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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Jan 17, 2008 20:27:39 GMT -5
Evening everyone! Snowing here in the city, so business is pretty slow tonight. Hope everyone is having a good night!
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Post by rainman on Jan 17, 2008 21:27:40 GMT -5
just got through watching huggs & co pick up another win
football team got a well deserved welcome at half time
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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Jan 17, 2008 21:37:15 GMT -5
I hope someone gets the ceremony on youtube...  |
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Post by wvumaryjane on Jan 18, 2008 8:42:08 GMT -5
Indeed!!
Hey!!! It's Friday! YES!!! This afternoon we're doing more experiments on the plants with our EEG machine,
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Post by dehayes35 on Jan 18, 2008 9:41:00 GMT -5
IT'S FRIDAY!!!! I have ZERO meetings today so I was actually able to wear jeans into the office for a change. Better yet, I'm hoping to slide out of here shortly after lunch  |
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Post by rainman on Jan 18, 2008 14:07:36 GMT -5
I hope everyone has an enjoyable week end
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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Jan 18, 2008 15:20:48 GMT -5
Good Morning! Well, it's morning for me, anyway!
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Post by wvumaryjane on Jan 18, 2008 20:20:11 GMT -5
I don't know if I could be more stressed because of work. For the past year we've gone from a thriving profitable department of 4 full time techs and a part time receptionist, to 3 full time techs and a part time receptionist that we were training in EEG. Then they closed our out patient lab, layed off the recepionist/EEG tech. She went to work for the new neurologists' private practice. Then the hospital wanted to force one of our techs to drive 2.5 hours a morning and then 2.5 hours home 5 days a week to "build business". That tech got hired at a pediatric neuro group making huge money.. so now we're down to two.
Alan, my boss (who knows intra operative monitoring) and me, who doesn't. We are a level 2 trauma center and we are required to have 2 full time techs on staff and 24 hour call coverage. Alan has been offered a very lucrative position at a hospital near his house. I think he might want to stay at baptist, and Baptist really NEEDS him to STAY... Alan told HIS supervisor today that he (we) need considerable wage adjustments or he's going to take the Ft Walton job...
The reason everyone (from our former department) was so readily absorbed into other jobs in the area at considerable pay increases is because no one knows how to do what we do and people in our field will NOT relocate to this area because its gotten extremely expensive to live here and even the higher paid employees in this area are still below the AVERAGE pay of our field nationally.
Sooo.. by next Wednesday or so... Either both Alan and I will have substancial pay raises, or Alan is going to leave and I will be the ONLY person in our department.
Having another beer!
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Post by rainman on Jan 18, 2008 20:48:04 GMT -5
hope you get your raise and alan stays...how do you feel about overtime
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Post by wvumaryjane on Jan 18, 2008 20:53:37 GMT -5
You know...
I don't mind working the hours but damn.. and call 24/7 will REALLY suck..
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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Jan 19, 2008 2:47:25 GMT -5
Busy night tonight! Those Penn boys love their tennis!
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Post by wvumaryjane on Jan 19, 2008 8:45:17 GMT -5
I went to bed at 8 last night... woke up this morning at 7 feeling much better..
Its cold and MISERABLE here. Its been raining all night, the wind is blowing and its only 40 degrees outside..
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Post by red518irish on Jan 19, 2008 13:18:26 GMT -5
I am work currently, almost time to go home, then I am off to the grocery store, then to the house to relax and watch some tv
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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Jan 19, 2008 16:38:58 GMT -5
Time to go to work...  Everyone have a great Saturday night! |
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Post by red518irish on Jan 20, 2008 9:23:08 GMT -5
Back at work today, got here at 6am, today after work it is pizza and playoff football. Go Chargers, and Packers
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