Great learning opportunities but toxic environment and no support system
Pros
Extensive areas of specialized medicine to stretch your knowledge. Some great technicians and some great doctors to work with and learn from. High starting out pay wages.
Cons
A lot of strong personalities that butt heads and management doesn’t do a thing about it. Heard something great at a conference or on a podcast and want to introduce that into your practice? Good luck. Everyone is too strong headed and stubborn to change their ways and adapt into new medicine practices. Price gouging is absolutely atrocious and they make “price adjustments” multiple times a year. The lack of care for mental health is saddening. The wage gap for long tenured technicians vs new hires is huge and no one addresses how underpaid some techs were and how uneven the pay scale was. Forced to work holidays no matter what department you’re hired into. The on-call shifts are dreadful as well, and expect to always be called in.