Lesson Learned

I had a pretty good weekend. LoLo and Suga had 2 parties to attend because they take after their father in terms of popularity. They are cute and people love them. It could be worse. I know at least one person with kids who never gets invited to the parties. I don't want my babies to the one of "those" kids. We went and they had fun, but that is not the most excited news from my weekend.

The hospital let go of (FIRED) the full-time therapist. In order to get the full effect, let me give you the backstory to this saga. I interned at this hospital and when I was done and graduated, I was contacted to come and work as PRN Therapist. After working a few weeks, I was asked to apply for the full-time therapist position. At no point did I seek them out. They came to me at every turn. I will admit that I was flattered and interested in the prospect of working in the field full-time, so I went through the process. I was offered the position and that is when the drama started.

They offered the position for a salary that is significantly less than what a friend of mine makes with a high school diploma. I have a Masters degree and while I don't think that I am better than anyone I know I did not get a Masters to the same or less than someone at McDonalds. I told them that I was willing to negotiate, but the only thing they were able to come up with was the same salary with supervision (nice, but not really what I was looking for.) So, I declined and just to get my point across to you, the hiring manager said she was embarassed that that was what the company was paying people.

Clearly, they found someone to take their offer. The problem was he, according to what I learned over the weekend, was unpleasant to be around. He was confrontational to patients and not in the therapeutically beneficial kind of way and difficult to work with. There was also mention of his notes not being up to par. I don't think mine are perfect, but they are not a cause for concern. They are personal and detailed. I won't say how his were described.

I found all of this out as I came in on a weekend. Let me just say that it is not okay to get rid of a full-time therapist without warning in the middle of the day without explanation. It makes clients kind of uneasy. I got them focussed and had a good session. After which, a patient asked, "How come we don't see you during the week?" I gave him a very PC and appropriate answer, but what I really wanted to say was...

You get what you pay for!