Pay for parking?

RNperdiem, RN · Sep 11, 2014

I pay for parking. When you work on a large college campus where students and employees all want parking and land is expensive, they can and will charge for parking.

If employees complain about parking, all you get is a shrug and "the university owns all the land and parking lots".

Seph A · Sep 11, 2014

I must be really lucky. I do not pay for parking at my job but I do pay when I go to school. I'm doing an lpn to rn program at a local hospital and unfortunately due to high demand for parking spots, we have to pay or get our car towed.

Been there,done that, ASN, RN · Sep 11, 2014

Your employer does not cover your costs to get to work, that includes parking your vehicle.In densely populated areas, free parking is considered a perk.

For example, in Honolulu... you will pay to park your vehicle at work ...space is at a premium.

blondy2061h, MSN, RN · Sep 11, 2014

Yep, parking is a nightmare at the area I work at. I pay a discounted monthly rate for ramp parking. Not having to brush my car off after a 12 hour shift when it snowed all day makes it soooo worth it.

wanderlustnurse88, RN · Sep 11, 2014

Nope I don't pay for parking. But no one here does. Benefits of a small town hospital :)

FlyingScot, RN · Sep 11, 2014

$800 a year!

emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Sep 11, 2014

One of our local car dealers has been underwriting parking at my hospital for years. Nobody has to pay, employees or visitors.

elkpark · Sep 11, 2014

I work in a large, downtown academic medical center, and everybody pays for parking. I pay a little over $100/month. In the medical center/university area, parking is really at a premium, and what employees pay is a big discount over the "market rate" for parking in the area (the hospital garage in which I park charges $22 for eight hours of parking for members of the general public who want to park there. My rate works out to ~$5.50/day). There is also an option to park farther away from the hospital and the hospital provides shuttle buses than run back and forth from the more distant garages; that option is less expensive.

firstinfamily, RN · Sep 12, 2014

The last hospital I worked had a parking garage across from it that charged a $1.00/day, that was the only time I paid for parking due to working in mostly small communities.

RN403, BSN, RN · Sep 12, 2014

We pay for parking, although, we do not pay nearly as much as some of the PPs.

MrChicagoRN, RN · Sep 12, 2014

I've paid at 3 out of 5 Chicago area hospitals where I've been. Not uncommon where parking is at a premium, and public transportation alternatives exist.