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My wife is trying to become a nurse. Thanks to COVID screwing up her school schedule she's at least a year behind. She's currently working as a residential as
by 01100011 5y ago
My wife is trying to become a nurse. Thanks to COVID screwing up her school schedule she's at least a year behind.
She's currently working as a residential assistant at rather nice elderly care facility where they are short staffed. She makes about what she would make at a fast food restaurant despite working in a semi-skilled position(requires CNA credentials) and working with COVID positive residents. They are just now discussing possible pay raises.
The pandemic experience is likely to push people out of health care and result in even less people choosing it as a career unless compensation and the workload changes. This comes just as the baby boomers are reaching an age when they'll start to need serious care.
- iqanq 5y agoThen salaries need to increase.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoI agree they should increase, but who would be paying for the increase? The elderly who are already retied and likely have a fixed monthly expenditure?
- adamrezich 5y agoidk it seems like the healthcare industry as a whole made bank off this whole thing, if they want to help prove it wasn't largely a massive cash grab for the people at the top, then surely they'll reinvest their profits back into salaries to solve understaffing issues?
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoElderly care isn’t really the same as the health care industry. I don’t know the nuances well so I might be wrong about this. Meanwhile, even for increasing salaries for nurses in the health care industry, in the USA the improved image has to have a positive profit-based motivation.
- metta2uall 5y agoMany possibilities: firstly by reducing costs from excessive profits, insurance company staffing, "management", etc. Secondly by increasing revenue, e.g. from reducing corporate tax loopholes & increasing corporate tax rates.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoI like the ship you’re sailing :), I’m onboard. Sadly, I don’t think this sailboat has enough of us on it to change the momentum of capitalistic incentives or US policy. I hope one day it does, but until then “who’s gonna pay for the salary increase?”