Recent content by Mjk716

No benefits is the biggest drawback for me. Essentially I want to switch my current job to pt and do the ems ft just for change of pace but also don’t want to lose my benefits. I did get a full time offer from a different commercial company that might actually allow me accomplish the switch!

I do have a full time job with benefits now but I’m burnt out in it. I’ve been in the towing industry for years now and I’m just looking to do something different. Ideally I’d like to do the Emt full time and keep the towing part time on the side. On a side note, I did receive another offer...

23.30 to start for PT and 24.00 for FT. I do like the flexibility of PT though as I can’t do overnights and that was a requirement for FT right now. 2 shift a month minimum with no max on hours for PT. As far as burn out, I figured 2 shifts per week should be a happy a medium to hopefully avoid...

A little background on me…received my NREMT/EMT-B in CT this past July. Applied at a couple of commercial companies Nelson/AMR but decided I wanted to volunteer first. So for the last 4 months, I’ve been getting some really good BLS experience with my local service that averages about 6000 call...

So as it stands now, I declined the AMR full-time job and am currently waiting for part-time positions to open up sometime in late sept/early oct. In the meantime, I just got hired by Echo Hose Ambulance as a volunteer. This is where I took my classes and also the town I grew up in. I start my...

So I just recently received my Connecticut EMT certification. My purpose was career change as my current position bores me out of my mind some days. I know I’ll be initially taking a significant pay cut jumping in to EMS but the growth potential has me intrigued. Anyway, to my point of the...