Real tough industry to be in because it’s a business industry in which its cut throat, yet when you’re in it, it shouldn’t be. My wife is a nurse, one day her company was bought out...boom, everything changed. Went to a different place, was good for a few years, then boom, everything changed. Went into teaching (medical), was good for five years, now boom. New supervisor/administrator, and the women is a psycho (5 teachers have left in 3 years). Every time my wife has left, it has been better for about 5 years.
And there is a huge shortage in the healthcare industry right now. Everything from nurses, to ultra sound techs. Try getting a prescription filled at a pharmacy right now - I’ve never seen anything like it - my pharmacy isn’t even open on the weekends anymore because there is no pharmacists. They can’t even get enough pharmacists to stay open (Walgreens).
My daughter just graduated college with a neuroscience degree. Starting pay was at the poverty level. She did not accept any job (nit that there were many), and instead went to an ultra sound 1 year program - she’ll start off making $80,000 a year locally. There is no one to do ultrasounds right now, good luck if you need one done. And they’ll pay her $70 an hour to travel to another hospital. That’s $142,000 a year for a young kid at their first real job. But it probably won’t last long - the medical field always will find a way to knock you down - best bet is always to leave and go to a new place. You immediately get a raise and remove yourself from the previous salary structure at your old employer (in this industry). And if you stay long enough you realize that...as people come in off the street making more than you with zero experience. It’s an interesting and cut throat industry.
