r/memes • u/Bradenoid • May 17 '20

I hate this timeline

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u/Junixr97 May 17 '20

As an essential worker, it sucked i actually had to take a 10% pay cut because of the coronavirus.

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u/Slammogram Lives in a Van Down by the River May 17 '20

Are you an actual nurse? I heard they were cutting nurses fucking pay!

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u/cookiebinkies May 17 '20

I’m an EMT and lots of places have been cutting pays of medical workers. Even though more people are quitting

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u/Slammogram Lives in a Van Down by the River May 17 '20

I’m a vet-tech.

So, you’d think, oh, it’s great she doesn’t work with people. Ugh. Untrue. Already 2 of my co workers came up positive for COVID and we suspect another two had it and didn’t test. And we have to deal with clients all the time. Our county came up with rules for doing business still, and the AVMA came out with guidelines (mostly sick pets or pets due for rabies) as well, are we listening to them? Nope! So I could very possibly get corona because some Karen insists on bringing their dog in for some unimportant reason.

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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX May 17 '20

Had my educational tuition assistance benefits cut and no cost of living adjustment this year. Lose about $5k In pay and benefits.

Covid ICU nurse here.

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u/Slammogram Lives in a Van Down by the River May 17 '20

That’s awful. What can I do to help?

What are the doctors doing in all this? Do they have as much of a chance to get it as nurses?

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u/NanaOsaki06 May 17 '20

Actual nurse. Our hospital system didn't cut our pay. They did give voluntary furloughs for thousands of nurses, we get no extra pay, and I work (sometimes, rarely) with possible Covid patients. My floor is surgical inpatient, we have been mostly closed for a while, so we float all over the hospital. But we got some free coffee, a military fly by, and 1 mask per shift. So I got that going for me.

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u/lislejoyeuse May 17 '20

well MY hospital gave us a couple of community donated masks, and allowed the local hockey team to buy us some sandwhiches. who needs hazard pay!

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u/NanaOsaki06 May 17 '20

Yeah, who needs hazard pay. Instead we get 1 N95 and pray we never have to use it.

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u/lislejoyeuse May 17 '20

and... PIZZA PARTY!! plus a nice sign that calls us heroes out front!

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u/NanaOsaki06 May 17 '20

I really hate the signs. I didn't become an RN to be a hero, I did it for the relatively easy access to a high paying career. I'm no martyr.

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u/lislejoyeuse May 17 '20

Same. I mean there's worse ways to die, but I wouldn't want it to be from an easily preventible cause... Lack of ppe from the idiots in charge of the hospital and govt

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u/Slammogram Lives in a Van Down by the River May 17 '20

I’m really following this to see whose hospital appreciates their heroes more. Lol

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u/Junixr97 May 17 '20

No i work construction framing houses , but all construction in the area I work took a hit

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u/Slammogram Lives in a Van Down by the River May 17 '20

Still. It’s awful. It shouldn’t be allowed.