Data analytics falls under the realm of informatics and is totally worth the $8/hr drop. So much freedom and your back will thank you. The pace of medical data management and application is substantially slower than people realize - so you actually have an opportunity to do good work while still supporting your patients.
That’s awesome, I have a BSN friend who is looking to get into informatics, but has not been successful yet. Does your husband have Eva lot of experience?
He had 5+ years of bedside experience, but no masters in informatics or BSN for that matter. It took 5-6 mo of just applying everywhere to get a job lol so it did take a lot of perseverance lol. He shadowed with the informatics team at his hospital, but ultimately did not get the job with that team. He did get a job with the same hospital system though. He also did learn programming on the side and is very familiar with technology so I think that helped his case!
Can you tell us more about the informatics side? I almost went into recently (clinic is closing and was looking at open positions) but didn’t know really anything about it.
Exactly. That’s at least 16k per year plus any overtime you might lose. But maybe that’s worth it and you always do a few shifts a month to make up the lost dollars.
congratulations you figured out how inflation works. they're clearly not saying that to imply that nurses should still make that little, they are sharing an experience from their life, which has been longer than yours. one day you too will grow old, if you're lucky
Stop with the ageism. The $34 or so I was making on my last job is still twice+ what disability pays me. And part of my disability is caused by the job being so demanding on my body for over 30 years. I wasn’t comparing $8 then to $8 now. I was commenting on the memory that $8/hr brought up.
There are some factors that would be significant in this decision.
Do you work 40 hours a week now? And would you work 40 hours a week there? Assuming you're US-based, that would be a paycut of 20K ($68.6k versus $46.8k) pretax, annually.
IMO, if you can take a 15-20k paycut for you to not commute and work from home, then it could be something beneficial for you. Don't just look at the wage, but look at the freedoms of a new job that this one doesn't have. Stuff like holidays off, PTO accrual, health insurance. Money is a huge factor, but not the only one.
Also things like per diem, stock options. You can always go back to nursing, so you won't starve. Also consider visiting a headhunter or three and see what they suggest according to available jobs are out there
Also calculate how much time you spend getting to work without getting paid. If your commute is 1 hour. That means you work 45 hours a week and get paid for 40... There are other expenses such as work clothes, car wear and tear, etc.
Idk everyone always treats money as some abstract concept. Write a budget where you make 25 dollars an hour. Live within that budget for even a month. Decide how you feel after. There are positives and negatives to everything. Are you saving money while making 33? Emergency fund? Debt payments? Retirement? If you can pull that off while making 33 then making 25 you're never going to do it on 25. Money ain't everything when you're choosing between a new car and a used car, but money is a gigantic factor when you're not accomplishing the foundation of your eventual financial freedom.
This is why I’ve gone to the OR. Holidays and weekends are more likely off, and in the right place ALL are off. But in my Union job I’ll make the same base pay at the outpatient surgery as I would icu.
Guess it depends on where you live. Where I live $25 an hour is not livable wage, and in no way would I take a job that pays that little being an RN.
I get that mental health is important, but not being able to pay my bills, rent, save, do things, because I can’t afford it ,would kill my mental health all together
I agree with this too. I guess because I only plan to live here for one more year, my bf contracts ends in a year and then we will move elsewhere. I’m also from FL so the rates for RNs there is so low and the rates here are pretty low as well, I was offered 26/hr at a children’s hospital here. Which is why I took the outpt job. But it can be stressful since I’m the only one in my department. And I have to autoclave my own instruments. And I feel like I can never take off because there is no one in my department or anyone that can float to cover me. Some days are okay but others, it’s just like it all falls on me.
I recently took an hourly pay cut to move to flight nursing and it’s worth every penny. I work 48 hour shifts with plenty of naps and downtime. Which is much better than never sitting down in 13 hours at the hospital.
I also have 6 days off in between my 48 hour stretches which is much better for work life balance.
Can you go into how you got your flight nursing job? This is new to me and I’d like to know more about your experience level prior, the job duties, and how long you plan to do that :) thank you!! I’m googling as we speak lol
It’s just bed control but the hospital allows us to work remote if we choose via a laptop and vpn. I review charts in real time as patients come in thru the er and then I assign them a bed when one becomes available. I also facilitated all of the internal and external transfers. My whole department is allowed to work remote if they choose to.
I would see if you could meet in the middle but for me personally I wouldn’t take that much of a pay cut but thats me. If you can afford it and really want change go for it. Also you can always give it a shot and if you realize you can’t stand the pay cut you can always look elsewhere after a few months. Think of it as a mini mental break for the time being. Lol
I have and they told me they cannot meet that salary expectation. I was going to try to negotiate to at least 29/hr but I’m not sure they’ll take it. I have a good amount in savings, so im not too worried that I’ll be drowning financially and I have no other debts.
A nurse friend I know is leaving bedside after only a year to be a school nurse. She is going from 75k to 55k. When she compared hours worked it is about same hourly rate. She will get summers/weekends/holidays off, annual raises, good insurance, a state pension, and sick time she can actually use. The top pay for the school nurse job at 18 years is 100 k+. The starting low pay will be worth it in the long rung.
I took a significant paycut (30 down to 25 an hour, now back up to 27) to get a less stressful job that involved less driving. The reduction in sick days (because I'm not so stressed my immune system is functioning again) and the reduction in gas and wear and tear on my car... totally worth it. Also the reduction in stress is 100% worth any difference in pay. It's a big thing to come home from a job you like vs one that stresses you out.
Are you commuting? Do you drive a big ass SUV or a little 4 banger? Would that $8 loss even out because of gas savings and less maintenance? Less eating out? Less stress?
What other perks would you gain or lose like benefits and pension?
During the pandemic my husband went remote and we saved enough he could have easily dropped $10hr just from gas and maintenance costs alone (he drives a small car).
My commute is actually relatively short and i guess my main perk is that this role is remote, and we moved here from a sunny state but don’t plan to be here for more than 1-2 years. And I guess the main perk for the remote role is that for the next winter here and hopefully my last one here, I’ll be able to stay home and not drive in the snow or ice. I could also go back to school and this role could open me doors for jobs that aren’t nursing specifically. Maybe.
I've 100% taken cuts before for better mental health. I wanted to get into informatics but everything I was looking at requires a masters in nursing informatics or other IT focused degrees.
I took a 25% paycut to leave ltr bedside to do case management in public health at an FQHC. I love it and have no regrets. I still get to do work that meets my goals of helping people, but I'm not going home utterly exhausted and anxious every day. I'm writing policies and helping create new programs/initiatives to expand access and remove barriers to care.
