Looks like their listed salaries fall within the radiation oncology norm (for assistant, associate, and professor); which means this salary is also real
If there's one thing I hear with regularity these days from younger rad oncs is they get bonuses spelled out in contracts but IRL getting the bonus is impossible. Makes sense. In the downward slide, bonuses will prob be the first things to go.
$240k is about the same as what the local Walmart store manager brings in and 2x more then what a long haul trucker is making, not sure why anyone is complaining!
Why should we be paid more than pediatricians?
estimate is too low. I think mike steinberg probably made more after selling all those practices. With 2 mill a year salary, wouldnt surprise me if Lou potters also has a higher net worth.
Always easier to be noble, generous and clear eyed from a position of strength.
240k to work in Iowa as a physician scientist with 80% research time and at the main campus is within reason. That is a cool job and it is fine to pay very cool jobs less.
there are some incredible well off, 8-figure-ish old school 21c dudes
Just asking... why is this a cool job. Are physician scientists propelling rad onc forward. Have they advanced rad onc in the last 20y. It's not that cool if there have been zero practice changing things. Closest I can think right now is GARD, but maybe I'm being obtuse.
There wont be any soul food, biryani, barbacoa in these places for these folks but at least you have A job. Be happy folks!
We will find out when these URMs who are enthusiastically being matched start getting pumped out to these places.
iowa city is not that bad. its a college town after all and probably one of the more culturally diverse cities in that neck of the woods.
they very well could get preference at the major places, making the job market even tighter in cities
Cool because it requires (or should) creativity. You are trying to change what others are doing or at least expand human understanding. In theory, this should require lots of reading and thinking, which I consider cool things to be paid for. In practice, maybe not that cool? But....when I was a scientist, 240K was really good money for a scientist with some autonomy.
My chief physicist is making $200k+ and deserves every penny.
I wonder what med phys pay has done last 20y. I was paying the top ones 225-275K 15y ago. In my very first job, the chief physicist made more than me.
I'm sure Iowa City is not that bad but it's a tier 3+ city.
What was posted was a solicitation for applicants. This is what they are offering during their recruitment for the position.
The mental gymnastics going on to defend this job post in an undesirable location is astounding. Maybe it speaks more to those individuals than the posting itself
I know someone who went to Iowa 10 yrs ago and remember that the pay was horrible
You're right. Just thinking about @Chartreuse Wombat post above.
I've been taking pay cuts on absolute terms. Relative to inflation? fuggetaboutit.
Hypo-fractionation is a pay cut for everyone unless you're salaried or lucky enough to have negotiated bundled payments with all of your payors.
You got me @medgator. I'm a University of Iowa mole sent to infiltrate SDN, defend their honor, and gaslight everyone about their low starting salary.
They literally state the salary in the ad. It's $239,000. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here.
Why would they post a LOWER salary than reality in a not desirable location? Odd recruiting strategy.
What’s the opposite of catfishing?
JD... Think this through. Iowa isn't exactly the hottest place to recruit rad onc. An error that obvious should not have been posted
