Union job with protections & above average pay, regular schedule, useful experience for starting out in healthcare.
Inconvénients
System status posting (on street corners, not stations), low staffing levels, for-profit healthcare, poor work culture/coworkers, inadequate field training, little room for advancement/mobility past paramedic.
Réponse de AMR
10mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re glad to hear you found value in the role and appreciate your feedback on training and advancement. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.
There’s a good workforce here with employees who are well united on issues a strong sense that the company is actually pushing toward a positive future in terms of operations. Ambulance fleet seems to be getting good upgrades and call volume (in most areas) is manageable. There is also a good amount of OT available with bonuses/incentives available. Matching 401k is nice and health benefits are very reasonable.
Inconvénients
For being such a large operation, the pay rate seems to be lacking as of right now. Most employees with adult responsibilities are having to rely heavily on overtime/incentives just to have a semi-comfortable lifestyle outside of work. Uniforms definitely need improvements and training for new EMTs seems a bit lackluster. The morale can be low at times also due to the company being write-up happy (for lack of a better term). Lack of 24 hour units and proper posting locations makes for a somewhat harsh work day as well.