I have 2 friends that work at riverside. Lets just say they hate it badly
see that pisses me off. I and many others have noticed the biggest people to complain here at AMR Riverside (I can't speak for other divisions, although it might be the same) are employees that have never worked somewhere else.
I tell people, this is a for-profit private company. Not a third-service. Its literally a money making business with the intent to maximize profits with the least amount of units.
Think about it this way, if you owned a restaurant, would you work 10 chefs at a time to keep customers happy or just 2 that you actually need to get things done 90% of the time.
AMR here is one of the highest paying EMT 911 SOCAL jobs you can literally get ( non er-tech). We start at 12.50! These people can go work anywhere else in LA or OC and tell me how it goes. You will run IFT dialysis and DR appts non stop for 8-10/HR.
We get comfort stations for BLS(never post on street in BLS), 12.50, good equipment I.e. power gurneys,tough books, cases of water at start of shift,uniform allowance every check, unlimited OT, we get about 1 or 2 BLS calls a day. All in all people need to really not take for granted what we get here.
All those things and more not listed you will never get at a company in LA, either the unlimited OT, starting pay, or even the cases of water.
People were complaining and even threatening of calling OSHA because we were only giving them 5-6 waters a shift per person. Like really? Buy your own water like everybody else does, you getting a whole case every shift is just straight being a leech.
Sorry for the rant but just a little reminder to your friends and anyone if you hear them complaining.
. start orientation next Monday on the 15 in Rancho. I got hired for part time which i know everyone does, just wanted to know what part time is like far as picking up shift and how many shifts you can work a week? Thanks in advanced.