cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9823286
‘Tis the season to celebrate our loved ones, and also for employers to show how much they care.
Whether by throwing a Christmas bash or handing out extra cash, businesses around the world are broadly expected to offer their dedicated staff a festive token of their appreciation.
And who deserves more recognition than the workers who keep our healthcare systems afloat?
Yet, the senior management team at one hospital apparently decided that rather than boost their staff’s pay or treat them to a slap-up meal, they would provide them with…
Potatoes.
The questionable move was broadcast to social media by an X/Twitter user who calls herself Amanda B.
She explained dejectedly: “My work is doing a potato bar as our Christmas bonus. I’m literally getting a hospital potato as a bonus.”
She then added: “They also said it has a $15 (£11.85) value so it will be taxed on our next check. Does anyone need an assistant so I can just quit right now?”
I honestly dont care. Hospital staff make a ton of money as is off the backs of the people they rip off.
They really don’t… Hospitals make a ton of money. Travel nurses make a ton of money, but full time workers are usually shafted.
Nope. The only people who are ripping anyone off are the same shitty bosses who think the potato is just compensation.
As in any industry, the frontline workers are just doing their best. It’s the shitty administration of leeches that are jacking up healthcare prices.
Nurses and other hospital staff get paid way less than they should, given the hours they work and the stuff they have to deal with.
You know that the staff are like regular people?
Oh the staff doesn’t see any of that money. Honestly, for what they have to put up with a lot of nurses are paid like shit.