UPMC to take away RN sign on bonuses effective 2-29-08

[dorselm]

:angryfire After class today, I happened to look at the poster board situated outside of my classroom and I saw an interesting flyer, which apparently no one else took the time to read. It said "We have some exciting changes happening to UPMC, effective Feb 29th, UPMC (only the biggest healthcare system in Western Pennsylvania) is doing away with their sign on incentive bonus for new hire RNs. Instead they will focus on putting their dollars toward formal education and helping nurses to enhance their careers. I asked my instructor about this because I thought I was misreading it and she said she heard something about it but wasn't sure. She said the reason being is that they found that nurses were getting the $8-10-12K bonuses, working their 2 yr commitment and then quitting and going to another UPMC facility and getting another bonus. When I got home I called a nursing recruiter and asked about the specifics and she said it is true that UPMC will be doing away with the sign on bonus. I said well what incentive will they offer to come to their facility and she said hopefully they will see that the hospitals are good environments to work at and that will attract new nurses. You wanna talk about PO?!?!?!?!? I graduate Dec 08 and there will be no bonus to offset these loans that I took out to help me get through school!!!!!!!

[PAERRN20]

You'd be much better off staying far away from any UPMC.