Centennial Hills hospital

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I feel like they low-balled a job offer to me. I'm a CNA with 2.5 yrs experience. They offered me $12/hr. Told me that it was set by corporate based on experience and job. Bull. I know several CNA's working within UHS (the parent company) that make over $15/hr with less experience than I.

Do I have a right to feel somewhat disrespected because she in effect lied? That rate isn't set by corporate. I told her that I made more than that at my current job (I do). CNA's in home health make more. Sitters make more.

She insulted my intelligence by using guise of "corporate policy" to low-ball me. I wasn't expecting $20+/hr so I don't think I was being unrealistic. I do expect >$14/hr. Outside of skilled nursing facilities that isn't out of the realm of possibility.

I feel bad in that I really wanted to work there. What made it worse is that they took over two (nearly three) weeks after interviewing to call me with an offer. In my mind I was thinking "I waited nearly three weeks for THIS? Are you kidding me?"

After declining, she told me that the offer was nonnegotiable. I had the mind to call the interviewer to tell her why I declined. Part of me is glad I did not. I'm merely venting because I wanted the job, the department and training.

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Nope. $12 is about the going rate for hospitals, at least the ones that do shift differentials. UMC doesn't do shift differentials and they start their full timers out at about $13. I don't know what HCA or St Rose start their cnas off at.

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I do. At HCA it's $14/hr. St Rose I don't know. It seemed low when SNF's pay $10-11/hr.

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Accidental double post

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I think the benefits outweigh the lower pay rate. I started at $10 full time in a SNF & was paying approx $120 q check for medical (hmo), dental & vision. Now, I pay less than $50 for that plus much much more (pretty much the full package of everything you can get). Plus, the insurance, while the same HMO company, has better coverage and lesser copays.

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Btw for VHS, I end up making between $14-15 per hour depending on the day, even though my base pay is $12.

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