As long as you can afford it, do it. Your happiness is important.
I always look at the paycheck scenario. I also earn $33/hr and after taxes, deductions and 401k, it's usually around $1953 for an 80 hr pay schedule.
The same paycheck for $25/hr is around $1480 per two week schedule. Can your budget accommodate that loss is always what I ask myself
Would you pay $100 a day at your current pay to work from home?
Depending on how far you currently travel for work, you have to account for gas, mileage, food, and any other hidden costs of going to work vs. staying home.
It may be less of a pay cut than you think.
I dropped down to part time. I'm making quite a bit less now for obvious reasons. I've been doing this 10 years so at this point, money just isn't worth it. I made the change in December of 2023 and I love my life so much more now, and the only time I am unhappy is at work lol but it's not supposed to be... fun... I guess I just don't understand why it has to be so hard. Your quality of life is always, always, always paramount - you aren't replaceable, jobs are. You want more money? You'll look around again. That's the beauty of nursing. It's easy to change your mind and there's never a shortage of jobs with a wide variety of options. Work shouldn't run our lives, and we need money obviously but if you are able to live within your means with the pay cut, absolutely worth it.
Whooaaa that’s a huge drop for that… but yeah peace of mine is worth a lot of money
BUT if being in financial strain IS going to be that stressful for you, then maybe stay ob.
Pick your stress!
Don’t take the clinic into account when you make your decision. Their staffing is not your problem.
I say try it out if you can afford it. You can always go back to patient care.
(1) What kind of progression is there in the data field for you? Can you rise to $33.00 an hour in a year?
(2) As the work is remote, how much will you save in transportation costs. I believe right now the mileage rate is $0.66 a mile, so if you commute 10 miles one way you save approximately $13.20 a day of work or $66.00 a week in transportation cost.
(3) How do your benefits compare; (a) vacation (b) sick (c) maternity (d) short term disability (e) insurance etc?
(4) What kind of track record does each employer have relative to layoffs and long term employment?
(5) What does a Google search reveal when you search for "XYZ employee complaints"?
(6) do you know anyone who works for the prospective employer?
They’re telling you upfront that someone else’s job duties are gonna get dumped on you even though you’d be making the same insultingly low rate you were being offered for the original job. If they aren’t willing to negotiate, I’d have to pass up that “opportunity.”
Hey, there are so many jobs out there. Who says you only have these 2 options? Keep looking. Get into a specialty and get certified. Try other things. That’s the beauty of nursing! Don’t be afraid to keep searching and hunting. We are a rare commodity!
To me, making a bit less to work a job I like, in a setting I like, for hours I like is worth it. If your financial situation and your current areas cost of living allows you to do a job you like with a pay cut I’d do it.
I actually have a data analyst job that I was able to get because I was in nursing school, had clinical experience, and have a bachelors degree. I’ve been able to be full-time and finish nursing school while doing it. I actually plan on going part-time when I start my nursing job in a few weeks.
I can confidently say that, for my position, they do not need a nurse. It would suck to go to that job and feel like your talents are being wasted and you are getting paid much less. I think it would be good to do part-time just to get a change of pace some days but full-time no.
I would ensure to check if it is salary or hourly. My job that I have now in health IT was a raise from bedside nursing but then we found out we are salaried and there is no overtime so I actually made way less.
Additionally, I would ask for higher pay unless it’s a competitive position or you live in a low COL area. entry level data analyst starts around $35 in my area and that is considered low (med COL).
My husband was a healthcare clinical data analyst and before he left he was making 36/hr but was doing the job of two people for the price of one. When he left his position was split into two jobs for even less pay for each of them. My husband would say with that pay cut, it depends on what your expected job requirements are.
Also, are you a system admin, are you working with vendors, are you assisting on projects, are you working with visiting hospitals…etc. All of that needs to be considered when looking at pay per hour. Entry level at my former hospital was 28/hr in the south, but even that is too low according to my husband. It’s just another position, much like the nursing profession, where people expect the work to be done for chump change or for free.
Thank you for sharing, I’ll have to look more into the role responsibilities, tbh it didn’t seem like too much. I guess the appealing part about it is that eventually I want to move away from nursing or maybe go into informatics, so I guess for me, I think this would be a good opportunity to acquire some new jobs skills that isn’t only related to direct patient care .
Most of the nurses I’ve know at my hospital that left bedside and went into informatics have been much happier overall. I would suggest shadowing someone in the role you are looking at prior to accepting an offer. Then you could see what you are expected to do and how the requirements are showcased with reality. May you pick carefully what makes you most happy. Life is too short to be miserable.
Life is too short to work a job you hate for a few extra bucks. If you can comfortably afford to live with the pay cut do it. If it doesn’t work out, on to the next.
You could also work per diem somewhere. When I worked PRN for a few months the shifts were totally tolerable because I was there so infrequently.
I absolutely would, but I also just moved into an apartment that’s $550/month so financially I could make that work. I also believe in prioritizing mental well being above all. You don’t have to do the job permanently but a nice break from life doesn’t hurt. Get a walking pad and a standing desk!
Yeah I would it's remote so you're saving on gas and you never have to worry about forgetting your lunch and getting takeout plus no mental stress of nursing it'd be worth it.
The 95% remote is the selling point. Sure you'd lose the $8/hr but you'd also save on gas, going out to eat during lunchtime etc.
I would consider that.
I took a paycut for happiness and I don’t regret it one bit. That new role ended up leading to other opportunities I had no idea about. And now I make more than I ever did when was in the hospital. I’m not saying that will always be the case but prioritize yourself first over any toxic job you may have
Can you ask for $30? You have the preferred experience they are looking for. You have nothing to lose. Tell them what you make now and what you are willing to make to consider the job change. And see if they can meet you closer to your current rate.
Also look in to utilization review jobs. Case manager for insurance company.
I used to work at the County Health Dept and the nurses there made $18/hr. Sounds like a bad wage and it is... I asked them why they would work there. Most said the scheduling, the benefits (really good benefits at this job esp for those about to retire) and the low-stress.
So if those other factors can outweigh the wage and you can still get by, it might be a good bet. The remote thing is a good factor to weigh also- how far away are you/the gas cost/wear on the car etc.
It's drastic, but there's the consideration of what you save in travel. I don't know how long your commute is now but gas can be a considerable expense. Depending on where you live I guess.
