The issue when you conflate health care with business. The UVM buyouts we’re disastrous and accomplished nothing but make a practical monopoly for 150 miles.

Admins are great at business, but when it comes to healthcare my supervisors have absolutely no fucking idea what my coworkers and I even do.

They asked me what I do when actively responding to emergency situations (I carry a pager for work) they then audited my time sheet when they saw I was clocked in for 14 hours straight. Had to get a note from medical staff saying how long we were in the room.

Even more shocking is the admins have known were chronically short staffed in many fields of surgery and chose to continue paying significantly under market rate and continue to badger staff not to take raises or even ask for them. Ultimately this created a mass exodus and many became Travelers. Some teams are over 89% travelers and have had less than desirable outcomes when it comes to healthcare and general day to day operations.

The disconnect is so extreme I could talk about it for hours. I’m so glad UVM is buckling under the weight of its own financial incompetence. And to every travel nurse that comes in and makes $50k more than full time staff, I salute you and hope you take every penny from this morally bankrupt hospital.