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I just wanted to present to you all my options and seek a little feedback on different scenarios. I will be graduating in May and have accepted an offer to float for a major chain retailer. I also have interned at a local hospital for two years and might have a chance to start in a PRN position, rolling into full-time. Here are the details of each:
Retail
Past experience: rotations alone
118k salaried, guaranteed 40 hours, good benefits, 3 weeks PTO to start
Floating area: Up to 50 miles, but most stores are within 15-20 minutes with the opportunity to staff one of the closer stores within 6 months
Hospital
Past experience: 2 years as intern
50-52 per hour (104-108k extrapolated, not sure on the exact figure), starting PRN and rolling into full-time position, good benefits, service time equates to 28 days PTO based on full-time status.
Commuting: 50 minutes away from where I'll be living, and the roads can get sketchy/close in the winters.
I'd rather start working full-time right off the bat, and I'm not a big fan of the commute to the hospital but while floating, I'll be commuting anyways. There is a possibility that I'll get into a store closer to home, but at my current hospital I'll probably have to work there awhile to get experience to be able to get a job at a closer hospital, especially without a residency under my belt. I'm nervous to work in retail because I don't have much experience, but the store locations, convenience and pay are positives. I'm also pretty sure I can be happy anywhere as I'm generally a positive person. There are some people I like and dislike at the hospital and I get restless looking at a screen the whole day but I don't want to be overworked like a slave in retail. I also want to keep my options open in the future, and pigeon-holding myself into retail right away might not be the smartest idea.
Would it be possible to start full-time at the retail chain and work PRN at the hospital? The supervisors really like me at the hospital and I'm sure they would be flexible, but I might be overloaded for a while until I get offered a full-time position at the hospital and then choose between the two.
Retail
Past experience: rotations alone
118k salaried, guaranteed 40 hours, good benefits, 3 weeks PTO to start
Floating area: Up to 50 miles, but most stores are within 15-20 minutes with the opportunity to staff one of the closer stores within 6 months
Hospital
Past experience: 2 years as intern
50-52 per hour (104-108k extrapolated, not sure on the exact figure), starting PRN and rolling into full-time position, good benefits, service time equates to 28 days PTO based on full-time status.
Commuting: 50 minutes away from where I'll be living, and the roads can get sketchy/close in the winters.
I'd rather start working full-time right off the bat, and I'm not a big fan of the commute to the hospital but while floating, I'll be commuting anyways. There is a possibility that I'll get into a store closer to home, but at my current hospital I'll probably have to work there awhile to get experience to be able to get a job at a closer hospital, especially without a residency under my belt. I'm nervous to work in retail because I don't have much experience, but the store locations, convenience and pay are positives. I'm also pretty sure I can be happy anywhere as I'm generally a positive person. There are some people I like and dislike at the hospital and I get restless looking at a screen the whole day but I don't want to be overworked like a slave in retail. I also want to keep my options open in the future, and pigeon-holding myself into retail right away might not be the smartest idea.
Would it be possible to start full-time at the retail chain and work PRN at the hospital? The supervisors really like me at the hospital and I'm sure they would be flexible, but I might be overloaded for a while until I get offered a full-time position at the hospital and then choose between the two.