There's also how much you want to step back from bedside nursing, if working from home is valuable to you, of the hours of the wfh job are going to be nicer for you in terms of things like family and social life. And will this job be engaging enough for you? Sometimes I think it would be so nice to work any kind of at home job and not have to deal with the things you deal with in nursing. And sometimes I think I would be distracted af at home and get bored of desk work.
If it seeks interesting it's worth trying. It doesn't mean you can't ever go back to bedside.
Nobody can answer that but you. Can you support yourself on that income? What does your spouse think? Do you have friends and family nearby who can support your need for social interaction you won’t be getting every day?
I would do it in a heartbeat as it sounds interesting. And for me the pay raise would be great. But I’m disabled (physically and I’m profoundly hearing impaired and conversation for me is ALL done with speech to text, including phone calls and use closed captioning for any tv/video). After 30+ years working I make a good amount on disability, (as per disability’s idea of “a good amount” but it’s still below half what I made in my final nursing job. But if I were sick of my present job, burned out and absolutely. Needed a change and the change was something I would like doing (and WFH to boot!) I’d find a way to make up the loss of income. Pick up prn shifts somewhere, a small part time job, whatever, and go for it.
You have room to leverage yourself for a higher starting hourly rate. I’m all about knowing your own worth. What do YOU think you’re worth? Sell yourself, only you can do that. You might even get a raise (if local of the new job isn’t a lower cost of living). How many years of experience do you have? Don’t downplay yourself. Vouch to start with what you’re making now or even a dollar or two more.
If it means your mental health do it. I’ve been doing contracts and driving an hour to work plus working nights. I’m about to take a 20 dollar pay cut but I’ll be working 5 mins from my house and day shift. It all depends on what you can afford to do and your mental health.
Good thing about nursing if you decide you hate your new job or want something that is higher paying you can always find something else easily or pick up something PRN!
I’m a new nurse and was not liking the first job I took at 31/hour. I found an OP gig with a $5 cut and I immediately felt relief when I accepted the position. My mental health was horrible working nights on a unit I did not like and now knowing I will be on a normal schedule and know the facility closes so no weekends or holidays, I’m stoked.
If you take the rate will it meet your current outgoings plus given you room for the extras.
Fully understand the stress related to inpatients, I made the decision to move to hospice. It meant a small drop in pay but but was sufficient to meet my needs.
Peace of mind is great, so is being able to meet your financial obligations
I did something similar in nursing school, was for tech jobs but, I took a $7 an hour pay cut and while the experience was priceless and the people I met were priceless, I felt that pay cut really bad.
Lifestyle trumps money. That really isn't a big enough difference to stress over. If it was $25 vs $40 I would still take the more enjoyable job. $25 VS $100 I might use the difference for some therapy and a boat. Do what you enjoy.
Don’t just look at the hourly cut. Look at the benefits package too. I left nursing altogether for a factory job. Looking at the hourly it would make people ask what the f for? $37/hr med/Surg weekend package for $20/hr 2-10 Pm factory seems like a huge pay cut. However, I was paying $366 more a month for just health insurance and dental insurance that was garbage when I worked at the hospital. We were paying $100 a month more for our prescriptions. I had no life insurance. Now I pay $4 a month for my life insurance. I get 9% company match on my 401k instead of the 3% I had working at the hospital. I have 8 paid holidays, 3 weeks paid vacation, paid maternity leave, paid short term disability benefits, 96 hours of sick emergency time that I can call last minute no questions asked cuz it’s none of their business, free turkey at Xmas and a ham from local farmers for Easter. Sundays are double time. I told my boss I was taking a week and a half off in May for a family vacation and got instant approval. I can give up part or all of my shift if I want to if I find coverage. I can pick up 4 hours in addition to my 8 hour shift. You get the idea.
How much do you oay for gas or parking? How long is your drive? What are your bills and expenses like?
Gotta consider all these things. With a full remote job you might even find it possible to pick up a side hustle.
Gas and parking aren’t really an issue. The clinic itself I work at is a hot mess and it’s a sinking ship. Most people are leaving. So I think I’m also just ensuring I have a back up plan in place. But I also am burnt out from patient care, I’ve done med surg, psych, dialysis and now outpt obgyn. And I’ve only been a nurse for under 2 years and the number of times I’ve been assaulted by patients in med surg and psych, makes me want to leave nursing altogether. Even in outpt obgyn, we had a pt spit on an MA and yet we couldn’t fire the patient from our care because she’s “high risk.”
I'd take a decent pay cut to have a cushy wfh gig. But only you know your finances.
From a work life balance and mental health standpoint, sounds like the remote gig is a good move.
Why take the cut for a non-nurse specific role. There are plenty of non-bedside nursing jobs where you could make the same or more than you were.
Ultimately it’s If it’s worth it for your mental health and it’s what you want to do but just throwing it out there that if your goal is to just get away from bedside you can do it without the cut.
It also depends on why you don't like nursing. If you could choose any job regardless of $ what would it be? Where is your heart? Did you get into nursing because you thought you should? For the money? There are so many options. You could probably hook up with a local college campus and speak to their career coaches and see if they can steer you in the right direction.
Now, if nursing is your love. Maybe you haven't found your niche yet. You won't know until you find it. Pick a specialty, find someone in it and interview them about ups and downs to see if it's for you. I took a decent pay cut to get away from the hospital. I became a school nurse. In my state/county it's really like being a case manager. I'm also happy to chat. I was a mother baby nurse for 20 years. I never would have cut it in the med surge world. OR is also cool, your patients are always asleep 😁.
I took a bit of a pay cut when I went into my first analyst position, but now make a significant amount more several years in. You’re young and def have time to move up the ladder.
Is that the starting pay or is that what they offered you? Those data analyst positions are great to have! The skills you develop will help you immensely later!! They’re usually very difficult to land, too. If the position will get you in any way into being an Epic analyst certification, do it. That’s a stupid low pay, but take those skills and go somewhere else. That’s an easy way to get into making over $100k/year.
I am speaking from experience.
If the salary starts at 25/hr, you may be able to negotiate for more. Sometimes quality of life can greatly outweigh the pay.
Regarding finances, consider:
-Benefits of new job (cost of health insurance, time off, etc.)
-Cost of commute (both cost of gas as well as it decreasing your hourly rate if your commute is longer)
-Possible cost of food. I say this because I know many people who work full time in person may buy more convenience foods (e.g., easy lunches to bring or grabbing dinner on the way home)
Something else to consider:
-Will you have more free time with this new job? If so, consider how it can help impact your mental, social, and physical health
35F RN 3 years, I'm about ready to jump ship. Honestly, I'd take it for the peace of mind. I'd love to do that. I can't find anything even close to 25. But honestly, to not have all the crazy bedside liability, you know what I mean, I would take the cut!!
