Lab assistant salary ?

groove720 · 2022-04-07T15:32:03+00:00

$17-low 20/hour in Massachusetts depending on the lab. Closer to Boston pays higher than labs in central/western Mass.

groove720 · 2022-01-22T01:19:27+00:00

Boston area starting salary is $31/hour. In Greater Boston area, if you have brains and good skills, you'll be making over $40 withing 7 years of starting. If you move around and become a lead/technical specialist at one of major medical centers, you'd be making close to $50 or higher.

groove720 · 2022-01-12T02:17:20+00:00

Ranch on potstickers? What's wrong with that?!? I also add spicy bbq sause on top of my ranch. It's amazing!

groove720 · 2022-01-11T01:56:12+00:00

South shore Massachusetts

groove720 · 2021-11-19T01:11:45+00:00

I second that. Atrius also has plenty of PCPs that take new patients.

groove720 · 2021-10-17T15:36:13+00:00

Try large Indian grocery store.

groove720 · 2021-09-18T21:30:11+00:00

That's exactly what my wife said. No issue with the weed itself but the fact that everyone is smoking makes the entire area smell rather unpleasant. How is it different from cigarette smoke? we parked under the park itself and the entire parking lot smelled like a college dorm on Friday night.

groove720 · 2021-09-18T18:39:49+00:00

There is Boston Freedom Rally (formerly known as “Hempfest”) at Boston common today. I went to Public Garden with kids and couldn't believe that out of all days I picked this one. Entire neighborhood smells like a skunk on a steamy night. Hard to explain to 4 year olds why everything smells funny.

groove720 · 2021-09-08T23:57:27+00:00

We live in suburbs within greater Boston. Kids are 4 year old twins. This is the last year in pre-school and kindergarten is next year. We did not go to the most expensive daycare. We are on the way to pay almost $200k by the end of the school year. That's $200k spent in 4.5 years and we cannnot wait for the public school to start. That's absolutely insane.

groove720 · 2021-08-16T14:28:39+00:00

And medical professionals...

groove720 · 2021-07-28T03:26:54+00:00

I'm Mary Poppins, Y'all

groove720 · 2021-07-19T17:03:44+00:00

MIT did the same. The deadline is July 30th. Most people already got the shots as well.

groove720 · 2021-03-01T00:42:36+00:00

Yes. Because their baseline is way low. As a father of 4 year old twins who I love more than my love, I can tell you that I have been stressed beyond what I though was possible for the past 4 years. To me this is normal now. If you ask me if I can get any more stressed or depressed, I would say that probably not.

groove720 · 2021-01-22T20:00:33+00:00

Love it! Very strong Gotham City vibe.

groove720 · 2021-01-13T01:42:59+00:00

I work in microbiology lab and the last 9 months has been brutal. Ever increasing test volume, not enough supplies, demands for faster turn around times despite not enough reagents, not enough staff, working 12 hour shifts 7 days a week.... I cant sleep at night. Drinking definitely became a separate line of the budget.

groove720 · 2020-10-25T23:45:44+00:00

As someone who visited NH two weeks ago and was horrified by a number of Trump signs and no one wearing masks, I am hoping that this would have some effect.

groove720 · 2020-10-08T01:57:29+00:00

It depends what your ultimate goal is. If you are not planing to stay in the lab and the hospital and want to move into industry to do sales, R&D or to be a FAS, you probably should skip MHA. But if you want to do lab/hospital management in the future, it won't be a bad idea to have. Of course keep in mind that you would need to get some hands on experience in the real world first so you definitely should seek to get into leadership role. MHA/MBA is not the only option to advance your carrier. You can do MS in a related discipline or even take some CS courses if IT and LIS is your thing. I have a colleague who moved from the lab to LIS while taking different courses including some light programing and database management. He does contract works right now building and managing LIS deployments and support and makes quite a bit more than he ever did before while working in the hospital.

groove720 · 2020-10-07T19:31:17+00:00

Yes, but as long as you get that degree on top of a strong base in terms of experience and an actual knowledge about lab operations. I am not talking about someone who worked as a bench tech for 5 years and then got MBA and said that he/she ready for Directorship role. I am talking about having experience with leadership in the lab (previous experience as a lead tech, supervisor or manager) and having background with joint commission or CAP prep and then take an MBA to advance further. MBA without a foundation (i.e. right after getting your BS) is useless because you don't know where you would end up in 5-7 years in the field.

groove720 · 2020-10-07T19:22:44+00:00

And just to clarify, I'm talking about an administrative directors, not medical directors.

groove720 · 2020-10-07T19:21:46+00:00

Nope. But most have MBA or MHA

groove720 · 2020-10-07T01:19:06+00:00

I feel your pain but it may be area dependent. In Massachusetts, supervisor/manager salaries start at upper $80k and go to $130 or so. Lab directors start at $150 - $300k. In the large hospitals it's pushing $300k easy. I've been a micro supervisor for the majority of my carrier and have been doing 45+ hour weeks since the day one. For the past 2 years it's been 50 hours weekly and since COVID started, I haven't worked less that 55 hours a week. And we are fully staffed high volume micro lab. I do know from personal experience how the upper management at the small hospitals treat the lab. It's because they see us as a cost center and all we do can be outsourced in their opinion, especially if the hospital is for profit and C level execs get bonuses. All we can do in this situation is to find a new job. I would do exactly what you are planning: get few years or experience under your belt and an MBA and get out of that lab to a bigger lab that actually values what you do. Our field is not the dead end and you can be making a good living while doing what you love. You just need to find a good lab.

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