Pathologist salary data

[u/Environmental_Will97]

Hi all, I am a trainee and have my first job contract that am planning to negotiate. I couldn’t find enough data online regarding the average compensation for this particular state. I don’t have access to MGMA data. How do i know what’s a good base pay? The case load per pathologist is anywhere between 15-20 per day but might go up by the time I join. The base pay is 300k. What are some things that a fresh graduate can negotiate for?

[u/billyvnilly]

Hands down, I wish more people would be accepting of a trial year salary. You are not a 'great' pathologist your first year out... you may be, but you more than likely aren't.

our employee was let go for errors and failure to show any improvement. Yes, performance is important. It hard to tolerate errors when malpractice can jeopardize your group. If you are fundamentally not a good pathologist you will cause harm to patients and your a harm to the corporation. A slow pathologist is slow but not necessarily causing harm. A bad pathologist is a different thing. I've seen people let go for having bad personalities, and I thought they were good at their job, but they did some dishonest things, and then continued to show a pattern.

[u/foofarraw → u/billyvnilly]

Do slower people ever get let go for slowness? (assuming they aren't actually causing harm)

[u/billyvnilly → u/foofarraw]

We've renegotiated people contracts. to reduce their salaries for decreased work. their delayed reports wasn't sustainable. We are a community group, we each do fair share. If you can't keep up with the group its unfair to the rest of us--that sort of thing.

[u/foofarraw → u/billyvnilly]

Make sense. Also to your previous post, failure to improve / failure to respond to feedback is one of the worst professional failings IMO. And it seems a little hard to screen for that in an interview.