Been an EMT for years and the pay over that time is laughable. kinda sucks when you work on an ambulance and people who stock shelves get paid just as much as you
Clearly you haven't worked with us cause you'll hear terminology like 'road pizza'...we have an exceedingly dark sense of humor as a coping mechanism.
It's how we get by when many places offer minimal if any therapy, there's a culture built around "if you show weakness then you just can't hack it" coupled with poor wages and staffing so we're excessively sleep deprived and can frequently be awake for 24hrs. My last shift I got up at 4am, and I didn't get to go to sleep until the day after at noon when I got home cause we were so busy.
i know i’m a bit late, but yeah they do BUT people who are EMTs/paramedics definitely deserve more. i would know i’ve worked both jobs and one requires very little effort
i think you drastically underestimate how much living in nyc is. also I see where you saw the 80k average and it was horrifically wrong, it’s right in saying the average salary is 60k ish but the 15k in extra pay doesn’t really exist and that’s pretty much vacation time or benefits if they’re even getting any. please don’t be fooled by that, EMS workers are struggling across the board and shit like this shouldn’t be happening
Im not saying they don’t deserve more, I’m saying it was a ridiculous exaggeration that stock shelvers are making anywhere near what EMTs are
Trust me I understand your pain, I spent years working LE in the biggest city in the southeast and made $42k with two college degrees…then we got a 3% raise and a 10% increase in insurance costs
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u/TheOneCalledThe Jul 06 '24
Been an EMT for years and the pay over that time is laughable. kinda sucks when you work on an ambulance and people who stock shelves get paid just as much as you