Pay for parking?

[Paws2people]

Okay, how many of you here on allnurses pay for parking? We do at my hospital, and I can't fathom charging employees...

[RNperdiem, RN]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[FlyingScot, RN]

$800 a year!

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

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

[elkpark]

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]

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]

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

[MrChicagoRN, RN]

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.