Its that time of year again where I work...open enrollement for insurance. Last year our deductible went up and so did the price of our health insurance.
Our insurance sucks! Several nurses who have had hospital stays said that the insurance is refusing to pay what its supposed to cover....as usual. I pay 267 every 2 wks for family coverage. I think this is awfully high but cheaper than private insurance.
We have asked why corporate wont change the provider to a better one and get told the same thing every time "its out of our hands. we cant do anything about that" ...yea right...enough complaints and something would get done.
Also....our 401k doesnt match what we put in. Im going to cancel mine and turn it over to an IRA at my bank.
We have to use our vacation time to get paid for recognized holidays also.On top of these crappy benefits that none of us like but cant afford to be without......they cut our raises out completely last year. They always say dont get OT..bla bla...but with the shortages we have on help, it happens and that cant be helped.
They really lay into us about OT at the end of the month when we have changeover. They dont want us in there on the clock...yet this massive amount of paperwork must be done and in theory correctly. I refuse to do it off the clock. I did for a while, but I stopped that months ago. If I have to do 3 or 4 nurses paperwork because they are too lazy to touch it..by God Imma get paid for it.
What benefits do your employers offer? How good is it? How expensive is it for you to have it deducted from your pay? Do you get raises?
Im just trying to get a roundabout idea of if this is everywhere or not and how to understand it better. I think i this keeps up before long we will be making min wage again.
ramz i work at the va. another nice perk is that once you're employed at the va you can work at any va in the country with one license. worth looking into! :)
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Although I earn decent income from my two places of employment, I do not have any benefits. No health insurance, no 401k plan, no vacation, no paid time off, nothing...
I want benefits, but landing a full-time position in this economy is like pulling teeth. I'm working 36 to 48 hours per week at my PRN job, but they will not hire me onto full-time because they feel that I would be disappointed by the pay cut that results with the change in status. I would gladly take a cut in pay for the security of having benefits.
I'm working 36 to 48 hours per week at my PRN job, but they will not hire me onto full-time because they feel that I would be disappointed by the pay cut that results with the change in status.
Why can't they at least be honest enough to admit that they're too cheap to hire you to a benefitted, FT position?
As the years go by, I expect fewer and fewer benefitted positions to be available. It's all part of the continual effort since the early 80's to push everything onto the workers.
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ramz i work at the va. another nice perk is that once you're employed at the va you can work at any va in the country with one license. worth looking into! :)