Job Blah Blog

A variety of responses from my intitial entry. Yes, perhaps working is overrated, underpaid and overappreciated. As much as I feel left out of the working world, I quite enjoy having time to stroll to the Park Slope Food Coop (foodcoop.com), an entity which deserves its very own future blog, to lugg back as much organic goodies as fits in my backpack to throw into a savory Moosewood recipe. I'll miss that for sure.

Truth be told, I've turned down a few positions for various reasons, mostly due to the "shady factor". An example would be the place where I was offered $60K (keep in mind this is NYC) without health benefits. After scrutinizing this offer - I was informed the facility had plenty of docs around who could take care of me if I were to become ill. ;-) Since then, I've been offered a job in a prison as a researcher (required two year commitment and no patient contact). A Urology position with a 90 minute commute (that's one way). This left too much time sitting on a train pondering how many latex gloves I went through in a day. Sprinkle a few more 'shady offers' in there and let's call it a potpurri of perplexing positions.

However, not all is lost. I'm currently awaiting word on two Internal Medicine positions at two very reputable institutions. Of course these have a catch, too. One is at Cornell ~ sounds good, right? Three 12 hr shifts a week. Not bad. And yes those happen to be on Friday/Saturday/Sunday night. I find myself strangely attracted to this position. Is there desperation in my voice? The other position would be working on a Stroke Team with Maimonides renowned Dr. Rudolph. 3/12's during the week. Downside....night shift and very low $$. My hope is to score an interview for a position at Cabrini Medical Center working as a Geriatric Psychiatry PA. Think about the blog entries spawning from that!

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