Scribe position advice?

[Scrizzy]

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Hi,

I recently accepted a part time job position at an scribe agency. But I found that the rent in a rural area is higher than I expected, due to it being a tourist location. I had no idea because I had less than a week to relocate. So I asked about full time or a higher salary. But it seems that my employers are unsure and seem to be saying I should've understood and planned ahead, even though they gave me less than a week(I applied, got offered, and had to relocate all within a week). Currently they originally said they will work with me and I MAY get full time or a pay raise after a monthly evaluation. But they didn't seem like they were really going to work with me after I talked to them about it a second time. Rather, they seem to want to push it as my fault and I should just take the job as it is. And honestly, I think they will fire me after they are able to find someone else during the month I work. The only reason they haven't already is because they need someone immediately.

There's currently no set date to start working or train. But from what I hear, their management is pretty bad (can't really argue against it).

Any advice on what to do or how to handle them would be appreciated. I still haven't signed the lease, so that's good.

 

[Arturiase]

Unlikely they will give you a raise and you still havent passed the basic training, so its pretty high risk imo

 

[JugglesMed]

As a new scribe, they'll cut you in a second lol. They can just hire one of the other hundreds of pre med students who are willing to work for minimum wage

 

[Scrizzy]

As a new scribe, they'll cut you in a second lol. They can just hire one of the other hundreds of pre med students who are willing to work for minimum wage

Dang. Maybe I shouldn't have asked them then and just bear through it.

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[JugglesMed]

Dang. Maybe I shouldn't have asked them then and just bear through it.

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Maybe it's different for your company/where you live.
But where I live, there's many applicants for scribe jobs and they only pay $8.25/hour.

 

[Scrizzy]

Maybe it's different for your company/where you live.
But where I live, there's many applicants for scribe jobs and they only pay $8.25/hour.

The position I'm going at is pretty rural. With the nearest college being 50+ miles away. So I don't think they had a lot of people applying for this job. In fact, after I interviewed with them, I got accepted an hour later. Then I had to rush to find an apartment in 4 days...

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[Fidelio17]

The position I'm going at is pretty rural. With the nearest college being 50+ miles away. So I don't think they had a lot of people applying for this job. In fact, after I interviewed with them, I got accepted an hour later. Then I had to rush to find an apartment in 4 days...

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In my experience, any place that hires (& expects you to move) that quickly isn't going to be any more reasonable when you're actually working for them. & you don't want to sign a lease that you can't afford.

 

[altblue]

As a new scribe, they'll cut you in a second lol. They can just hire one of the other hundreds of pre med students who are willing to work for minimum wage

Depends on how far along you are. Once OP is reasonably trained, it could be a headache to replace them and retrain a new one. That's when they could have more clout for requesting increased hours.

Even if you were in a rural area that wasn't a tourist trap, I'd have difficulty seeing how you could comfortably pay rent with a part-time job. Regardless, if SA isn't able to work with you, I'd recommend finding a 2nd part-time job or a new full-time one altogether.

 

[Scrizzy]

Even if you were in a rural area that wasn't a tourist trap, I'd have difficulty seeing how you could comfortably pay rent with a part-time job. Regardless, if SA isn't able to work with you, I'd recommend finding a 2nd part-time job or a new full-time one altogether.

It's not just the rent. I'm taking into account monthly food and utilities. I'm hoping that my math is incorrect and I have plenty of money left over, because I'm barely making each month from my calculations.

Luckily it looks like the people I'm gonna sign the lease with are nice enough to allow me to get out of it if something happens.

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[Tree1996]

Holy crap $8.25? Company definitely matters a lot. I lucked out with 18 an hour lol