PHS Officers are more Entitled than the Inmates

[GoBuckeyez10]

Labor fight threatens inmate health care

I currently work in a federal prison as an RN. I speak from first hand experience. It is appalling what PHS Officers think they are entitled to given the commitment that they choose to sign for, they accept the $25,000 sign on bonus, they get the 5 weeks of vacation and unlimited sick leave, they get the free health care.....yet they want to sit back in offices and let civil service do all the work. It's a disgrace. The fact that they call themselves "Officers", is a slap in the face to the real officers that serve and protect out country. They all know what they are signing for before they accept the $25K bonus, but then they want the seniority of civil service. They know they are giving this up when they choose PHS, yet then they put out this disgraceful quote that they are being treated as second class citizens.

The sign on bonus could be $525K and I would not wear one of their uniforms.

They are truly the only people I have ever met who are more entitled than the Inmates I work around.

PHS are managment who are trying to change the rules have ruined healthcare in the Federal Prison system. The fact that Mr. Currie says PHS are treated as second class citizens is a crock. He should be ashamed!

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[PG2018]

You're basing this on having met how many PHS officers?

I think it's a cool deal if you're with USCG or even FDA or CDC. I used to toy on a PHS discussion board about six years ago.

[Chadmasters, BSN]

This post is one of the reasons I think twice of joining the PHS. I bet the poster is a civil service employee who advocates for PHS officers constantly being used for holidays and other crappy shifts the civil service employees don't want.