Do you have to pay for parking?

We don't have to pay, but we do have to park on the other end of the earth. It's great exercise I suppose, but it really sucks when it's cold or rainy. I would be really upset if they charged for parking, I think that's something that should be provided.

Originally posted by JJFROG

In an effort to raise funds for the hospital, they have recently begun charging to park in the parking garage.

...we were told we were "lucky" to only have to pay $4 dollars since in the"big cities" it costs $10 to park.

WHAAA?!? What on earth are they thinking? They need to raise money for the hospital...from the employees?

Our parking in inadequate, but it's free!

500 per year at my old hospital, one in Columbus charges staff a little over 500 per year, and the one I left charges 18.00 per month.

renerian

We don't pay, and they have just made "employee only" parking so there are spaces left for us when we get to work!

I don't pay; there are a few employee lots and if they are full we can park in the parking garage and have our ticket validated.

Christine

Wow! $4 per day is pretty steep. We pay $6 per pay period = usually 2 pay periods per month, so it's about $3 per week.:)

We pay $45.00 / month........and it is not close.

I turned down two jobs at a presitgeous hospital. One of the reasons was parking was $10 a day.

The place I work now is free, well lit, and it's not too far from the door.

The hospital I worked at in Boston charges $6.50 a day and if you were there over 10 hours then you were charged extra. You were assigned a garage and they had shuttles that ran from them to the hospital. The garage I was assigned to was clear on the other side of the Pike from the hospital and if I didn't time it just right, I was waiting for up to 15 minutes for the shuttle. The hospital I am returning to has employee only parking that is close AND the shifts from 7PM on can park in the visitors garage right outside the front door.

To me that is just so absurd to have to pay to park at your place of employment. It should be provided at all times for free and in a well lit area for the evening and night shifters. I wonder if other professions or other working folk have to pay for parking. We are provided with a parking sticker, but no parking fees . That is just too much. Why on earth would the employees have to be charged? I guess it's all about money as usual, the Skanks!

The first criteria that I am going to look for with my next employer (which will be in about two months from now) will be FREE EMPLOYEE PARKING that is UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL to the facility/hospital and NOT out in the boonies like the "free parking lot" is where I work now.

I'm sick and tired of getting off work at 7:30 to 8:00 at night, pitch black outside, only to be told security is too busy to pick me up and take me to the dark parking lot at a distance from the hospital. I hate the parking situation worse than I do working on my floor.

Doctors get decent parking spots, and nurses should to. So much for trying to make nursing a "profession". :stone

Are most of you who have to pay to park in downtown cities? I think it is awful to pay to park in hospitals in the suburbs or rural, in the big cities the nature of the area is that parking is at a premium for everyone. I still don't think it is right though.