I'm afraid that asking this question is going to make me look like a complete neophyte, but I was always told that there are no dumb questions, so here goes:
My husband is in emergency medicine physician. He practiced for a dozen years and we decided to move.
My question is this: both my previous employer and my husband's both offered us very good benefit packages. However when we moved here, this (current) job offered us no benefits. From the research that I had done (prior to coming here) I read that at the end of the day if you don't get benefits with your the position, the employer makes up with it with an increased salary. However this just doesn't seem to be the case. Do any of you have jobs without any benefits? Why would anyone take one? My husband works for a huge national ED staffing company that employs a lot of doctors. We don't have kids, and I just don't understand how other families are affording medical, dental and eye care via individual health care plans. The only thing we get is malpractice, and while I'm not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth, I'd trade that for a retirement plan.
I have been looking at jobs for him on "ed physician". It is close to impossible to find a ED job *without* benefits. It seems like this job is in a clear minorty.
I'm thinking that we made a mistake in taking this job. I no longer work full time, and do not have benefits.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
My husband is in emergency medicine physician. He practiced for a dozen years and we decided to move.
My question is this: both my previous employer and my husband's both offered us very good benefit packages. However when we moved here, this (current) job offered us no benefits. From the research that I had done (prior to coming here) I read that at the end of the day if you don't get benefits with your the position, the employer makes up with it with an increased salary. However this just doesn't seem to be the case. Do any of you have jobs without any benefits? Why would anyone take one? My husband works for a huge national ED staffing company that employs a lot of doctors. We don't have kids, and I just don't understand how other families are affording medical, dental and eye care via individual health care plans. The only thing we get is malpractice, and while I'm not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth, I'd trade that for a retirement plan.
I have been looking at jobs for him on "ed physician". It is close to impossible to find a ED job *without* benefits. It seems like this job is in a clear minorty.
I'm thinking that we made a mistake in taking this job. I no longer work full time, and do not have benefits.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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