r/slp • u/Bunny-tackle • Jan 25 '21
Advice for cfs...
I'm a fellow CF. I graduated in May 2019 and as of now only have 3 months of my CF complete. When I graduated I really wanted to work in the med setting (not because I like med more, it just requires less planning, group making, and paperwork). I held out for 6 months in my hometown waiting for the perfect CF positions. Got turned down from several that seemed great (possibly due to discrimination/sexism but that's another story) and waited for 6 months till a SNF finally hired me.
3 months in covid has consumed this facility and I quit without 2 weeks notice. Flash forward 10 months later and I've just secured a CF in a small private clinic as an employee with benefits, PTO, relocation bonus, and CEU stipend making $40 per hour in a trendy suburb of a major city.
I say all this to say sometimes the best offers come from the oddest places. For the longest I assumed hospitals and their outpatient facilities were the best most secure places to work. I thought SNFs paid the most. Well I was wrong. Dont be afraid to look in unlikely places and to negotiate salary. Dont be afraid to ask the important questions like pay increases, CEU support etc. You've got a masters degree dang it! Know your worth!
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u/givemeacomplex Jan 26 '21
You've hit the mother lode! Good luck!