So, first the obligatory: on a cell phone, sorry for typos, formatting, etc. Tl;Dr at the bottom.
I work help desk for on of the largest health care orgs in my state (Montana, not gonna mention names, but with everything else I'm about to say, it won't take much Google-fu to find out). The place is going to hell.
The whole time I've been there, I've been treated alright. I need time off, take it. If it's less than three days, no doc note needed. Pay is on the barest low side of fair. Making jist under $60k.
First red flag was mobility. A lot of lateral hiring was done from the place when I started in 2018 as a contractor. Moved from contract to full time in 2020, middle of the pandemic. That's when things started to change. More outside hiring, in clinical and tech sides. More stringent requirements for degrees. Tried for three entry level positions in house, and the hiring managers didn't even take notes during the interviews.
In the last year, they've had three different CEOs, this last time led to a full on change in leadership. In turn, that led to a shitload of turnover everywhere as most saw that, as well as a freeze announced on pay increases as the writing on the wall. In the last three months, they've lost somewhere around 35% of management. Replacement managers have been people with less then 3 years experience in-field, but the right educations.
I've been looking myself, and was fortunate enough to get hired on with a consultant group. I've got it in writing, first three months will pay slightly more than I make now, after that, I'm moving up to six-fogires provided I can get a certification. I don't have a degree, but I can ace certs no problem.
Tonight, there was a police-involved shooting at the ER at my current workplace. I've already got my offer letter in hand to start on the first of the month. My anxiety is through the roof on going back to those phones and taking two weeks of call volumes of 60-90 a day, but at the same time, until recently, this was the least toxic place I've worked. I'm pretty sure I can make it with a month and a half of not being paid, but I'm also hating the idea of leaving my teammates in the lurch like that as we all have a pretty good relationship.
Sorry for the rant… Tl;Dr: workplace going so far to shit that patients are coming in with firearms in frustration, place has been awesome to me other than leadership flares the last few months, what do?