This week in bullshittery:
my employer asked for physical therapists and occupational therapists to volunteer to see c19 patients. A couple days later they requested that we send them selfie photos in our handmade personal protective equipment, for marketing purposes. Keep in mind, a person can be positive with c19 while showing no symptoms. We have to assume every patient we see has it and we have to assume that we have it. Why would we not be given n95 masks one might ask? But I digress. after being asked to volunteer to see positive patients as well as being asked to send selfies for marketing purposes, my employer had the audacity to send us each a letter stating that effective immediately our rates would be cut by 45%. Not only that, but full-time employees would now be considered per diem, and they will only receive insurance and financial benefits, which they were promised, if they could guarantee and achieve full-time patient care. This will effectively pit employee against employee as they will compete to keep their schedules. We have no control over this though, because with the pandemic our patient load has decreased significantly. My great employer has simultaneously used our photos in our homemade masks for marketing purposes while cutting our rates and taking away insurance from families who desperately need it. That is the biggest bullshit move I have seen in a very long time. I wonder if the CEO still has medical coverage? I wonder if HIS pay was cut 45%?
Maybe I'll apply at a grocery store, I hear they're handing out gloves and face masks to their employees.
PS. I received my n95 mask from an artist friend who had one for ceramics. And I'm buying my gloves myself. FOR PROFIT HEALTHCARE IS BULLSHIT FOR EVERYONE BUT THOSE AT THE TOP. I assure you, the margins are primary, NOT patient care and satisfaction.
my employer asked for physical therapists and occupational therapists to volunteer to see c19 patients. A couple days later they requested that we send them selfie photos in our handmade personal protective equipment, for marketing purposes. Keep in mind, a person can be positive with c19 while showing no symptoms. We have to assume every patient we see has it and we have to assume that we have it. Why would we not be given n95 masks one might ask? But I digress. after being asked to volunteer to see positive patients as well as being asked to send selfies for marketing purposes, my employer had the audacity to send us each a letter stating that effective immediately our rates would be cut by 45%. Not only that, but full-time employees would now be considered per diem, and they will only receive insurance and financial benefits, which they were promised, if they could guarantee and achieve full-time patient care. This will effectively pit employee against employee as they will compete to keep their schedules. We have no control over this though, because with the pandemic our patient load has decreased significantly. My great employer has simultaneously used our photos in our homemade masks for marketing purposes while cutting our rates and taking away insurance from families who desperately need it. That is the biggest bullshit move I have seen in a very long time. I wonder if the CEO still has medical coverage? I wonder if HIS pay was cut 45%?
Maybe I'll apply at a grocery store, I hear they're handing out gloves and face masks to their employees.
PS. I received my n95 mask from an artist friend who had one for ceramics. And I'm buying my gloves myself. FOR PROFIT HEALTHCARE IS BULLSHIT FOR EVERYONE BUT THOSE AT THE TOP. I assure you, the margins are primary, NOT patient care and satisfaction.
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If anything, you should be getting hazard pay, NOT a pay cut!
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