![]() ![]() Scribes who are working night shift in a dangerous neighborhood and going home at 4 AM are still paid the same as day shift. ![]() Scribes who work for 3 doctors at once get paid the same amount as those working for just one doctor. Scribes who are working in COVID areas are paid the same as those working in outpatient or other non COVID areas. They don't give bonuses, hazard pay or lunch breaks. SA wants us to go above and beyond for a job that pays minimum wage with no other incentives. Imagine risking your life every shift for the past 8 months for 15 dollars an hour just to be told that you wouldn't even get the vaccine?! And surprise, surprise, I was let go just a single day after I pushed for the vaccination. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I asked my chief scribe about whether we'd be vaccinated and she let me know that we were likely not that high on the list to get vaccinated even though we were STILL CONSIDERED FRONTLINE WORKERS. When the hiring freeze lifted, their complaints started. The reason they didn't say anything during peak COVID was because losing a single scribe meant losing revenue from the hospital. Their complaints about the quality of charting only came up when it would be easy to replace people. And all these emails came from management in the middle of a freaking pandemic, who were cozily working from home while the scribes were risking their lives. Afterwards when the peak was over and their hiring freeze came to an end, management kindly let everyone know that our charts were lacking and we had to do "comfort rounding." Which was NEVER a part of our job description they essentially wanted us to take on PCA duties such as restocking carts and cleaning beds without the pay raise that should've come with increased work. Just an email, no pay raise or anything even though other employees of the ED (such as housekeeping) all got bonuses. As a "thanks" for our hard work, I got a single email from higher ups about how appreciative they were of our work. We were only offered a 30 day unpaid leave during the first few months and thats it. During the pandemic all the scribes in the ED worked the frontlines with little PPE when supplies were running low. Only positive about this job is that I learned a lot from the DOCTORS who are NOT associated with the actual company. ![]() I worked with them over a little over a year and through the entire pandemic. ![]()
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