Dirty secret about an industry that you have worked in?

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Anonymous wrote:ER nurse. It's cold and flu season. Half of the nurses and doctors on the floor in the ER are sick right now. We shouldn't be working. We can't call off because we don't have anyone to cover our shifts.

+1. I love seeing patients in the ER who are less sick than I am. Oh, have belly pain for 1 year? Ok, well, now you have belly pain for one year AND you have my flu!!!

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I think the dirty secret is that ER nurses are heartless flu-ridden people who do not have empathy for any of their patients and get satisfaction in spreading their diseases around the ER while mocking their patients and possibly not addressing pain or underlying causes? I guess that is a juicy secret in terms of hospital liability.

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Anonymous wrote:ER nurse. It's cold and flu season. Half of the nurses and doctors on the floor in the ER are sick right now. We shouldn't be working. We can't call off because we don't have anyone to cover our shifts.

+1. I love seeing patients in the ER who are less sick than I am. Oh, have belly pain for 1 year? Ok, well, now you have belly pain for one year AND you have my flu!!!

???

I think the dirty secret is that ER nurses are heartless flu-ridden people who do not have empathy for any of their patients and get satisfaction in spreading their diseases around the ER while mocking their patients and possibly not addressing pain or underlying causes? I guess that is a juicy secret in terms of hospital liability.

LOL. Yup, thanks. That's what I got from it as well.

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H-1B fraud is one of the top two visa categories for fraud throughout Mission India. All posts regularly encounter inflated or fabricated educational and employment qualifications. The vast majority of these documents come from Hyderabad. In the 18 months prior to the start-up of consular operations in Hyderabad, FPU Chennai investigated 150 companies in Hyderabad, 77 percent of which turned out to be fraudulent or highly suspect (ref F). Most of those cases slated for site visits were to verify the experience letters for H-1B applicants who did not meet minimum educational qualifications

https://www.google.com/amp/www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/03/indian-ceo-stop-using-h1b-trump/amp/?client=safari

My husband is South Indian and I can see how this article is true. He tried to use fake documents at one point.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd think twice about ordering tap beers. The tubes that deliver the beer are rarely - if ever - cleaned or changed. They get this ick that builds up in them. I never order tap beer! Also, bars themselves are pretty filthy. Only one bar I worked at would close for a Spring Cleaning and really scrub down the entire place. Otherwise it was just a mop or a broom, and call it quits.
~Former bartender.

+a million, from another former bartender

Thanks to both of you. I never would have thought of this.

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Anonymous wrote:Feds don't hire the best and brightest. They hire people who are willing to wait 3+ months after an interview for a job offer.

Wow all these stories are crazy. But as an NIH employee and researcher, I can at least safely say the opposite of the above quote is true! I work with amazingly talented and highly intelligent, passionate and caring people. Seriously folks, if you ever have any unusual medical needs pop up and have an opportunity to be treated at the NIH, do it.

My husband works at NIH and would have to agree. He works with some awesome people.

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Anonymous wrote:Feds don't hire the best and brightest. They hire people who are willing to wait 3+ months after an interview for a job offer.

Wow all these stories are crazy. But as an NIH employee and researcher, I can at least safely say the opposite of the above quote is true! I work with amazingly talented and highly intelligent, passionate and caring people. Seriously folks, if you ever have any unusual medical needs pop up and have an opportunity to be treated at the NIH, do it.

My husband works at NIH and would have to agree. He works with some awesome people.

Worked at NIH and would, for the most part, agree with the above.
Worked at FDA and military health headquarters and those places are truly scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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I've worked in a number of typical DC industries.

Non-profits and unions and associations: The pay for manager and director level positions can out-pace comparable level private sector jobs. Folks are stealing money in kushy gigs.

IT Gov contracting: Saw lots of folks getting paid to do nothing (tech writers, project managers, program managers) while programmers slaved away to maintain ancient legacy systems. We seriously had a 65 year old Colbol programmer on the team to maintain one system. Poor guy worked 60 hours weeks.

Financial services: Most financial advisers are dumb as rocks, just peddling boilerplate strategies that they don't really understand themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Most doctors are burned out and hate their jobs and hate their patients.

Therapists and psychologists always come from screwed up families and often have way more issues than their own patients!

i think there is some truth to this.

Truth to both statements.

My (former) primary care doctor is Harvard educated but she's mean, incompetent and will tell you to your face that she 'doesn't care' about your issue - if she had to do that, she usually just rolls her eyes while leaving the room instead.
My guess is someone was a legacy at Harvard...