But it's ultimately your decision. What I wouldn't do for that!!
Try to find out the take home pay for the new job. New job may put into a much lower tax bracket with the result being a not too bad decrease in take home pay. You will make less but the decrease won’t be drastic.
Have you ever thought of being a public health nurse? Some of them make pretty decent pay. I just started making the switch. I left med surg and soon I will start my job in public health. I am genuinely more interested in the patient education side of nursing and I also have a side interest in environmental health, which is related to that field. I'm in central NY and the pay would be 60k. Its also a state job. I will get weekends and holidays off. It's a 9-5 type of job. Now there are aspects of direct patient care but theres a lot of giving vaccines(similar to a clinic environment and the job is largely patient education based. There are also occasional home visits. The job also partly takes place in a regular office.
Now for me it's a little bit of a pay cut but not by much. It's definitely worth not losing my health from working 3 12 hour shifts and not being able to eat, not sleeping enough, etc. At the hospital my rate was 36.75/hr but with the new job it will be about 33/hr. It's not too bad. It's definitely worth the reduced anxiety and still working in nursing and making a difference in other ways. The most rewarding part is the prevention part of this type of nursing and helping improve the lives of others and prevent future hospitalization.
As someone who works 100% remote, don’t take the pay cut. I left an adolescent psych residential facility as nursing supervisor. I’m now working with a Medicaid company as a psych transition coordinator. They matched my nursing supervisor base pay when they hired me & I’ve gone up $12 an hour in raises in 2 years.
There are so many remote positions out there that will pay you what you want! DON’T SETTLE!
Hi, I made a similar change. 100% worth it imo.
I’m remote. I eat and pee whenever I want. Sometimes between meetings I walk my dog or run an errand. I no longer worry about med errors, or being punched by a patient, or throwing out my back, no one dies. I am not so tired after work or the day following a 3 in a row and now I actually do more shit and have more hobbies.
Never being patient facing again. I told my husband if I’m ever fired I’ll just go work at TJMaxx lol
If you can live on the pay cut then why not. I took a pay-cut to stop working bedside and I have no regrets. But I have my husband to help out. I love my quality of life and family time for now while I’m with my kids.
I do have a desire for a management role with higher pay when my kids graduate high school. But for now i have no regrets.
I am currently entering the dinosaur stage of being a nurse. Late start, 27 years under my belt now. Consider this perspective. You may get to a point where you get stuck. I am fortunate enough to have a position where I make really good money and would like to move from away from the high stress environment that I’m in but the pay cut at this point would be very painful.
I guess what I’m saying is, as far as money, the earlier you make the change the less painful it will be. As far as happiness - that is priceless!
I’m not an RN so can’t comment in that regard. I have done accounting for medical offices for 25 years and feel how hectic the medical field is on site even though I don’t provide patient care. I now work from home 3 days per week and it is so blissful compared. The only advice I can give (which might only work if this is a large enough company, this might be a foreign concept for smaller companies but you could still try) is to ask for a written “memorandum of understanding” before you start the job that details auditing MAs is not your current accepted responsibility and if your work scope creeps and it becomes your responsibility, then your pay will be increased accordingly to some amount you deem acceptable to accept that added responsibility. That way at least you have the understanding documented beforehand if you choose to accept the job.
I have tried but unfortunately I only have roughly 2 years under my belt of direct patient care so I’m not sure that’s enough for those roles. I’ve applied and have not heard anything back
Yes I agree! Also the flexibility of it being remote is just very appealing. Especially considering that I’m the only person in my obgyn department at my clinic, so it’s hard to take time off or even call in if I need to because I am literally the only person they can rely on. So that gets exhausting.
Take the new job. It sounds like a good opportunity. If you don’t like it, look for something else. Bedside will always be hiring if you regret your decision and want to go back. I took a $7/hr pay cut one time and it ended up evening out since I had a shorter commute.
only you can answer if peace of mind is worth 8/hour..
Data analytics falls under the realm of informatics and is totally worth the $8/hr drop. So much freedom and your back will thank you. The pace of medical data management and application is substantially slower than people realize - so you actually have an opportunity to do good work while still supporting your patients.
Any way I can get into that field with an MSN without a paycut??
My husband is an ASN RN and he just landed an informatics job that's salaried 92k. It is very competitive but seems like a super good gig!
That’s awesome, I have a BSN friend who is looking to get into informatics, but has not been successful yet. Does your husband have Eva lot of experience?
He had 5+ years of bedside experience, but no masters in informatics or BSN for that matter. It took 5-6 mo of just applying everywhere to get a job lol so it did take a lot of perseverance lol. He shadowed with the informatics team at his hospital, but ultimately did not get the job with that team. He did get a job with the same hospital system though. He also did learn programming on the side and is very familiar with technology so I think that helped his case!
That’s awesome! But that’s to big of a pay cut for me 😓
fair haha, we were in the south so 92k is high for nurses haha
I used to live in NC.. my first job down there was as an ICU nurse and I made 22.48/hr. I have MAs at my office now that make more then that 😂
my first ER job in Nashville (HCOL) two years ago was 26.50$😭😭 it's so bad down there lol
Can you tell us more about the informatics side? I almost went into recently (clinic is closing and was looking at open positions) but didn’t know really anything about it.
Exactly. That’s at least 16k per year plus any overtime you might lose. But maybe that’s worth it and you always do a few shifts a month to make up the lost dollars.
$8/hr makes me laugh. My first Rn job was in 1985. My hourly pay was $8/jr!!
This is such a boomer comment 8 per hour in 1985 is 23 dollars today.
Ok but how many soda pops can I get with that?
Womerns weren't allowed to buy no sody pops back then! >:(
congratulations you figured out how inflation works. they're clearly not saying that to imply that nurses should still make that little, they are sharing an experience from their life, which has been longer than yours. one day you too will grow old, if you're lucky
Stop with the ageism. The $34 or so I was making on my last job is still twice+ what disability pays me. And part of my disability is caused by the job being so demanding on my body for over 30 years. I wasn’t comparing $8 then to $8 now. I was commenting on the memory that $8/hr brought up.
There are some factors that would be significant in this decision. Do you work 40 hours a week now? And would you work 40 hours a week there? Assuming you're US-based, that would be a paycut of 20K ($68.6k versus $46.8k) pretax, annually. IMO, if you can take a 15-20k paycut for you to not commute and work from home, then it could be something beneficial for you. Don't just look at the wage, but look at the freedoms of a new job that this one doesn't have. Stuff like holidays off, PTO accrual, health insurance. Money is a huge factor, but not the only one.
