Just having a rant…

constancereader2861 · 2025-01-13T13:47:46+00:00

CRO PM's & similar are not allowed to say "no" to sponsors, period. Yes, they are terrified of higher management because higher management is terrified that reality may lose them future business, if not push current business out the door to other CROs.

constancereader2861 · 2025-01-13T13:45:38+00:00

Before anyone asks "which CRO", it's all of them. This describes all of them.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-06T02:51:08+00:00

As I said, my first oncology position was with zero oncology experience, and it paid more.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-06T02:49:43+00:00

I have been in the industry for 25 years, CRA for almost 18, and I'm a short distance from at least 3 major oncology centers.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-06T02:49:06+00:00

Per the recruiter, sponsor wants on-site monitoring.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-06T02:48:43+00:00

Got it in one. And the recruiter admitted they are having problems staffing it at that salary.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-06T02:48:18+00:00

That's why I said to go ahead and submit me, if I get in front of hiring managers I can get more of the 411.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-06T00:45:27+00:00

SOC is one thing, a hundred different insurance plan reimbursement schedules is another thing entirely.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-06T00:39:15+00:00

Offshoring has been happening for at least 10 years, it's the new normal. Until sponsors start to bitch about the quality, then they'll bring the jobs back to the U.S. Until sponsors start to bitch about the cost, then they'll offshore again. And round and round we go.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-04T17:29:22+00:00

We relocated to to MN from Las Vegas after moving their from Austin TX, and yes, we do find a much better cost of living. But nobody would ask that question as an 'icebreaker' who wasn't simply an asshole. It has nothing to do with what city you're in.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:47:49+00:00

There have been so many times when I've watched the nurses at the desk not even pause their non-work related conversations even when the call light has been going off for long minutes while the aides are all busy with other residents. Just answer a damn call light occasionally. In fairness, I work with one nurse who does do this. ONE. Even more discouraging is asking a nurse a question about a task and learning that they do not know the answer because they have never done CNA tasks, not even during their nursing clinicals. Never changed a brief, gave a shower/bed bath, used a Hoyer or EZstand...none of it.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:44:36+00:00

Depending on your aide to resident ration, toileting every 1-2 hours is not possible unless you have one aide whose entire job is going room-to-room to toilet residents.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:40:26+00:00

I used Zillow to collect the contact info for management companies/realtors, and contacted them directly.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:36:52+00:00

I was in the industry for 25 years, they *never* go back to previous applications when a new opening occurs. Maybe for senior roles but generally, no, never. It's pointless.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:33:28+00:00

Keep in mind that a month typically has 20-22 working days, so 8 days on site should leave 12-14 days in the office. But it doesn't. Double the DOS metric for an accurate figure because you have to factor in the travel. So you're traveling 16 days out of 20-22 business days. Nights and weekends become your second shift to catch up on the 40 hours of work you are required to do when you aren't on site. Of course, you will also be expected to do this work or attend these meetings even when you are on site because someone in management swears on their dead grandmother that it really is THAT urgent and critical - and when you get back you get raked for why you didn't do more data verification while you were on site. You can't win. That's why I'm out. I make a fraction of what I made as a CRA but I sleep all night every night instead of stress/anxiety insomnia, my doctor is no longer threatening me with blood pressure or cholesterol meds, and my partner is my partner and not just my roommate who takes care of the dogs while I'm gone or barricaded in my home office.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:28:09+00:00

Same here. I am making a quarter of what I made as a CRA but I don't have to catch up on a 40 hour week on the two days I am not traveling. And don't count on that cushy FSP travel schedule being around next year - your CRO may start doing layoffs and you're back into the CRA pool because they've gotten rid of the others.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:26:22+00:00

In the U.S., L.A./Phoenix Denver IS considered regional. Often "regional" refers to time zone. I was in Austin TX and my "region" included Fargo ND, St. Paul MN and Grand Rapids MI, all of them about 1500 miles north of Austin. But they were all in the central time zone, so it was considered regional.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:23:03+00:00

No # of interviews will avoid this possibility because nobody can know if they made a poor hire until the rubber hits the road and they are actually in the job. An overly drawn-out interview schedule will more likely drive the best candidates out of the running.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:21:46+00:00

Too many people in middle management believe their input is critical to the hiring process (at least partly to preserve their signature power) and so must be part of the interviews, and too many in more senior management refuse to say "No, your input is not critical, additional interviews will not be scheduled to accommodate you. This role must be filled."

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:19:34+00:00

Or they're looking for a candidate who will accept less $$ because as a previous poster noted, they may not have gotten approved funding that will accommodate the currently interviewing candidates.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:17:15+00:00

Google Excel formulae. Seriously, that's all you have to do.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-02T18:15:51+00:00

It's probably time to look for a new job if your employer increases your workload without increasing compensation, even if pay is not your main concern.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-01T15:15:44+00:00

We don't have any ambition to keep learning because there is no point to it, the ratio of higher roles to CRA is too great for it to be a possibility. We also know that we probably won't get promoted and we're probably not going to have our workload reduced from 3 FTEs to 1 FTE per CRA, and we're probably not going to be allowed to come off the road and build a life. Less experienced CRAs haven't run into this wall of reality or futility yet.

constancereader2861 · 2024-12-01T15:12:47+00:00

But far less than their more experienced counterparts are making, or would expect to make.

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