day.
The company brags in their shareholder meeting about making $120k profit PER EMPLOYEE PER QUARTER, but they cut our bonus structure for picking up extra shifts, and delay any annual raises or otherwise don't give them.
We literally have no float nurses or techs in our district because they've all quit or gone to work in the hospitals instead for the higher pay and less workload, but they're still trying to make labor costs an issue.
I've just about reached the end of my rope. I like my patients, I find pride in providing care that literally keeps people alive, but I can't keep doing this. We are under paid, over worked and still it's not enough.