lowwwwwwwwwww agency pay

ArwenEvenstar · Dec 3, 2009

AVOID Maxim is my advice!! Do a search for Maxim under the home health and private duty forums...you'll find some revealing reviews. Although it is "possible" to have a good experience with Maxim, the odds are low simply because of how they structure their company. In all the offices they primarily hire very young men (early 20's), fresh out of college, with degrees related to sales/marketing/business. These young guys handle all the scheduling, communication with nurses and families (private duty cases), etc. It is a joke! How can a 22 yr old with a business degree understand nurses, nursing, the high tech medical aspects of the private duty cases, and what it is like for a family to have a disabled child?? They can't! I could tell so many stories! Any conversation with them was frustrating because they would not "get" it. Sometimes I felt like I was communicating with a kid who didn't know anything about health care. Oh wait, that was exactly it! (haha) They were also highly unorganized and could not keep anything straight. Schedule mess-ups galore.

The male director of this location (who also did not have a health care degree) was a piece of work. He was really gifted at BS. He could talk in circles to placate you, but without ever resolving the issue.

Yea, pay is terrible. I approached the director about a slight pay raise (I was hoping for a meager 50 cent an hour increase) and I was given a rather annoying circular speech. Among other things, he implied that nurses did not make good money until the 1980's when the first nursing shortages hit, and then pay went up. And he said now nurses are demanding and expect too much. Seriously. Grrrr...

Maxim is a "good ole boys" club. It does not make sense to have all men without health care degrees supervising and running a female dominated profession!!

Aviationurse · Dec 3, 2009

i made a post on this in the general discussion on JOB OFFER WITHOUT PAY DOCUMENTATION...and got a load of response..i declined the offer after advice from my all nurses friends and boy the GQ dude who is the nourse recruiter with a health degree and not a nurse was sooooooo mad...

allnurses saved my life....big time...i would easily have beem conned by if i did not did a quick search here.... your response made me laugh..i know it is 230 am now...

thanks kindly

ellakate · Dec 3, 2009

heavymetalrn, glad to hear that you are laughing! It keeps the blues away.

Aviationurse · Dec 3, 2009

3 weeks of no agency pay/assignments now...applied everywhere ..i am just sooooo glad i have a part time job in psych unit working nights long commute from me..hey ..keeps food on the table..( earning 31/hr no shift/weekend diff either)

1. applied other agency ...process is slow

2. my home health agencies got nothing for me

3. applied everywhere..still no calls

4. old nurse here with tons of psych experience and killer resume, taking job 10 bucks less than what i was earning long time ago....more of a new grad pay

5. still the saddest christmas i have in the 16 years of my career...at least thankful i have a pulse and sound mind

thanks everyone for your kind response

Keepstanding, ASN, RN · Dec 4, 2009

hang in there heavymetal rn. praying things get better for you

praiser :heartbeat

CAsmus · Feb 22, 2018

Travel RN's beware. Do your research on Maxim. Maxim sent me to 5 visits to the same US HealthWorks for medical clearance when it could have been done in 2 visits. They had me waiting 45 minutes for a blood draw when the had not even sent over the paperwork. Took them 2 weeks to get my medical clearance. Promised a $1k sign on bonus when I threatened to back out yet when I asked for that in writing, I was suddenly a disgruntled employee and a liability. I have been an RN for 30+ years and have never been treated so poorly. Maxim was investigated and fined for ethics violations.

Carefreeliving · Feb 28, 2018

Maxim healthcare services can be found all over the US. I worked with a Maxim healthcare agency based out of Jacksonville, FL for my first travel assignment in NC. She promised me that she would reimburse my travel pay/move expenses over the phone. But when it came down to reimbursement, she said since I didn't sign the travel contract PRIOR to the move, that I was not entitled to reimbursement. What a witch. That was just a newbie traveller mistake on my behalf.

If you don't get it in writing, then it will not be honored. Learn from my mistakes people!

I just called a Maxim healthcare agency in Emeryville, CA to see what their agency rates were for a M/S tele nurse in the Bay area. He told me $35-40 a hour. That's such a rip off. This is the BAY AREA. People pay $3,000-$4,000+ for rent here. Per diem nurses make double that here.

Please everyone, be careful and reconsider using Maxim for any sort of services.