Re: Maxim Healthcare Company
RIP Maxim. I guess my Maxim tote bag and fleece blanket and Maxim Trapper Keeper are now collectors items.
Ha. But anyways, here are my thoughts on this. First the "pro".
The pay was competetive until recently. The last staffer lady I talked to told me they were going to restore wages they had cut due to them wanting to maximize their profit in a time of Medicaide cuts. 2
.They did pay overtime. So a 12hr Sunday would be 8hrs @normal wage, 2hrs @time and a half, and 2hrs of double time. Excellent. They paid time and a half for every hour of a holiday.
3) they had a benefit package if you worked more than 30hrs a week. 4) Their volume was such that you
normally would not have to drive to the next state to get there. 5) the young guys that worked there were fun and looked like the Arrowhead shirt man. Or GQ. They were very polite and respectful. 6) Once a year
they gave you some swag for Nurses Week. I like that stuff, OK?
7) they had direct deposit.
Now for the "cons". They were a multi-state corporation, meaning
they were about sales (new patients) and expansion (new offices). Those young guys had backgrounds in sales and marketing, and thats the vibe the office had. Not saying they didn't genuinely care about pts.
The recruiter position is temporary by design. I figured that out after the 4th good staffer left after three months. They figure if you can survive the hell that is the staffer's life and cover all your shifts, you are promoted to manager of something. That aspect of it was horrible.
Every three months a total newbie would be in charge of staffing your case. If the new one was less than competent, you will get erratic calls at all hours for stuff, and they would forget to mark you off for time off or they would mix up people's hours (pay the wrong nurse)
They have no qualms about putting your wages on the chopping block to maintain profit.
None of these things is a 100% deal breaker. If you need the job, it wasn't so horrible other than those annoyances. I never was called to fix anything petty. So bottom line, in my office, nothing criminal I could see.
I stayed at a nursing home for another 6 months instead of getting into Med/Surg, because I couldn't leave my fun loving Alzheimer's patients. 
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