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all_akimbo t1_j8y49pc wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Penn Medicine residents and fellows want a union, citing grueling workloads and 80-hour workweeks by nankles

It’s like socialism for the admin sector of health care, both at hospitals like Penn but also insurance companies, pharma, etc. I don’t have the figures to hand but the size of the admin sector at most medical centers has grown tremendously compared to clinicians of any level.

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McNinja_MD t1_j8y4qmi wrote

Oh I know. My partner is a DO and I've heard plenty about the hospital administrators and the... ahem... vital work they do for the hospital.

In this country we always have money for two things: bombs, and paying administrators to spend all day in meetings, justifying the need for their own positions.

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Squashey t1_j8ykvkn wrote

Even the NHS staff of 1.2M is made up of 50% clinical staff and 50% admin/support…

Doctors are characters, only group of people I’ve worked with who strictly insist on being referred to as “Dr Doe, not John” by other adults/co-workers.

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CharlySB t1_j8ynwhp wrote

I’ve never worked with an MD that insisted on that, and I’ve worked closely with a lot of them for over a decade. I don’t work in a hospital setting though, so maybe that is why.

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toss_it_out_tomorrow t1_j90avef wrote

I find that in hospital/work settings, it's professional to do that. Refer to them as DR, same as you would in school with Dr or Professor. But outside of work, at functions or happy hours, the person would be a real dick if they still made you call them Dr when you're not on the clock

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CharlySB t1_j91p49l wrote

I do work with them closely though. I work in drug dev tho, not in a practice setting.

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toss_it_out_tomorrow t1_j91ween wrote

I've worked with a few in practice and clinical who did still prefer "Dr" even at the casinos for work parties. Some of them can be pompous (even while taking off their wedding bands to drunkenly flirt with whoever they can)

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