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Me? No.
I expect to be emoloyed in a place for a long period. I would not be willing to take a job where day in/ day out I was either being treated horribly, or in fear of being treated horribly.
Far at too many other positions for me out there for me to be willing to be a random doc's punching bag.
Nope. A few years ago, I was interviewed by a somewhat famous physician (there was a documentary about him and a couple other physicians who are the only ones in the world who do what they do) for the position as his practice manager. I ultimately turned it down (and still have pangs of regret now and again, as it would have been an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity) because he was kind of an arrogant ass, and I know it would have been a constant exercise in tongue-biting to work with him every day.
Life's too short, and the provider, particularly if s/he is also the owner of the clinic, will make or break your sanity and happiness.
I would accept a position working alongside a mean-spirited physician only if I were currently unemployed and facing impending homelessness.
But under all other circumstances, I would not voluntarily subject myself to working with a mean doctor. Life is too short to deal with another person's vitriol on a routine basis, especially that of a colleague or boss.
mmccool719
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I am in the process of interviewing for a RN position in an ambulatory setting, two days a week. As I weigh out the pros and cons of the position, the biggest CON is the physician I would be working along side of. She is excellent at what she does but she is......mean. I know it because I've seen it first hand when she rounded on my patient on a nursing division. She didn't like something she saw so she really laid in to me about it in a nasty way. The nurses who currently work with her in this clinic confirmed my suspicions.
So my question is.....would you work for a mean doctor?