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I'm not saying all travel companies are out to screw you!! I traveled for 4 years full time and had a wonderful experience. There are agencies out there paying 10 dollars less an hour to do the same job at the same hospital. If you don't do your research then you can and will get screwed, but then I guess it would be your fault. I don't get excited about working the exact same job as someone else and get paid less. All I'm saying is ask questions. Many nurses have gotten to an assignment and realized they are not getting what they were promised. ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WERE PROMISED IN WRITING. If the company is billing for time and a half after 8 hours and not paying you that rate then yes they are SCREWING you. Supply and demand; it's simple. I'm not going to go buy a new car from a dealership and pay 5 thousand dollars more for the same car i can get cheaper down the street. Most people who travel with companies paying less and not giving them their OT money only do so because they don't know any better. Many times on travel assignments my travel coworkers switched agencies once they learned how little they were getting paid. I've had an excellent experience with On Assignment, Fastaff, and Supplemental. But there are other companies who had the exact same contracts each place I went paying much less. I wasn't in traveling to have some company hold my hand and tell me how nice the scenery is where I was on contract. Work Less, Make More and take time off for vacation.

Get this in writing before you go on your assignment. Some companies will not pay time and a half over 8 hours in Ca. They get away with it by not having an office in CA. If it is an out of state agency they can and will screw you.