Do you have to pay for parking?

[JJFROG]

In an effort to raise funds for the hospital, they have recently begun charging to park in the parking garage. What was a free "perk" now costs $4/day. They have taken away the "employee only" lots and they allow visitors and patients to park anywhere. Needless to say we all want the free spots. I work 11a-11p and there are never free spots available that are "safe" to walk to after my shift, and it frustrates me to pay $4 to come to work. We have had several town hall meetings on this subject and the parking fees are staying, in fact we were told we were "lucky" to only have to pay $4 dollars since in the"big cities" it costs $10 to park. Ugh.... The real kicker is that the parking garages were donated by a family that wanted to give back to the nurses who cared for their mom! Nobody had heard their thoughts on the parking fees. Just venting....and curious.....who has to pay to come to work?

[ratchit]

$7.50 a week for a lot that is 3 miles away. Shuttles run, but every 20 min during peak times. Every 45 after 7pm. Miss your bus and you're SOL. If you get out after 7pm, you are looking at a long wait for a bus then a lonely walk into a dark lot in an iffy neighborhood.

Sometimes the shuttles don't show. Sometimes they leave early. They are not disciplined for this.

This shuttle BS adds over an hour to my commute every day. I'm quitting- and this is part of the reason. Our med students, interns and PAs get to park 50 yards from the front door. It's disrespectful to nursing.

Sjoe... the $7.50 is with the discount my mandatory union membership gets me. For nonunion people, it's $10 a week. I don't consider my union to be useful for this and many other reasons.

[K8RN]

Cost of parking comes off my paycheque (as if I dont have enough coming off it already) 25 cents for every hour you work in a pay period. So it's $3 for a 12 hour shift. Could be worse.