Children Hospital Layoffs

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Texas Children's Hospital To Lay Off 1,000 Workers, 5% Of Workforce

In a major cost-cutting move, Texas Children's Hospital, one of the nation's largest and most prestigious pediatric hospitals, announced plans to lay off 5% of its workforce, approximately 1,000 employees, in August 2024.

nurse.org

Children's Hospital Los Angeles laying off more than 250 workers

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is laying off more than 250 workers amid growing financial challenges and hospital restructuring.

abc7.com

MAGA or MAHA or something, somthing

 

[HemeOncHopeful19]

I have walked the halls of TCH and I don’t get the outrage, there was definitely room to lay off 5% of their workforce and not affect patient care whatsoever.

 

[Oso]

I have walked the halls of TCH and I don’t get the outrage, there was definitely room to lay off 5% of their workforce and not affect patient care whatsoever.

Can you elaborate more? Have not heard of these this type of big layoff where I work…

 

[HemeOncHopeful19]

Can you elaborate more? Have not heard of these this type of big layoff where I work…

Marketing/“Patient Relations”
Nursing Management
Etc.

I was rounding the other day at my local hospital and for about an hour while sitting at the computer there were 5 people standing in a circle admiring/chatting about one of those random posters they put up in every unit with pictures of the staff on them… they were touring each unit that day to do this specifically. I forget what their job title was but it was something like “Tom, director of employee engagement” or some other nonsense.

These are all people pulling in full time salaries off the back of our work and contributing to healthcare costs in this country.

Edit: looked up the text I sent my wife. There were 4 employees and they were from “process improvement and employee engagement”

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Marketing/“Patient Relations”
Nursing Management
Etc.

I was rounding the other day at my local hospital and for about an hour while sitting at the computer there were 5 people standing in a circle admiring/chatting about one of those random posters they put up in every unit with pictures of the staff on them… they were touring each unit that day to do this specifically. I forget what their job title was but it was something like “Tom, director of employee engagement” or some other nonsense.

These are all people pulling in full time salaries off the back of our work and contributing to healthcare costs in this country.

Edit: looked up the text I sent my wife. There were 4 employees and they were from “process improvement and employee engagement”

So you’re saying if employees and patients didnt complain so much then they wouldn’t have to create positions on employee engagement and patient relations?

 

[HemeOncHopeful19]

So you’re saying if employees and patients didnt complain so much then they wouldn’t have to create positions on employee engagement and patient relations?

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I’m saying if you lay them off, ain’t nobody gonna die round these parts

 

[SurfingDoctor]

I’m saying if you lay them off, ain’t nobody gonna die

Generally speaking, these positions are created as a result of patients deaths. But they are also bandaids to control hemorrhages.

 

[DeadCactus]

Marketing/“Patient Relations”
Nursing Management
Etc.

I was rounding the other day at my local hospital and for about an hour while sitting at the computer there were 5 people standing in a circle admiring/chatting about one of those random posters they put up in every unit with pictures of the staff on them… they were touring each unit that day to do this specifically. I forget what their job title was but it was something like “Tom, director of employee engagement” or some other nonsense.

These are all people pulling in full time salaries off the back of our work and contributing to healthcare costs in this country.

Edit: looked up the text I sent my wife. There were 4 employees and they were from “process improvement and employee engagement”

I doubt Tom is getting laid off. Sam, the bedside nurse with 20+ years of experience is getting laid off. Then in winter, they will turn around and hire 3 new grad travelling nurses at 150% of Sam's pay to deal with "urgent, unexpected staffing needs".

 

[HemeOncHopeful19]

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Generally speaking, these positions are created as a result of patients deaths. But they are also bandaids to control hemorrhages.

Can't tell if you're sarcastic or not. Is your position that our current healthcare system is operating at 100% efficiency and there is not even a small portion of hospital employees that may be extraneous?

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Can't tell if you're sarcastic or not. Is your position that our current healthcare system is operating at 100% efficiency and there is not even a small portion of hospital employees that may be extraneous?

No, my point is that these positions were created as bandaid to fundamental flaws in the system, driven by both healthcare workers and administrators and well, society as a whole. They weren’t created in a vacuum.

However, they don’t actually address the flaws and were simply the cheapest way to pretend like something was accomplished. From an administration standpoint, the real ask is too financially costly for a reductions, albeit probably minor, in employee and patient satisfaction and outcomes.

 

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Texas Children's Hospital To Lay Off 1,000 Workers, 5% Of Workforce

In a major cost-cutting move, Texas Children's Hospital, one of the nation's largest and most prestigious pediatric hospitals, announced plans to lay off 5% of its workforce, approximately 1,000 employees, in August 2024.

nurse.org

Children's Hospital Los Angeles laying off more than 250 workers

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is laying off more than 250 workers amid growing financial challenges and hospital restructuring.

abc7.com

MAGA or MAHA or something, somthing

FYI, the TCH layoffs already happened last year and supposedly there has been a pretty significant financial recovery since then. There were some financial issues relating to things like medicaid contracts and new hospitals and spending a bunch of money on a golf tournament that played a role.

Not that this is a good time for children's hospital funding at all lol