jedirye
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I recently got hired at AMR in my town, but they "nicely" informed me that I was hired for two counties over making my commute with no traffic a minimum of an hour.
Strike One
Getting my schedule fixed with them was fun. I set up my school schedule next semester so all my classes were only on Mondays and Wednesdays (and also right by the HQ where I thought I would be working at). Since I'm full time, I figured I could pull 3 x 12 hour shifts and I would be good to go making the commute time + gas money + toll money worth it. The lady has me scheduled five days a week there, with fairly short shift times...
Strike Two
After talking to her about it, she says she has no idea when she could ever move me to the county where I want to work at. She also says that she would try to get my schedule down to four days a week but has no guarantees. Could be a month, could be a year. She also insinuated that if I didn't like it I should just quit. I even said I would work nightshift... no go.
Strike Three
What should I do? There is a Medfleet closeby but I feel AMR is better in all areas. In my state, they do a good amount of ALS type calls as opposed to all interfacility transports like Medfleet. I'd also be taking a drop in pay with Medfleet. I don't know what to do. Wait it out? But for how long? My school semester is starting up in January and I don't think they'll work with me if they're being this difficult as it is... I honestly don't know how much I can keep this up with the gas money, tolls, and putting all those miles on my car (100 mile round trip)... I just honestly don't know what to do... I feel like I've failed because I want to quit AMR already and I just started but I feel like I'm being stepped on and shoved into a corner all the time... :sad:
I previously worked at Walmart and loved it, but left for AMR to get experience as I will be starting medic school in Aug.
-rye............................
Strike One
Getting my schedule fixed with them was fun. I set up my school schedule next semester so all my classes were only on Mondays and Wednesdays (and also right by the HQ where I thought I would be working at). Since I'm full time, I figured I could pull 3 x 12 hour shifts and I would be good to go making the commute time + gas money + toll money worth it. The lady has me scheduled five days a week there, with fairly short shift times...
Strike Two
After talking to her about it, she says she has no idea when she could ever move me to the county where I want to work at. She also says that she would try to get my schedule down to four days a week but has no guarantees. Could be a month, could be a year. She also insinuated that if I didn't like it I should just quit. I even said I would work nightshift... no go.
Strike Three
What should I do? There is a Medfleet closeby but I feel AMR is better in all areas. In my state, they do a good amount of ALS type calls as opposed to all interfacility transports like Medfleet. I'd also be taking a drop in pay with Medfleet. I don't know what to do. Wait it out? But for how long? My school semester is starting up in January and I don't think they'll work with me if they're being this difficult as it is... I honestly don't know how much I can keep this up with the gas money, tolls, and putting all those miles on my car (100 mile round trip)... I just honestly don't know what to do... I feel like I've failed because I want to quit AMR already and I just started but I feel like I'm being stepped on and shoved into a corner all the time... :sad:
I previously worked at Walmart and loved it, but left for AMR to get experience as I will be starting medic school in Aug.
-rye............................