Here is one thing you can do to build up experience and increase your monthly pay...do a side hustle like tutoring kids. You can take the job with more pay that has less benefits but tutor on the side to make up the difference. I would gladly pay $75 an hour for a speech pathologist to work with my speech delayed 9 year old for one hour, two days a week, even virtually.

Anonymous wrote:The diaper thing clearly bothers you; you’ve posted about it before. Don’t take the job if you aren’t desperate.

+100

Op- you've posted about this before I'm not sure how many more posts you can create about this.

I’m the parent of a child (now teen) who started speech at 1.5. He attended a school-based program at 2 so naturally the staff (SLPs and grad students) changed diapers if needed. Look for a job with an older age group if this is a deal-breaker or use this job as a stepping stone to something better. $40 an hour might not seem like a high salary today but you are clearly just starting out. Some fields pay less than others so you can’t compare your salary to anybody else’s but a recent grad SLP. The SLPs we had in private practice made much more than those in schools/facilities but you have to start somewhere.

Teachers in Virginia are required to change diapers (if no other staff). https://hls.harvard.edu/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard-law-school/jdapplicants/hls-profile-and-facts/

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Anonymous wrote:The diaper thing clearly bothers you; you’ve posted about it before. Don’t take the job if you aren’t desperate.

NP, thanks for confirming, I recalled reading the diaper changing issue somewhere

I truly do not understand why a speech pathologist would be asked to change diapers - I guess I cannot imagine a child in speech therapy being that young. And for a child that young, I’d think a parent/caregiver should accompany them and they could change any diapers. I truly do not understand this situation.

I’m with OP about the diaper changing, it seems like there would be substantial potential liability/risk in doing this because of potential for accusations of abuse unless there is another adult present. Also, any professional other than a caregiver/nanny/daycare should be doing whatever they are trained to do and speech pathologists shouldn’t be changing diapers. I agree that it is insulting.

Good luck, OP.

It sounds like the job isn't speech pathology - it's pre-school.

Anonymous wrote:The diaper thing clearly bothers you; you’ve posted about it before. Don’t take the job if you aren’t desperate.

NP, thanks for confirming, I recalled reading the diaper changing issue somewhere

I truly do not understand why a speech pathologist would be asked to change diapers - I guess I cannot imagine a child in speech therapy being that young. And for a child that young, I’d think a parent/caregiver should accompany them and they could change any diapers. I truly do not understand this situation.

I’m with OP about the diaper changing, it seems like there would be substantial potential liability/risk in doing this because of potential for accusations of abuse unless there is another adult present. Also, any professional other than a caregiver/nanny/daycare should be doing whatever they are trained to do and speech pathologists shouldn’t be changing diapers. I agree that it is insulting.

Good luck, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to read your post a couple times to get what you were saying OP
$40 per hour rate is equivalent to around $80K annual
Only you can decide if it is worth it But Kids graduating with BS degrees are making bout that or more.

How?
DD graduated with honors in chemistry. The only jobs she is able to get is in teaching. She’s applied to so m my any places and has not secured a single interview. She even paid about $300 for a professional to reword her resume.

not to hijack the post, was she happy with the professional rework of the resume and how did she find someone to do this?

It was a bit of reformatting which hasn’t helped so far

You should start with a diaper changing class.

My workplace just hired a recent phd with 2 years post grad experience at 48k so I’d say take it and build your credentials.

^ is good even for...

Also, $40.37 dollars per hour to change diapers even for on with a PhD.

OP: If you do not want to change diapers, then remain unemployed until you find a job that satisfies your demands.

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Anonymous wrote:What are the alternatives? Are you getting interviews and good feedback leading you to think there will be a better offer soon? If not, take the job and keep looking.

I've had 2 offers and 4 interviews.
A different offer was for $42 an hour with benefits that are not as good. My dad thinks I should keep looking and give it more time. I did not get a master's degree to change diapers. One of my grad school clinical supervisors also told me to keep looking and said she wouldn't want to change diapers either -- that is not even one of the services we bill insurance for as SLPs.

There will be many things expected of you that you don’t get to bill insurance for, get used to it.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to read your post a couple times to get what you were saying OP
$40 per hour rate is equivalent to around $80K annual
Only you can decide if it is worth it But Kids graduating with BS degrees are making bout that or more.

How?
DD graduated with honors in chemistry. The only jobs she is able to get is in teaching. She’s applied to so m my any places and has not secured a single interview. She even paid about $300 for a professional to reword her resume.

not to hijack the post, was she happy with the professional rework of the resume and how did she find someone to do this?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had to read your post a couple times to get what you were saying OP
$40 per hour rate is equivalent to around $80K annual
Only you can decide if it is worth it But Kids graduating with BS degrees are making bout that or more.

How?
DD graduated with honors in chemistry. The only jobs she is able to get is in teaching. She’s applied to so m my any places and has not secured a single interview. She even paid about $300 for a professional to reword her resume.

Sounds like she’d be a great candidate for an internship or graduate school.

Scored well on the MCAT but is very worried about the interview process so she doesn’t want to go to medical school yet.
She applied to internships but hasn’t heard anything yet. The career office at her school has been totally useless.

If there are particular areas that interest her, specific companies or universities, or especially specific people she might be interested in working with have her contact them directly expressing interest. Sometimes this works to get your foot in the door, might be low or no pay internship job, but experience and recommendations alone would be worth more than any salary. She can always take a 2nd job to supplement income if she needs it, right now she probably needs experience more though.