Decorating: latex paint over stain grade hardwood?

[ultrarunner]

Typical 90 to 105 hours every two week period.

I get called back a lot as it’s just me. A lot of outsourcing now and my helper and vacation relief position did not survive the merger…

I’m call 24/7 unless I leave the country and last time I did that was 2015.

Prior to the merger I was salaried and it gave me lots of flexibility.

Punching a time clock was quite a shift but now I do get overtime, double time, holiday pay, night and weekend differential.

A lot of our nurses work 4/5ths or 3/5ths with full benefits and a few work 3 twelve hour shifts…

Being 7 minutes away is a blessing and curse… HR says if called in it’s 2 hour minimum even if not there the full 2 hours… it was difficult for admin to adjust to that because of my previously salaried position…

There are lots of good things with the job… my beef is we have real concrete needs and decorating lobby areas isn’t on my or the staff list but it’s going to happen since we are one of the oldest sites and not decorated in the corp theme…

As a side note the real working person’s wages go to the RN’s

300k as an RN working non stop is real…

New grads at $90 and experienced at 120 and some specialties even $150 per hour.

One of our 30 year old charge nurses who grew up here and graduated high school here went to the Philippines for nursing school for a tenth of the cost with all US credentialed program…

She summed it up best… I earn in one 12 hour shift in the Bay Area what I would make in a month working the same job in the Philippines… the kicker is her father as a truck driver earns about half of her Philippine nurses wages…

 

[Oaktree]

I don't think it's unreasonable for a company to set limits on it either.

What is unreasonable is promising you something when they hire you, you work there 40+ years, then they take it away from you.

They should change it for new hires, but keep their promise to the ones they made it to.

They are weasels.

Life isn't fair. Hoarding sick days so she can take a really long vacation isn't fair to her co-workers who'd have to cover for her either, it really borders on abusing the system. Frankly, I'm really surprised any business would let something like that go on for as long as they did.
Now maybe they could have given her xx months to use that time or pay her for it (assuming there wasn't an ownership change...if that was the case all bets are off).

 

[Oaktree]

She summed it up best… I earn in one 12 hour shift in the Bay Area what I would make in a month working the same job in the Philippines…

How does this compare when you factor in the cost of living compare between the bay area and the Philippines?

 

[ultrarunner]

How does this compare when you factor in the cost of living compare between the bay area and the Philippines?

I’ve never been but outside the of the high end metros like Makati, BGC and Forbes Park, etc… the cost of living is a small fraction of Bay Area California…

I have several expat friends that live beach front and don’t skimp and don’t spend 2k a month including fine dining and transportation and internet, etc.

One lives in CDO and married and renting a luxury home in gated community with domestic help, golf courses, etc and spends 2500 total including vacations to other nearby countries.

The draw of nursing wages combined with the demand for nursing make for a golden opportunity… it only works because university is English and programs and testing accredited for US

 

[ultrarunner]

Snapped these pictures of lobby alcoves… still don’t see what all the fuss is about… it’s a spacious lobby with room for folks to spread out… change a few pictures and call it a day.

I forgot to add a picture of our award from the city for renovation of the year

 

[EddieWalker]

You should have posted the pictures first. Now it really does look like a total waste of money. I like it the way it is.

 

[2manyrocks]

let’s see a picture of the parking lot.

 

[ultrarunner]

You should have posted the pictures first. Now it really does look like a total waste of money. I like it the way it is.

I was on my way out and said let me snap a few…

Surgery wing is officially closed today and I was scheduled off…

One of the departments didn’t tell a shipper with 3 pallets so at 6 am I get the call no one is at receiving.

Today is a holiday so holiday pay… on my way in got a call from alarm company saying multiple alarms… one of the leased space employees decided to come in to catch up on office work and said in 3 years she never had to deal with alarms… well with me clocking in at 4 am workdays it’s no wonder.

 

[MossRoad]

Life isn't fair. Hoarding sick days so she can take a really long vacation isn't fair to her co-workers who'd have to cover for her either, it really borders on abusing the system. Frankly, I'm really surprised any business would let something like that go on for as long as they did.
Now maybe they could have given her xx months to use that time or pay her for it (assuming there wasn't an ownership change...if that was the case all bets are off).

She wasn't hoarding them. She wasn't sick. So THEY let her roll them over. It was THEIR policy. How you get abusing the system out of that, I think maybe you don't comprehend? They changed the policy this year with no exceptions for long-term, dependable employees like her. She started there when she was 19. This is the only full time job she's ever had. This will be her 43rd year.

 

[MossRoad]

Snapped these pictures of lobby alcoves… still don’t see what all the fuss is about… it’s a spacious lobby with room for folks to spread out… change a few pictures and call it a day.

I forgot to add a picture of our award from the city for renovation of the year
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Looks fine to me.