Would you like your job more if you were paid more?

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Specializes in Medical Oncology, Alzheimer/dementia.

I was wondering, would any of you be more satisfied with your jobs and the stuff that comes along with it if you were paid more? I feel appreciated by my employer once a year when I get a raise, and that's about it. The rest of the time, I get the impression they feel we should just be satisfied with having steady income. I really do like my job and my unit, but I think I'd be more tolerant of things I was paid about $3.00-$5.00 more an hour. Would getting a $5.00 increase make you less frustrated with high nurse to patient ratios? Or would you feel better about being charge nurse if the pay was more than, what...$1.00 more?

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

There are some things you could pay me a million dollars a year for, but working on a dysfunctional unit with ridiculous nurse/patient ratios isn't one of them. NO amount of money is worth the headaches and the anxiety.:no:

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I second VivaLasViejas' sentiments. A very resounding "no" from me as well.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Nah. $3 or $5 or $10 more hourly might seem better at first. Then you'd get used to that standard of living and your job would still be as crummy as it was before.

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Specializes in hospice.

Plus your tax withholding would go up and you might get bumped into a higher bracket. Which might end up meaning you actually take home less. :(

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Specializes in Medical Oncology, Alzheimer/dementia.

Just makes me wonder because people will weigh the benefits of taking a job that pays $3.00/hr. more when you basically have to put up with the same crap at every job eventually.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, Dialysis, Hospice.

No. If you really love something, you love it regardless of how much money is involved. For example, I love American History, and if we could afford it and we lived in an area with a lot of historical sites, I would happily be an historical interpreter/tour guide for $8/hr. However, I have had nursing jobs that paid over $40/hour and I would literally pray to be called off, even though it would mean losing eight or twelve hours of pay, because I hated it so much.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

No, I am "old and jaded." If I like a job, I am willing to work for relatively little. If I hate it, no amount of money will make it worthwhile. My time and happiness is too valuable to me to sell for a few dollars more.

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Specializes in ER, PACU, Med-Surg, Hospice, LTC.

Yes! Get paid more -work less hours.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

I think there are things much more important than a mere $3-$5 more per hour- benefits, support from management, workplace environment that would affect how much I love my job more than the pay. What would make me love my current job more? A more reasonable amount of call (30-64 hours per week depending on whether or not it's our weekend, and we end up working quite a few of those) or at least surgeons who don't schedule surgeries that will run until late at night when there is no such thing as second shift.

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I love my job already, so getting paid more would be the icing on the cake. With that said, you couldn't pay me enough to work on a floor or specialty I didn't like. I wouldn't last so I'd be giving up the money anyway.

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No. It would help me financially. But it would not make it more tolerable there

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