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Anonymous wrote:I'd think twice about ordering tap beers. The tubes that deliver the beer are rarely - if ever - cleaned or changed. They get this ick that builds up in them. I never order tap beer! Also, bars themselves are pretty filthy. Only one bar I worked at would close for a Spring Cleaning and really scrub down the entire place. Otherwise it was just a mop or a broom, and call it quits.
~Former bartender.

+a million, from another former bartender

Thanks to both of you. I never would have thought of this.

Craft beer places are different as they actually care what they're serving...
(And not killing people).

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Anonymous wrote:I've worked in a number of typical DC industries.

Non-profits and unions and associations: The pay for manager and director level positions can out-pace comparable level private sector jobs. Folks are stealing money in kushy gigs.

IT Gov contracting: Saw lots of folks getting paid to do nothing (tech writers, project managers, program managers) while programmers slaved away to maintain ancient legacy systems. We seriously had a 65 year old Colbol programmer on the team to maintain one system. Poor guy worked 60 hours weeks.

Financial services: Most financial advisers are dumb as rocks, just peddling boilerplate strategies that they don't really understand themselves.

+1000

Unless you're talking about people who manage Bill Gates' fortune or something like that, this is accurate.

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Corporate Marketing for Fortune 500: what you hear or read is 100% bullshit that jerks like me think sound good. There is a 40% chance we can actually deliver set product or service

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Anonymous wrote:Feds don't hire the best and brightest. They hire people who are willing to wait 3+ months after an interview for a job offer.

Wow all these stories are crazy. But as an NIH employee and researcher, I can at least safely say the opposite of the above quote is true! I work with amazingly talented and highly intelligent, passionate and caring people. Seriously folks, if you ever have any unusual medical needs pop up and have an opportunity to be treated at the NIH, do it.

My husband works at NIH and would have to agree. He works with some awesome people.

Among scientists and researchers - maybe. Administrative staff is no different from your generic feds.

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Anonymous wrote:Sibley Drs, nurses, staff are gossips. It is not uncommon to hear Drs trash patients or their colleagues. Major unprofessional culture.

Oh, I can back this one up. It's part of why I avoided specific pediatricians when my kids needed one. Lots of gossip about the kids and their parents.

Yes. A relative works there and is a total busybody. Talks to me about work people and I don't even know who they are!

That would be HIPAA violation

Not exactly. In my case I'm referring to talking about non-patients. Seems the environment there tends toward a more chatty work culture.

Between medical "professionals", HIPAA is a joke.

Accurate.

They may not name them when talking about them, but it'll be "the holidays weren't kind of the patient in 7. She's up 12 lbs." "Someone else is going to have to do the blood draw on the patient in 3 because I can't stand her grandma perfume."

I have a good friend who is a therapist and she has the best stories. She doesn't name her patients to me (crazy mom, OCD cat dude, etc.) or our other friends to protect them, but she definitely spills the beans. OCD cat dude is a highly entertaining almost soap opera like tale.

I have a friend who is a Genetics Counselor at a major, well-known high risk OB-GYN practice in the area, and she has told me all of the HORRIBLE things one of the doctor's has said about his patients to his staff. Stuff like he can't believe anyone would ever sleep with this person because they are so overweight, etc. I would NEVER, EVER go to this practice as a result.

I have a weird feeling I know who this person is.

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DCPS/GSA has known for YEARS that the water in most schools has been contaminated and/or needed major filtering. Newly fitted filters within the past two years are cheap and barely filter. Never ever drink from a DCPS water fountain, or cook your food with water from a DCPS sink.

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. There is a huge range in the quality of nannies and people rely too much on references. Most parents don't have much frame of reference for what makes a good nanny, so if her old bosses loved her that could mean that she's great or it could mean that she didn't complain when they were late and was willing to clean their bathtub during naptime. If you want a great nanny, look for someone who can clearly and articulately respond to specific questions in detail and can give you the reasoning behind her answers. Look for someone who lights up when she talks about development.

Also, "you get what you pay for" is true about 50% of the time. There are high priced nannies who aren't great at their job but know how to market themselves and there are amazing nannies who are bad at interviewing or just look bad on paper for one reason or another. If you need a bargain nanny, take a chance on someone with 3-ish years experience with only one or two jobs under her belt as that is looking to make nannying a career, or hire a nanny with an infant who has worked with multiple kids before. Jobs that will let you bring your kid are rare and those women often will be incredibly loyal and reliable because they know how lucky they are.

+1000