Over the past 18 months, our 500-bed hospital has purchased all other hospitals in a 60-mile radius, as well as many private practices. As a result, they now have a monopoly on healthcare in our region. After our director requested wage increases, the bean-counters determined we're adequately paid (entry-level techs make less than $20/hr). Administration has also informed us we can't hire any more travelers after the current contracts expire next month. The brutal pace of this pandemic, the high stress, rude patients, and haughty providers are driving people out of our department and out of the profession. Those of us remaining are soon going to become so overworked and burned out that our radiology department will become dysfunctional. The low pay and crushing workload is just too much for most of us to bear. The sad result of our system's regional monopoly is that we're forced to accept their pay scale. If we don't want to work for the local pittances but want to continue to serve in healthcare, we have move out of the region, away from family and friends. How can we reverse this decline in morale and resultant exodus of good people?
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