No raise this year.!!!!!

[sasha2lady]

Some staff was told by mgmt that we would not be getting our annual raises this year per corporate. They said the economy is too bad. Can they do that? I wonder if that also applies to corporate employees and all the saltier people who get those big bonuses for keeping us under budget all the time. I predict some very unhappy employees and possibly some quitters coming up soon. Who wants to work for a place and not get a raise? The way they were talking it might exceed 2010. Yet they gubernatorial us insurance we can't afford and pto time we can't use except for when it's convenient for mgmt to approve it. There has been talk of layoffs coming too. I'd like to know just who they can afford to lay off at the patients expense less of us means a lessened continuity of care.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

It is very much true that workplaces are not obligated to bestow any pay raises upon employees, especially if the place of employment is not bound by any union contracts.

If your facility is for-profit, be aware that the money is their motivation for existing, and hence, they are not going to be as concerned as the nursing staff about issues such as continuity of care, patient safety, and under-staffing.

[rwright15]

Some staff was told by mgmt that we would not be getting our annual raises this year per corporate. They said the economy is too bad. Can they do that? I wonder if that also applies to corporate employees and all the saltier people who get those big bonuses for keeping us under budget all the time. I predict some very unhappy employees and possibly some quitters coming up soon. Who wants to work for a place and not get a raise? The way they were talking it might exceed 2010. Yet they gubernatorial us insurance we can't afford and pto time we can't use except for when it's convenient for mgmt to approve it. There has been talk of layoffs coming too. I'd like to know just who they can afford to lay off at the patients expense less of us means a lessened continuity of care.

They did that to us in 2009. No raises, but gave everyone (2000+ employees) $50, and then $100 at Christmas... I guess they had some extra cash with 0 raises... I don't see the incentive for nonlicensed employees to want to excel.

[DogWmn]

Over the last several years the no-raise policy was pretty typical in the non-medical corporate world if your were a worker bee. At my last job before being laid off there were no raises for 2+ years so I'm not surprised it's trickled down, up and over to the medical field. Unfortuantly medicine in the US for the most part is a for-profit business and they are in it for the bucks and the worker bees will be the first to loose out.

[Lexxie, LPN]

None of the employees at my job have received raises - as far as I know.

Being an almost 2-year old practice though, it's still getting off the ground, so I haven't really complained. However, my 2 year "anniversary" is coming up in April and I do plan to ask for a raise then. All they can do is say no, right? hehe