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Greetings. Finally made it back from my 9 month deployment, still bitter from my denied ETP to split my deployment (long story, another post) and recently was hosted by a civilian hospital system needing my skills as a peds subspecialist and not a GMO. needless to say like my previous experience of interviewing at a civilian facility, the differences between them and the .mil are night and day.
first, their offer would be a 60% pay raise over what i make now. it's 6 figures more. base salary plus wRVU productivity bonus if I exceed a certain number of RVUs. I'm currently in the negotiation phase, but one of the items is relocation expenses, which they're willing to shell out over 5k for. it's a reimbursement though-- which brings up the issue of my military move. since they are not keen on rolling it into my signing bonus, and being averse to leaving any money on the table, the only way i could think of to somehow pocket this is by doing a DITY move and double dipping reimbursement. anyone had any experience with this before? i can try leaning a little more on the convert the moving expenses into the bonus thing but at the moment I'm trying to squeeze the turnip a little on base pay and what the wRVU's compensation will be.
my consultant is trying to keep me in, but ultimately can't promise anything. all they can really do is try to get you to a certain location-- otherwise the BDE and WTU surgeon slots still need bodies and whatever they may tell you i would take with a grain of salt, lol. been around too long to trust anyone when it comes to FORSCOM raising the MEDCOM cupboard.
I'm also now looking for Reserve IMA or TPU or Guard positions to finish off a reserve retirement and not throw my years away, but might look into other branches. one of the PROFIS folks i deployed with was offered a slot in her local Air Guard unit, which i don't see doing 9 months deployments anytime soon. the reserve/guard people i ran into while deployed were all (mostly) on 3 month rotations which i feel is doable but im pretty averse to wasting 9 months over there again. I've spent almost 2 years doing deployment crap and am pretty much burned out/compassion fatigued when it comes to sick call and GMO medicine. has anyone done the free agent switch to a different service?
--your friendly neighborhood sand on one side of the fence, grass on the other caveman
first, their offer would be a 60% pay raise over what i make now. it's 6 figures more. base salary plus wRVU productivity bonus if I exceed a certain number of RVUs. I'm currently in the negotiation phase, but one of the items is relocation expenses, which they're willing to shell out over 5k for. it's a reimbursement though-- which brings up the issue of my military move. since they are not keen on rolling it into my signing bonus, and being averse to leaving any money on the table, the only way i could think of to somehow pocket this is by doing a DITY move and double dipping reimbursement. anyone had any experience with this before? i can try leaning a little more on the convert the moving expenses into the bonus thing but at the moment I'm trying to squeeze the turnip a little on base pay and what the wRVU's compensation will be.
my consultant is trying to keep me in, but ultimately can't promise anything. all they can really do is try to get you to a certain location-- otherwise the BDE and WTU surgeon slots still need bodies and whatever they may tell you i would take with a grain of salt, lol. been around too long to trust anyone when it comes to FORSCOM raising the MEDCOM cupboard.
I'm also now looking for Reserve IMA or TPU or Guard positions to finish off a reserve retirement and not throw my years away, but might look into other branches. one of the PROFIS folks i deployed with was offered a slot in her local Air Guard unit, which i don't see doing 9 months deployments anytime soon. the reserve/guard people i ran into while deployed were all (mostly) on 3 month rotations which i feel is doable but im pretty averse to wasting 9 months over there again. I've spent almost 2 years doing deployment crap and am pretty much burned out/compassion fatigued when it comes to sick call and GMO medicine. has anyone done the free agent switch to a different service?
--your friendly neighborhood sand on one side of the fence, grass on the other caveman