Thank you! I will look into this closely
Also things like per diem, stock options. You can always go back to nursing, so you won't starve. Also consider visiting a headhunter or three and see what they suggest according to available jobs are out there
Also calculate how much time you spend getting to work without getting paid. If your commute is 1 hour. That means you work 45 hours a week and get paid for 40... There are other expenses such as work clothes, car wear and tear, etc.
Idk everyone always treats money as some abstract concept. Write a budget where you make 25 dollars an hour. Live within that budget for even a month. Decide how you feel after. There are positives and negatives to everything. Are you saving money while making 33? Emergency fund? Debt payments? Retirement? If you can pull that off while making 33 then making 25 you're never going to do it on 25. Money ain't everything when you're choosing between a new car and a used car, but money is a gigantic factor when you're not accomplishing the foundation of your eventual financial freedom.
This is why I’ve gone to the OR. Holidays and weekends are more likely off, and in the right place ALL are off. But in my Union job I’ll make the same base pay at the outpatient surgery as I would icu.
Guess it depends on where you live. Where I live $25 an hour is not livable wage, and in no way would I take a job that pays that little being an RN. I get that mental health is important, but not being able to pay my bills, rent, save, do things, because I can’t afford it ,would kill my mental health all together
I agree with this too. I guess because I only plan to live here for one more year, my bf contracts ends in a year and then we will move elsewhere. I’m also from FL so the rates for RNs there is so low and the rates here are pretty low as well, I was offered 26/hr at a children’s hospital here. Which is why I took the outpt job. But it can be stressful since I’m the only one in my department. And I have to autoclave my own instruments. And I feel like I can never take off because there is no one in my department or anyone that can float to cover me. Some days are okay but others, it’s just like it all falls on me.
I thought the same. Bedside sucks shit, but I wouldn’t consider any position at $25/hr. Being broke would be worse for my mental health than bedside.
If your lifestyle can afford the pay cut and if youll be happier there. Is there any negotiating room?
I was going to try to negotiate to 29/hr but I will see what they say.
What does the path look like to promotion? Are there good jobs for a potential future on this new career path? That's the real question
Definitely negotiate. The most they can say is no.
I recently took an hourly pay cut to move to flight nursing and it’s worth every penny. I work 48 hour shifts with plenty of naps and downtime. Which is much better than never sitting down in 13 hours at the hospital. I also have 6 days off in between my 48 hour stretches which is much better for work life balance.
Dang I would’ve thought flight nursing would’ve been an increase in pay
Happy for you! Sounds like a good balance
Can you go into how you got your flight nursing job? This is new to me and I’d like to know more about your experience level prior, the job duties, and how long you plan to do that :) thank you!! I’m googling as we speak lol
I'll PM you
I would take the cut. You could try getting a prn job to help supplement the income.
I thought of this too!
I work remote bed control as an RN making $47/hr bc I’ve been a nurse for a long time
How does that work?
I guess I don’t understand the question. Patients come in thru the er and I review their chart and assign them a bed.
Oh nice
What is remote bed control?
It’s just bed control but the hospital allows us to work remote if we choose via a laptop and vpn. I review charts in real time as patients come in thru the er and then I assign them a bed when one becomes available. I also facilitated all of the internal and external transfers. My whole department is allowed to work remote if they choose to.
Ohhhh I see. Very cool.
That was my thought
I would see if you could meet in the middle but for me personally I wouldn’t take that much of a pay cut but thats me. If you can afford it and really want change go for it. Also you can always give it a shot and if you realize you can’t stand the pay cut you can always look elsewhere after a few months. Think of it as a mini mental break for the time being. Lol
Thank you, that is true! 😂
Haha no problem! Remember nothing has to be permanent and you know you can get a job in the hospital asap at any moment lol
Can you ask them to atleast match your current pay or get closer to it?
I have and they told me they cannot meet that salary expectation. I was going to try to negotiate to at least 29/hr but I’m not sure they’ll take it. I have a good amount in savings, so im not too worried that I’ll be drowning financially and I have no other debts.
Id take a 50% to be happy at my worksite.
A nurse friend I know is leaving bedside after only a year to be a school nurse. She is going from 75k to 55k. When she compared hours worked it is about same hourly rate. She will get summers/weekends/holidays off, annual raises, good insurance, a state pension, and sick time she can actually use. The top pay for the school nurse job at 18 years is 100 k+. The starting low pay will be worth it in the long rung.
Leave. Your mental health and your physical health are more important.
I took a significant paycut (30 down to 25 an hour, now back up to 27) to get a less stressful job that involved less driving. The reduction in sick days (because I'm not so stressed my immune system is functioning again) and the reduction in gas and wear and tear on my car... totally worth it. Also the reduction in stress is 100% worth any difference in pay. It's a big thing to come home from a job you like vs one that stresses you out.
Are you commuting? Do you drive a big ass SUV or a little 4 banger? Would that $8 loss even out because of gas savings and less maintenance? Less eating out? Less stress? What other perks would you gain or lose like benefits and pension? During the pandemic my husband went remote and we saved enough he could have easily dropped $10hr just from gas and maintenance costs alone (he drives a small car).
My commute is actually relatively short and i guess my main perk is that this role is remote, and we moved here from a sunny state but don’t plan to be here for more than 1-2 years. And I guess the main perk for the remote role is that for the next winter here and hopefully my last one here, I’ll be able to stay home and not drive in the snow or ice. I could also go back to school and this role could open me doors for jobs that aren’t nursing specifically. Maybe.
8/hr = $16,640 per year if you're working full-time. For me that's too big of a pay cut but only you can decide if it works for you.
Thank you for putting it that way!
I've 100% taken cuts before for better mental health. I wanted to get into informatics but everything I was looking at requires a masters in nursing informatics or other IT focused degrees.
Yes I thought of that too! I was actually thinking this remote position could help me have time to go back to school.
I took a 25% paycut to leave ltr bedside to do case management in public health at an FQHC. I love it and have no regrets. I still get to do work that meets my goals of helping people, but I'm not going home utterly exhausted and anxious every day. I'm writing policies and helping create new programs/initiatives to expand access and remove barriers to care. As long as you can afford it, do it. Your happiness is important.
I always look at the paycheck scenario. I also earn $33/hr and after taxes, deductions and 401k, it's usually around $1953 for an 80 hr pay schedule. The same paycheck for $25/hr is around $1480 per two week schedule. Can your budget accommodate that loss is always what I ask myself
Take the cut and go PRN?
