In fifteen years of working for my lovely non-for-profit hospital, I've always been sickened at the waste of money at taxpayer's expense. I worked in purchasing years ago at this same hospital, this was my first experience with waste of money and of padding pockets. I remember once, years ago, the hospital was on a very tight budget..had froze hiring, etc. Across my desk comes a requisition from an administrator..for a LEATHER desk pad for HIS desk. My first experience, sadly not my last. I've seen outside contractors paid big bucks to do things our own maintenance people should/could be doing..the same contractor..same one that has ties to administration. Yet each year, we sign a "Code of Conduct" policy. Disgusting.
Then, just this week, they sent these PR things to every employee's home. This was in a box, about 8" X 12"..shipped UPS...inside was a video and some literature. The video was a ten minute run about "why we do what we do". Basically, it looked more like a nurse recruitment tool to me, since it contained interviews from nurses and doctor's only (all young and attractive..lol). I'm still bracing to see the exact reason behind this video. They sent these to EVERY employee (we received two since hubby works there too). This has many people hot because it did not include any ancillary depts, nor did it include respiratory, radiology, etc.
Is this a new trend or is it another waste of money that could be going to paying nurses more???
