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So, both are good organizations for new providers. My LJ data is a few years out of date, but I’ve heard it has improved since the last director left. LJ is a small organization, but their volume is steady and they’re an organization that prides themselves on the relentless pursuit of perfection, personal development, etc. Also wasn’t much drama when I worked there on my shift, it was excellent. A great place in my opinion. The only reasons I left were a lack of desire to get tied down there, inability to square my work obligations with the demands and schedules of higher education (the Master’s degree) and the last director was extremely....challenging to work with. They do 911 for the city of Lake Jackson and pretty frequent mutual aid to surrounding, IFTs and standbys. Think it’s 3 trucks now.
Cypress Creek is a good organization for a new field employee, and if you keep a highly positive mindset AND “drink the Kool-Aid” it’s a good place with ample opportunities for professional development, including a competitive paramedic school in house. However, it is a busy stand-up 24-hour shift, and I personally had significant safety concerns with their 24s because they’re perpetually exhausting. Creek is very cliquish too, so there isn’t a whole lot of opportunity to progress if you somehow get ‘on the radar’.
Lake Jackson is better than Creek in my opinion.