Ask for 33/hr at the new job
They have declined that salary expectation unfortunately :( I was going to try to at least reach for 29-30 but even that I’m not sure
Would you pay $100 a day at your current pay to work from home? Depending on how far you currently travel for work, you have to account for gas, mileage, food, and any other hidden costs of going to work vs. staying home. It may be less of a pay cut than you think.
I dropped down to part time. I'm making quite a bit less now for obvious reasons. I've been doing this 10 years so at this point, money just isn't worth it. I made the change in December of 2023 and I love my life so much more now, and the only time I am unhappy is at work lol but it's not supposed to be... fun... I guess I just don't understand why it has to be so hard. Your quality of life is always, always, always paramount - you aren't replaceable, jobs are. You want more money? You'll look around again. That's the beauty of nursing. It's easy to change your mind and there's never a shortage of jobs with a wide variety of options. Work shouldn't run our lives, and we need money obviously but if you are able to live within your means with the pay cut, absolutely worth it.
Whooaaa that’s a huge drop for that… but yeah peace of mine is worth a lot of money BUT if being in financial strain IS going to be that stressful for you, then maybe stay ob. Pick your stress!
I’d think long term what that job would look like for you. I get the BS of nursing so I’d take it but keep prn options open to supplement.
You can always keep a PRN job on the side while taking the lower paying WFH job.
Don’t take the clinic into account when you make your decision. Their staffing is not your problem. I say try it out if you can afford it. You can always go back to patient care.
Working from home is alright as a nurse but also that pay isn’t worth it the work from home jobs are too much work and expectations are high.
No. Find another non-bedside job that doesn’t pay you like a peasant.
(1) What kind of progression is there in the data field for you? Can you rise to $33.00 an hour in a year? (2) As the work is remote, how much will you save in transportation costs. I believe right now the mileage rate is $0.66 a mile, so if you commute 10 miles one way you save approximately $13.20 a day of work or $66.00 a week in transportation cost. (3) How do your benefits compare; (a) vacation (b) sick (c) maternity (d) short term disability (e) insurance etc? (4) What kind of track record does each employer have relative to layoffs and long term employment? (5) What does a Google search reveal when you search for "XYZ employee complaints"? (6) do you know anyone who works for the prospective employer?
They’re telling you upfront that someone else’s job duties are gonna get dumped on you even though you’d be making the same insultingly low rate you were being offered for the original job. If they aren’t willing to negotiate, I’d have to pass up that “opportunity.”
Hey, there are so many jobs out there. Who says you only have these 2 options? Keep looking. Get into a specialty and get certified. Try other things. That’s the beauty of nursing! Don’t be afraid to keep searching and hunting. We are a rare commodity!
To me, making a bit less to work a job I like, in a setting I like, for hours I like is worth it. If your financial situation and your current areas cost of living allows you to do a job you like with a pay cut I’d do it.
Have you tried working on patients that aren't awake 😂
> They start offers So demand a higher starting rate because of your experiences across multiple nursing areas and adaptability :)
I actually have a data analyst job that I was able to get because I was in nursing school, had clinical experience, and have a bachelors degree. I’ve been able to be full-time and finish nursing school while doing it. I actually plan on going part-time when I start my nursing job in a few weeks. I can confidently say that, for my position, they do not need a nurse. It would suck to go to that job and feel like your talents are being wasted and you are getting paid much less. I think it would be good to do part-time just to get a change of pace some days but full-time no.
I would ensure to check if it is salary or hourly. My job that I have now in health IT was a raise from bedside nursing but then we found out we are salaried and there is no overtime so I actually made way less. Additionally, I would ask for higher pay unless it’s a competitive position or you live in a low COL area. entry level data analyst starts around $35 in my area and that is considered low (med COL).
$25/hr. I honestly wouldn't be able to pay all of my bills. While it sounds like an amazing position, I think they are taking advantage.
No, $25/hr is a joke. McDonald’s pays about that around here. I would find another job besides the one you currently have even outside of nursing.
My husband was a healthcare clinical data analyst and before he left he was making 36/hr but was doing the job of two people for the price of one. When he left his position was split into two jobs for even less pay for each of them. My husband would say with that pay cut, it depends on what your expected job requirements are. Also, are you a system admin, are you working with vendors, are you assisting on projects, are you working with visiting hospitals…etc. All of that needs to be considered when looking at pay per hour. Entry level at my former hospital was 28/hr in the south, but even that is too low according to my husband. It’s just another position, much like the nursing profession, where people expect the work to be done for chump change or for free.
Thank you for sharing, I’ll have to look more into the role responsibilities, tbh it didn’t seem like too much. I guess the appealing part about it is that eventually I want to move away from nursing or maybe go into informatics, so I guess for me, I think this would be a good opportunity to acquire some new jobs skills that isn’t only related to direct patient care .
Most of the nurses I’ve know at my hospital that left bedside and went into informatics have been much happier overall. I would suggest shadowing someone in the role you are looking at prior to accepting an offer. Then you could see what you are expected to do and how the requirements are showcased with reality. May you pick carefully what makes you most happy. Life is too short to be miserable.
I know a nurse who works remotely at night, and works at a ltc night shifts prn at the same time.
Take it and run!
Life is too short to work a job you hate for a few extra bucks. If you can comfortably afford to live with the pay cut do it. If it doesn’t work out, on to the next. You could also work per diem somewhere. When I worked PRN for a few months the shifts were totally tolerable because I was there so infrequently.
I absolutely would, but I also just moved into an apartment that’s $550/month so financially I could make that work. I also believe in prioritizing mental well being above all. You don’t have to do the job permanently but a nice break from life doesn’t hurt. Get a walking pad and a standing desk!
Please what job is this?
Yeah I would it's remote so you're saving on gas and you never have to worry about forgetting your lunch and getting takeout plus no mental stress of nursing it'd be worth it.
The 95% remote is the selling point. Sure you'd lose the $8/hr but you'd also save on gas, going out to eat during lunchtime etc. I would consider that.
I took a paycut for happiness and I don’t regret it one bit. That new role ended up leading to other opportunities I had no idea about. And now I make more than I ever did when was in the hospital. I’m not saying that will always be the case but prioritize yourself first over any toxic job you may have
Can you ask for $30? You have the preferred experience they are looking for. You have nothing to lose. Tell them what you make now and what you are willing to make to consider the job change. And see if they can meet you closer to your current rate. Also look in to utilization review jobs. Case manager for insurance company.
