So as some of you may know (or not know), I recently got hired on with two companies. One is a strictly ALS/911 company, and the other is a mixed BLS/ALS company.
With the ALS company, I should be getting decent hours right off the bat. It's a medium sized company, with new equipment. Aside from that a few other EMT's are finishing up their Medic NREMT testing, and should be Medics in a month at the most (which would open up eight or nine 24's a week between myself and a couple other people). Plus we do a lot of standbys for various events.
The BLS/ALS company is a very small company with too many employees and older equipment. Plus I was told right off the bat I would get under 20 hours a week (the shift would be a BLS morning car with HORRIBLE hours), I would only be doing BLS, and that's pretty much it.
So I'm thinking I want to just commit to the ALS company. For one I don't want to spread myself too thin. Two I want to be available as much as possible for the ALS company. Three I want to focus my free time on my family and preparing for Medic school in the hopefully near future (which at that time I would have to severe ties with the BLS company anyway). Plus working BLS doing transfers would drive me nuts. I mean it's patient care, but do I want to burn myself out? The extra money isn't nice but I'm focused on the future.
What would you do in my situation?
With the ALS company, I should be getting decent hours right off the bat. It's a medium sized company, with new equipment. Aside from that a few other EMT's are finishing up their Medic NREMT testing, and should be Medics in a month at the most (which would open up eight or nine 24's a week between myself and a couple other people). Plus we do a lot of standbys for various events.
The BLS/ALS company is a very small company with too many employees and older equipment. Plus I was told right off the bat I would get under 20 hours a week (the shift would be a BLS morning car with HORRIBLE hours), I would only be doing BLS, and that's pretty much it.
So I'm thinking I want to just commit to the ALS company. For one I don't want to spread myself too thin. Two I want to be available as much as possible for the ALS company. Three I want to focus my free time on my family and preparing for Medic school in the hopefully near future (which at that time I would have to severe ties with the BLS company anyway). Plus working BLS doing transfers would drive me nuts. I mean it's patient care, but do I want to burn myself out? The extra money isn't nice but I'm focused on the future.
What would you do in my situation?