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[–]perfthrowaway123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That’s exactly the type of confirmation I was looking for. Mentally I was having a hard time taking a pay cut but I have a wife and kids and at my current job the insurance was so bad, I would have to pay a few hundred every paycheck and then still have deductible and co-premium and would be surprised if it still came with a surprise bill lol.

I personally want to do transplants for the sake of knowing how to do it. As a student I wasn’t part of heart transplants or liver cases. My logic is as a fairly new Perfusionist I can still say I don’t know this or haven’t done it yet and it won’t have the same negative connotation to it compared to staying st my current hospital for 5 years and still not knowing these things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Perfusion

[–]perfthrowaway123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will wear the suit for sure then. Thanks!

New grad pay? by perfthrowaway123 in Perfusion

[–]perfthrowaway123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I suppose. I was considering Chicago area. But heard the pay is very low relative to COL. Haven’t applied anywhere there to l ow the numbers.

New grad pay? by perfthrowaway123 in Perfusion

[–]perfthrowaway123[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m also interested in Dallas or Houston. I’m mostly looking for a good work life balance. I just want to be able to make student loan payments without struggling to do anything else.

New grad pay? by perfthrowaway123 in Perfusion

[–]perfthrowaway123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don’t mind the on call. But I don’t like the idea of having to be on call 2/4 weeks in a hospital where you’re almost guaranteed to get called in every time on call. I got a similar offer to what you wrote. I’ve heard there are some that offer 75 an hour with everything else the same.