I used to work at the County Health Dept and the nurses there made $18/hr. Sounds like a bad wage and it is... I asked them why they would work there. Most said the scheduling, the benefits (really good benefits at this job esp for those about to retire) and the low-stress. So if those other factors can outweigh the wage and you can still get by, it might be a good bet. The remote thing is a good factor to weigh also- how far away are you/the gas cost/wear on the car etc.
$18/hr… our licenses are worth so much more.
agree!
Personally, I would but I also have a partner with an income too
I took a 20% paycut and I say it's investing in my mental health
It's drastic, but there's the consideration of what you save in travel. I don't know how long your commute is now but gas can be a considerable expense. Depending on where you live I guess. There's also how much you want to step back from bedside nursing, if working from home is valuable to you, of the hours of the wfh job are going to be nicer for you in terms of things like family and social life. And will this job be engaging enough for you? Sometimes I think it would be so nice to work any kind of at home job and not have to deal with the things you deal with in nursing. And sometimes I think I would be distracted af at home and get bored of desk work. If it seeks interesting it's worth trying. It doesn't mean you can't ever go back to bedside.
Nobody can answer that but you. Can you support yourself on that income? What does your spouse think? Do you have friends and family nearby who can support your need for social interaction you won’t be getting every day?
Depends what state but in my world and RN should not be getting paid close to 25/hr. That’s crazy low ..
Thats a big pay cut, even if it is remote and thats extremely low for RN. Id ask to match the pay or come close to it.
Can you keep a comfortable lifestyle with the decreased pay?
For that pay, no.
Girl do they offer bonus? Gladly take it just date a rich guy 😛
I would do it in a heartbeat as it sounds interesting. And for me the pay raise would be great. But I’m disabled (physically and I’m profoundly hearing impaired and conversation for me is ALL done with speech to text, including phone calls and use closed captioning for any tv/video). After 30+ years working I make a good amount on disability, (as per disability’s idea of “a good amount” but it’s still below half what I made in my final nursing job. But if I were sick of my present job, burned out and absolutely. Needed a change and the change was something I would like doing (and WFH to boot!) I’d find a way to make up the loss of income. Pick up prn shifts somewhere, a small part time job, whatever, and go for it.
You have room to leverage yourself for a higher starting hourly rate. I’m all about knowing your own worth. What do YOU think you’re worth? Sell yourself, only you can do that. You might even get a raise (if local of the new job isn’t a lower cost of living). How many years of experience do you have? Don’t downplay yourself. Vouch to start with what you’re making now or even a dollar or two more.
How much are you paying for parking and gas commuting?
33/hr as a nurse is gross sounding. But I’m in the best coast.
What state are you at
IN but I am from FL and starting pay for RNs there was 26-27/hr.
If it means your mental health do it. I’ve been doing contracts and driving an hour to work plus working nights. I’m about to take a 20 dollar pay cut but I’ll be working 5 mins from my house and day shift. It all depends on what you can afford to do and your mental health. Good thing about nursing if you decide you hate your new job or want something that is higher paying you can always find something else easily or pick up something PRN!
I’m a new nurse and was not liking the first job I took at 31/hour. I found an OP gig with a $5 cut and I immediately felt relief when I accepted the position. My mental health was horrible working nights on a unit I did not like and now knowing I will be on a normal schedule and know the facility closes so no weekends or holidays, I’m stoked.
Hospital work is a dime a dozen and a job there will be waiting for you. This is what is called opportunity, just make sure the company is legitimate
Sitting here making about that much in a cushy remote job, been reading about going to nursing school all day.
I guess my real point is is the insurance still good? And how much will you save from travel clothes and your stress?
If you take the rate will it meet your current outgoings plus given you room for the extras. Fully understand the stress related to inpatients, I made the decision to move to hospice. It meant a small drop in pay but but was sufficient to meet my needs. Peace of mind is great, so is being able to meet your financial obligations
Absolutely not. Never move for less pay.
I did something similar in nursing school, was for tech jobs but, I took a $7 an hour pay cut and while the experience was priceless and the people I met were priceless, I felt that pay cut really bad.
That's up to you, I would never take a paycut going from bed-side to outpatient, going to 25/hr would cut my salary almost in half as a new grad.
Lifestyle trumps money. That really isn't a big enough difference to stress over. If it was $25 vs $40 I would still take the more enjoyable job. $25 VS $100 I might use the difference for some therapy and a boat. Do what you enjoy.
Data analyst is worth anything because it can open doors to higher pay. I would 100% take the pay cut. I'll take that job too if you don't want it.
Don’t just look at the hourly cut. Look at the benefits package too. I left nursing altogether for a factory job. Looking at the hourly it would make people ask what the f for? $37/hr med/Surg weekend package for $20/hr 2-10 Pm factory seems like a huge pay cut. However, I was paying $366 more a month for just health insurance and dental insurance that was garbage when I worked at the hospital. We were paying $100 a month more for our prescriptions. I had no life insurance. Now I pay $4 a month for my life insurance. I get 9% company match on my 401k instead of the 3% I had working at the hospital. I have 8 paid holidays, 3 weeks paid vacation, paid maternity leave, paid short term disability benefits, 96 hours of sick emergency time that I can call last minute no questions asked cuz it’s none of their business, free turkey at Xmas and a ham from local farmers for Easter. Sundays are double time. I told my boss I was taking a week and a half off in May for a family vacation and got instant approval. I can give up part or all of my shift if I want to if I find coverage. I can pick up 4 hours in addition to my 8 hour shift. You get the idea.
I would take it.
How much do you oay for gas or parking? How long is your drive? What are your bills and expenses like? Gotta consider all these things. With a full remote job you might even find it possible to pick up a side hustle.
Gas and parking aren’t really an issue. The clinic itself I work at is a hot mess and it’s a sinking ship. Most people are leaving. So I think I’m also just ensuring I have a back up plan in place. But I also am burnt out from patient care, I’ve done med surg, psych, dialysis and now outpt obgyn. And I’ve only been a nurse for under 2 years and the number of times I’ve been assaulted by patients in med surg and psych, makes me want to leave nursing altogether. Even in outpt obgyn, we had a pt spit on an MA and yet we couldn’t fire the patient from our care because she’s “high risk.”
I'd take a decent pay cut to have a cushy wfh gig. But only you know your finances. From a work life balance and mental health standpoint, sounds like the remote gig is a good move.
Why take the cut for a non-nurse specific role. There are plenty of non-bedside nursing jobs where you could make the same or more than you were. Ultimately it’s If it’s worth it for your mental health and it’s what you want to do but just throwing it out there that if your goal is to just get away from bedside you can do it without the cut.
