Pay @ Royal Oak Beaumont

I don't know very much about the endoscopy unit. Sorries.

Everyone has their own opinion, I guess. I have worked at Beaumont for 15 years and love it! I don't think there is a hospital in the tri county area that does not have the staffing issues. After all, there is a nursing shortage. Beaumont is very supportive of their staff, and the flexibility that they offer is incredible. Many units are now doing self staffing, where you can pick your own days. The pay scale at Beaumont is comparable to other hospitals. Pay for performance, what is wrong with that? I think we all have known some nurses who did not deserve a raise, while everyone else picked up their slack. I highly recommend Beaumont as an employer, especially if you have wanted to work there.

Beaumont Royal Oak EC was the most disappointing experience I have ever had as a nurse. I almost died there as a patient and years later I ended up working there...the lies, the gossip etc. of only a few people destroy the whole atmosphere... and made me quit. I would not take my dog there...sorry to say that. Crappy insurance, retirement, everything was just bad, nothing like the comercials on TV and radio. I miss the nice people, the wonderful 480 people (aprox.) and still I am glad I got away from the miserable 20 nagging nurses that made working there hell with their terrible attitude. The doctors were very nice. The pay was one dollar higher than any other place...but again, who wants to lose their sanity just to say that they work at Beaumont EC?

Every place is flexible. HFH has self-scheduling. The thing I like better about HFH, is if I pick up overtime, I can self-cancel 24 hours before the shift. At Beaumont, you have to work, there's no self-cancelling. I also like that I can work 4,8,12 hours overtime if I like. My benefits at Beaumont were outrageous. I pay 43 bucks for medical, vision, dental and short term disability at HFH and the bens are good.

I remember when I started nursing school, my managers at WBH flat out told me that they could not accomodate my schedule. I wanted to work every weekend so I could go to school during the week. So no, in the five years I worked there, I don't recall them being flexible. With that being said, my friends that currently work at WBH are all trying to find different jobs at different hospitals. The unit I worked on for five years has a crazy staff turn over because after a year of the b.s. everyone wants to leave and does. Most of the senior staff either quit or went to different units.

To each his own. I think it just depends on where you work within the hospital. It's better in the ICUs, the stepdowns and the regular units at WBH is a different story.

I graduated in 2006 - I made $22/hr to start at Harper (DMC), I now make $26/hr, I also work at Henry Ford Macomb, contingent I make $35.45/hr there...