Say what you want, but the fact that we have hundreds of applicants a year testing for our department (for ony about 30 spots) says something. Secondly, I'm not recruiting... I have my medic job for which I get paid extremely well, I'm just setting the record straight. Sounds like a lot of bitterness out there from guys who either can't get hired due to their "entitlement" attitude as a new medic, or just don't have what it takes.
If bitter is in reference to me, then you would be wrong. I have a great Medic job, with great pay and benefits and it is with an excellent EMS system. I was just stating that when you come on here and talk about ATCEMS as a member of the team like you did, you give it a bad image. Recruiter or not. I believe you are one of the only Austin Medics who write on here, so for all of these people YOU ARE Austin EMS.
I have many friends who work for Austin, and most likely I know you. My friends like working for Austin, but they have a lot of complaints, and I don't have one friend who works for Austin that likes the EMT/Paramedic idea. Austin is a good system. But so is Williamson County, MCHD, and Fort Bend County. All about the same pay and benefits. And they all have difficult hiring processes.