RE: gainful employment/burnout

Cathy, you are one of my heroes!

Blessings,
Bonnie ( SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of cathy carpenter
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:00 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] gainful employment/burnout

When I joined the Army (during Vietnam), it was with the understanding 
that my salary was based on 24/7. There was no such thing as an 8 hour 
work day, there was no overtime, there was no "comp time". We did it 
because we were committed to a cause we considered greater than 
ourselves, and to our comrades.
Cathy
On Monday, August 9, 2004, at 01:00 PM, Kitty wrote:

>> I fail to understand how
>> paying 2 or 3 nurses overtime is cheaper than paying an extra 
>> assisitant.
>
> Most likely it's the benefits costs.
>
> Judy,
> I do not think this is a fair thing to do to an employee, especially 
> under
> stressful conditions.  Expecting someone to work an extra half hour 
> because
> someone else is running late is not out of reason, but 2 to 3 more 
> hours
> after a grueling 8 hour shift is nonsense.  Must you accept this or 
> are they
> asking?  In either case, I might be inclined to say, "OK, but my lunch 
> hour
> comes first."
>
> Yours is just a typical example of our "better economy".  They say it 
> is
> getting better, but that's because companies are making more money.  
> But
> they aren't necessarily employing more people - they are just making 
> current
> employees work that much harder, and often for little or no extra pay. 
>  They
> circumvent any extra cost they can at the expense of worker morale and
> well-being, while the number of unemployed continue to peruse the want 
> ads.
> Oh, but the headlines say unemployment is down?  Those numbers don't 
> include
> those who no longer collect unemployment.  If they counted everyone 
> who is
> looking for a job, the percentage would be much higher.
>
> How's that for soapbox.  No apologies here, but thanks for letting me 
> vent,
> too.
>
> Kitty
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy L Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:05 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] gainful employment/burnout
>
>
>> Well folks, in the last 3 days, my so called 8 hour shifts have 
>> stretched
> to
>> 9-11 hours with no time for a lunch break. 5 hours overtime, or about 
>> an
>> extra day's pay for the 3 days.  Not sure it's worth it. They staff by
>> algorithm at this hospital rather than by acuity. I fail to 
>> understand how
>> paying 2 or 3 nurses overtime is cheaper than paying an extra 
>> assisitant.
> I
>> can afford to work only 6 days every 2 weeks, and can't afford to work
> more,
>> emotionally or physically. A lot of nurses choose to take other, less
>> lucrative work because of the killer stress involved.
>> Getting off my soap box, thanks for letting me vent.
>>
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