Please keep this thread going!!! It hopefully will keep people from getting bad jobs.
Gaswork Job of the Week Two
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I don’t necessarily think it’s a “bad” job.
Location
Money
Lifestyle
Pick two.
If you like the cold, money as pointed out can be unicorn pay. Lifestyle Q3, but no mentioning of vacation..... if it’s 7 weeks (unlikely) or more? It can be a dream job for someone at least a few years?
If I was younger and love Canada, maybe I’d do a two year commitment to get myself out of the student loan hell.....
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How much student loan do you have? most people can refinance into something around 3% interest, no?
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It isn’t horrible. I did do it with first republic, which brings it down even more; however it’s like 2.25% for five years.... so there’s some pressure if I don’t work. If I can cut that even shorter, it would be nice.
Exactly right.
These jobs that demand working crazy hours, long commutes, crazy locations, why do that to yourself?
what do you so urgently need to buy/pay off with that extra 100-200k?
You can be financially secure in any city, go live your life where you want, working moderately for 400k - not a bad gig.
most md only places in urban/suburban hospitals. The top earning guys full partner make 700-800k max. That’s working 65-70 hours a week with as little as 3 weeks , 4 weeks off max.
smaller hospital are chill (for the most part) environment.
hate to tell you this. But in most urban suburban areas. You are gonna to be working like a dog for 400k with 6-7 weeks off. Both the pace of the cases plus the acuity is the cases.
smaller hospital are chill (for the most part) environment.
that hasn't been my experience, good jobs are out there, why kill yourself or be unhappy for one thats just a little better
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i dont think thats true. can easily make a little over 400k at even kaiser working 45 hours a week and taking home call. 45 hours a week def is not working like a dog.
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I think this is more in line with the reality right now. If you are “working like a dog” for 400k then you are both overworked and underpaid. 400k is probably the absolute floor nowadays for an employed job with reasonable workload. While private practice equity is still a rare unicorn in some areas, it’s not a bad time to be entering the anesthesia job market. There is a lot of need out there right now. It’s really not hard to “shake the tree” a little bit and find offers well above 400k with 8 or more weeks of vacation.
Know your value and don’t sign a stupid non-compete.
