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TakeTwoAspirin, MSN, RN, APRN · Jan 12, 2012

That's only $40 per week before taxes, and if you make it up on the diffs what difference will it really make. People are so hung up on $/hr they miss the bigger picture. If it's a job offer you have been waiting for then presumably it's a better position, do don't get hung up on $1 dollar and blow a good thing for, what, $25.00 give or take a dollar per week?!

MJB2010 · Jan 12, 2012

I am hoping to not be on night shift forever, and if and when I go back to day shift a year or two from now, I will still be making LESS than I was right now. A lot of places are not giving raises or giving tiny raises these days so it will take years to make up that dollar, right? It just feels like going backwards. I will likely take the job anyway, but it hurt to get offered such a crappy number. Not sure why, but it made me really sad.

xoemmylouox, ASN, RN · Jan 12, 2012

I understand. I had a very similar thing happen. A position opened up that sounded great, but it paid less than I make now, and I was going to have a lot more responsibility/drive often. So I turned it down. 25/week equals 100/month which does add up. You just have to decide if it is really worth it.

rr82080 · Jan 12, 2012

Is there anything else financially to consider? I work 7 to 7 and make a shift diff from 3-7 of three dollars an hour. So It's like I make an extra dollar and hour. My insurance is almost free which probably equals a couple of dollars an hour. My parking is free (I'm in a city hospital) and no other city hospital in my area has free parking so thats another dollar or two an hour. Does the new job offer any incentive ($) to not take their insurance and go on your husbands? That would be more money. Is the commute shorter saving you gas money? I guess when you put it like 40 a week, times 52 weeks it seems like a lot of money but your happiness is worth something.

MJB2010 · Jan 12, 2012

Is there anything else financially to consider? I work 7 to 7 and make a shift diff from 3-7 of three dollars an hour. So It's like I make an extra dollar and hour. My insurance is almost free which probably equals a couple of dollars an hour. My parking is free (I'm in a city hospital) and no other city hospital in my area has free parking so thats another dollar or two an hour. Does the new job offer any incentive ($) to not take their insurance and go on your husbands? That would be more money. Is the commute shorter saving you gas money? I guess when you put it like 40 a week, times 52 weeks it seems like a lot of money but your happiness is worth something.

I will make more money overall due to the night shift differential, but I am hoping to switch to days when a position opens up. It is a shorter commute, no fee for parking. But the shifts are also 12 hours whereas I have been working 16 hours.

I am going to take the job I need to get out of the place I am at, the shifts are too long. I am just dissapointed that they offered me so little. They did also offer me a position on 2 separate units, so I am happy that I get to pick the one I wanted.

I also need a whole new wardrobe, this hospital has a different color code of scrubs for nurses and they require all white shoes. I am going to miss my current scrub color, I can tell you that for sure!

MomRN0913 · Jan 12, 2012

I made a nice paycheck being a nurse manager. Now I make 12K a year less (yet 12 K more than the job I had before I became a NM. But not being on call 24/7, the calls all weekend and at 1am, the content pressure and stress, is worth the pay cut. Quality of life exceeds all.