Austin Travis County EMS hiring Paramedics and paying them as Basics

[RocketMedic]

I'd rather go with the cold, hard numbers myself. I'm rapidly finding that institutional Kool-Aid doesn't beat a Keurig in the station.

 

[Fish]

Thanks for ALL of your assumptions about a system that you do not even work for. I had a good laugh. I can't believe that you would actually compare a metropolitan city, civil service, 3rd service provider to a private ambulance. Say what you want, but ATCEMS is here to stay, and not only that, but will continue to get bigger. Oh, and we also have medics making 100k +. How many times has AMR changed hands over the years, lost contracts to the fire department, or have even sold out their own employees to cut a deal with fire departments? Yeah, rather have the $15/hr job and not have to worry about private ambulance antics.

I worked for AMR prior to the third service I work at now, lets just say. I could not afford the 401k, benefits or the wage at AMR.

Where I am now, I make 25k more a year than I used to, have a very good retirement and have good medical/dental insurance.

If I was an employee at Austin, I would feel very secure(job security) and well taken care. I would also feel beat into the ground after every shift haha, but financially happy non the less.

 

[Fish]

Thanks for ALL of your assumptions about a system that you do not even work for. I had a good laugh. I can't believe that you would actually compare a metropolitan city, civil service, 3rd service provider to a private ambulance. Say what you want, but ATCEMS is here to stay, and not only that, but will continue to get bigger. Oh, and we also have medics making 100k +. How many times has AMR changed hands over the years, lost contracts to the fire department, or have even sold out their own employees to cut a deal with fire departments? Yeah, rather have the $15/hr job and not have to worry about private ambulance antics.

No one at Austin has the title of Field Medic and has a base salary over 100k do they? You are referring to officers correct?

 

[Fish]

Thanks for ALL of your assumptions about a system that you do not even work for. I had a good laugh. I can't believe that you would actually compare a metropolitan city, civil service, 3rd service provider to a private ambulance. Say what you want, but ATCEMS is here to stay, and not only that, but will continue to get bigger. Oh, and we also have medics making 100k +. How many times has AMR changed hands over the years, lost contracts to the fire department, or have even sold out their own employees to cut a deal with fire departments? Yeah, rather have the $15/hr job and not have to worry about private ambulance antics.

He was not being offensive, just crunching rough numbers. He never claimed his numbers were accurate.

 

[RocketMedic]

I worked for AMR prior to the third service I work at now, lets just say. I could not afford the 401k, benefits or the wage at AMR.

Where I am now, I make 25k more a year than I used to, have a very good retirement and have good medical/dental insurance.

If I was an employee at Austin, I would feel very secure(job security) and well taken care. I would also feel beat into the ground after every shift haha, but financially happy non the less.

Honestly...I would go back to AMR if they'd have me back. I'm already tired of the Kool-Aid.

 

[marshmallow22]

No one at Austin has the title of Field Medic and has a base salary over 100k do they? You are referring to officers correct?

Base salary, no, but tenure field medics and Captains with a good amount of OT can hit that mark.

 

[marshmallow22]

He was not being offensive, just crunching rough numbers. He never claimed his numbers were accurate.

How can you crunch #'s when you don't even know what the #'s are?

 

[RocketMedic]

How can you crunch #'s when you don't even know what the #'s are?

Because, Marshmallow, he can take good assumptions based on quoted pay and hours and extrapolate that raw data into salaries, percentages, and the like.

 

[Fish]

Honestly...I would go back to AMR if they'd have me back. I'm already tired of the Kool-Aid.

I would move before I worked for another Private, is there some good out there? I am sure there is, but I have worked for two and my opinion is such that I do not want to give it another shot.

 

[Fish]

How can you crunch #'s when you don't even know what the #'s are?

It was a rough assumption based off of guestimates, it was an educated answer that he gave.

 

[Fish]

Base salary, no, but tenure field medics and Captains with a good amount of OT can hit that mark.

Gotcha, that is how it is at most third service EMS agencies and FD's also.

 

[marshmallow22]

Because, Marshmallow, he can take good assumptions based on quoted pay and hours and extrapolate that raw data into salaries, percentages, and the like.

Pretty difficult to predict 401k's in this volatile market. Again, how many "layers of paint" does AMR have on their trucks?

 

[TRSpeed]

Base salary, no, but tenure field medics and Captains with a good amount of OT can hit that mark.

Of coarse OT. We have medics here at AMR Socal making over 100k a year.

 

[Fish]

Pretty difficult to predict 401k's in this volatile market. Again, how many "layers of paint" does AMR have on their trucks?

Curious,

How long have you worked at Austin?

 

[VFlutter]

I don't get the EMS concept of working crazy amounts of OT and then claiming that is a good paying service because you make $X a year.

 

[Fish]

I don't get the EMS concept of working crazy amounts of OT and then claiming that is a good paying service because you make $X a year.

We love to be sitting in ambulance for over a third of our lives

 

[DrParasite]

I don't get the EMS concept of working crazy amounts of OT and then claiming that is a good paying service because you make $X a year.

you know, I was going to say the same thing but deleted my post......

and Fish, if you work a 40 hour week, you still spend 1/4 of your life at work (including commute time)

 

[Fish]

you know, I was going to say the same thing but deleted my post......

and Fish, if you work a 40 hour week, you still spend 1/4 of your life at work (including commute time)

Right, but I work a 24/48. Always over a third with OT, sometimes I feel like it is half

 

[VFlutter]

you know, I was going to say the same thing but deleted my post......

and Fish, if you work a 40 hour week, you still spend 1/4 of your life at work (including commute time)

I only work 36 hours a week

 

[ExpatMedic0]

I only work 36 hours a week

your also a student