So I recently started a new rn job. I just found out that my salary is only $0.5 higher than new grads in the hospital I work at. I have almost 2yrs experience. Suddenly I dont feel like working anymore. I'm so discouraged right now. Is 0.5 difference appropriate or am i asking for too much?
Looking back at it. Only reason I decided to take it is because a relative works there.
I think I shouldn't have been a coward and negotiated for a higher salary. But i just hate confrontations like that. it makes me anxious and scared. I dont do it a lot. Im just such a coward... sigh... I hate myself for this. I had a feeling at first that the base rate offered by the recruiter was low but I was just such a fearful, unbrave dummy so i took it like I was desperate to work there.
What can I do or should do? Its already too late to talk to the recruiter about it. And I'd be scared to do so. I already accepted and signed all the paperwork and already on orientation.
Should I apply to another facility and make sure I bargain my base rate? Should I stay at this hospital for a few months till I find a better paying position? Stay for 2 years so that I wont be accused of hopping around jobs?
I wonder if I change to part time or prn after at least 6 months to a year. Will there be a renegotiation of salary then?
PRN means no benefits so of course your pay will be higher but if you don't work, you don't get paid and hours are not guaranteed. I don't think going part time will make a difference.
Someone above mentioned a pay grid, and that is what I have seen in most hospitals and large organizations. Where I currently work, RN’s get paid based on the number of years they’ve been a nurse. There is no negotiation.
Sometimes there is negotiation. I told a past employer that I wanted to be off the grid. After going back and forth for a while, and her insisting that it was not possible, I was actually accommodated. That meant a $5.53 raise instead of a $0.53 cent raise.
Workitinurfava, BSN, RN
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PRN means no benefits so of course your pay will be higher but if you don't work, you don't get paid and hours are not guaranteed. I don't think going part time will make a difference.