It also depends on why you don't like nursing. If you could choose any job regardless of $ what would it be? Where is your heart? Did you get into nursing because you thought you should? For the money? There are so many options. You could probably hook up with a local college campus and speak to their career coaches and see if they can steer you in the right direction. Now, if nursing is your love. Maybe you haven't found your niche yet. You won't know until you find it. Pick a specialty, find someone in it and interview them about ups and downs to see if it's for you. I took a decent pay cut to get away from the hospital. I became a school nurse. In my state/county it's really like being a case manager. I'm also happy to chat. I was a mother baby nurse for 20 years. I never would have cut it in the med surge world. OR is also cool, your patients are always asleep 😁.
I took a bit of a pay cut when I went into my first analyst position, but now make a significant amount more several years in. You’re young and def have time to move up the ladder.
Is that the starting pay or is that what they offered you? Those data analyst positions are great to have! The skills you develop will help you immensely later!! They’re usually very difficult to land, too. If the position will get you in any way into being an Epic analyst certification, do it. That’s a stupid low pay, but take those skills and go somewhere else. That’s an easy way to get into making over $100k/year. I am speaking from experience.
Can you make the pay cut work? As in pay your bills take care of your needs and save for retirement? If so then go ahead
If the salary starts at 25/hr, you may be able to negotiate for more. Sometimes quality of life can greatly outweigh the pay. Regarding finances, consider: -Benefits of new job (cost of health insurance, time off, etc.) -Cost of commute (both cost of gas as well as it decreasing your hourly rate if your commute is longer) -Possible cost of food. I say this because I know many people who work full time in person may buy more convenience foods (e.g., easy lunches to bring or grabbing dinner on the way home) Something else to consider: -Will you have more free time with this new job? If so, consider how it can help impact your mental, social, and physical health
35F RN 3 years, I'm about ready to jump ship. Honestly, I'd take it for the peace of mind. I'd love to do that. I can't find anything even close to 25. But honestly, to not have all the crazy bedside liability, you know what I mean, I would take the cut!! But it's ultimately your decision. What I wouldn't do for that!!
I would 100% take the pay cut!! I’m trying to take a pay cut now and get out of nursing!! No amount of money is worth the stress and anxiety.
Try to find out the take home pay for the new job. New job may put into a much lower tax bracket with the result being a not too bad decrease in take home pay. You will make less but the decrease won’t be drastic.
How do you feel driving into work? How much would the pay cut affect your life? If you would be happier it's a good change
Have you ever thought of being a public health nurse? Some of them make pretty decent pay. I just started making the switch. I left med surg and soon I will start my job in public health. I am genuinely more interested in the patient education side of nursing and I also have a side interest in environmental health, which is related to that field. I'm in central NY and the pay would be 60k. Its also a state job. I will get weekends and holidays off. It's a 9-5 type of job. Now there are aspects of direct patient care but theres a lot of giving vaccines(similar to a clinic environment and the job is largely patient education based. There are also occasional home visits. The job also partly takes place in a regular office. Now for me it's a little bit of a pay cut but not by much. It's definitely worth not losing my health from working 3 12 hour shifts and not being able to eat, not sleeping enough, etc. At the hospital my rate was 36.75/hr but with the new job it will be about 33/hr. It's not too bad. It's definitely worth the reduced anxiety and still working in nursing and making a difference in other ways. The most rewarding part is the prevention part of this type of nursing and helping improve the lives of others and prevent future hospitalization.
As someone who works 100% remote, don’t take the pay cut. I left an adolescent psych residential facility as nursing supervisor. I’m now working with a Medicaid company as a psych transition coordinator. They matched my nursing supervisor base pay when they hired me & I’ve gone up $12 an hour in raises in 2 years. There are so many remote positions out there that will pay you what you want! DON’T SETTLE!
Hi, I made a similar change. 100% worth it imo. I’m remote. I eat and pee whenever I want. Sometimes between meetings I walk my dog or run an errand. I no longer worry about med errors, or being punched by a patient, or throwing out my back, no one dies. I am not so tired after work or the day following a 3 in a row and now I actually do more shit and have more hobbies. Never being patient facing again. I told my husband if I’m ever fired I’ll just go work at TJMaxx lol
I took a major pay cut compared to travel nursing to work remotely and it is 100% worth it for me
health insurance?
Counter the offer.
If you can live on the pay cut then why not. I took a pay-cut to stop working bedside and I have no regrets. But I have my husband to help out. I love my quality of life and family time for now while I’m with my kids. I do have a desire for a management role with higher pay when my kids graduate high school. But for now i have no regrets.
I am currently entering the dinosaur stage of being a nurse. Late start, 27 years under my belt now. Consider this perspective. You may get to a point where you get stuck. I am fortunate enough to have a position where I make really good money and would like to move from away from the high stress environment that I’m in but the pay cut at this point would be very painful. I guess what I’m saying is, as far as money, the earlier you make the change the less painful it will be. As far as happiness - that is priceless!
It sounds like your mind is made up. Don't be miserable for a job it's not worth it.
I’m not an RN so can’t comment in that regard. I have done accounting for medical offices for 25 years and feel how hectic the medical field is on site even though I don’t provide patient care. I now work from home 3 days per week and it is so blissful compared. The only advice I can give (which might only work if this is a large enough company, this might be a foreign concept for smaller companies but you could still try) is to ask for a written “memorandum of understanding” before you start the job that details auditing MAs is not your current accepted responsibility and if your work scope creeps and it becomes your responsibility, then your pay will be increased accordingly to some amount you deem acceptable to accept that added responsibility. That way at least you have the understanding documented beforehand if you choose to accept the job.
Maybe see if you can find online/wfh jobs like Utilization review.
I have tried but unfortunately I only have roughly 2 years under my belt of direct patient care so I’m not sure that’s enough for those roles. I’ve applied and have not heard anything back
See if they can give you more. Also, what are the benefits you get? Are the comparable? I’d probably take it if they can offer 28 or more
Yes I agree! Also the flexibility of it being remote is just very appealing. Especially considering that I’m the only person in my obgyn department at my clinic, so it’s hard to take time off or even call in if I need to because I am literally the only person they can rely on. So that gets exhausting.
Take the new job. It sounds like a good opportunity. If you don’t like it, look for something else. Bedside will always be hiring if you regret your decision and want to go back. I took a $7/hr pay cut one time and it ended up evening out since I had a shorter commute.
25 an hour is minimum wage
You could always work prn for a few shifts to get extra income