Ljcoops Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 I just finished a gen surg residency Job A: Gen surg/trauma (my ideal specialty) - excellent learning environment - pa run service, 7-7 rotating shifts - some evenings (82 hours in two weeks), salary 85 k- new grad salary (did not recognize my gen surgery residency as "experience." HR people see residency as training not experience which i beg to diff. They want EXPERIENCE, which i tried to explain to them about my experience but they think it's just training. I asked the pa and doctor to explain that, however, they said they can't do anything regards to salary. I just don't think HR knows what a pa post graduate residency is. What more can i do to up the salary? any suggestions would greatly appeciated. My ideal salary would be in 90k range. Job B: Ortho-only do OR total hips and knees, average 7-3 - flexible, pretty much when surgery is done, On call once per weekday and once every 4-5 weekend (pages are usually answering patient's questions after clinic hours or if ER calls. I would go in to the hospital only if there's an emergency hip fx or dislocation that can't wait till the following day). 91k + 10% bonus at the end of the year. Benefits and vacation times are both very similar except for JOB A has 2k CME and job B only has 500 any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macadamia813 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 After state and income tax, will 91k or 85k really be that much different? (maybe a few hundred dollars) Although, you do have the year-end bonus...not sure how much numerically that would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeSpa Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 well after year end bonus it would round up to be around 100 k vs 85 k. 15 k difference... do you want money vs learning environment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobotomyPlzThx Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 IMHO, Net worth < Self worth. Go with the specialty you will enjoy. I went to nursing school because I thought it'd be good money. Well, now I'm half way through and I hate it. Even though I will make almost twice as much money, if I could do it all over again, I would have chosen EMS as my pre-PA HCE. I personally hope to work as a PA in general/trauma surgery one day and I would sacrifice a significant chunk of salary to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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