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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see the flip side. I see a bunch of mostly women in these therapy and similar roles (dev pediatricians being the exception) making shockingly low rates for the services they are providing, the care they put into things, the "free time" they give with texts and panicked calls outside of the time they are on the books.

My rate is $1800 an hour. My friends who are doctors are around $700-1500 per hour. And OT and even MD psychs make $100-$250 per hour.  My electrician makes the same or more as our therapists and didn't go to college, while every therapist has a masters or more.  I think that's scandalous. I make a point of always paying extra the minute we go overtime and making sure they don't undercut their rates for me.  I have the money, so of course that helps.  Not everyone can. But no one expects a cancer MD to work for cheap just because the govt isn't covering the bill. Not sure why these docs and other providers should?

And to take it further, i guess we shouldn't be surprised that there are delays and errors in their work product when they're being paid insultingly low wages.

I know it sucks for a lot of parents who can't afford a lot of this stuff, but it's not your providers' fault that the US doesn't provide robust social services.  [/quote]
DP. But OP is also talking about professionalism as well. Like leaving early or starting late is unacceptable whatever your income level is. And not really scandalous that electricians make more than SLPs because 1) they also have to be trained 2) union. [/quote]

My kid talked smack about becoming an electrician because he thinks school is boring.  I showed him that in our state it's a 5 year process of classroom training and union apprenticeship.  Electrical mistakes cause fires and can kill people.[/quote]

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