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Originally Posted by Traum
$27/hr is abysmal for a job as important and as repulsive as that. Even at $46/hr, it is still an insult.
No wonder we have a shortage of them...
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To add to this, when they're "on-call" they're paid a few bucks per hour, $2 to be exact.
This was bumped up to a whopping $12
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...42%20an%20hour.
"The deal between B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) and the union representing paramedics, the Ambulance Paramedics of B.C., means that paramedics who are on call waiting to be dispatched to an emergency will receive “pager pay” of $12 an hour, up from $2 an hour."
Wow! Imagine having to sit at the health authority's beck and call for a mere $12 an hour (below minimum wage). Your day is filled with not being able to make plans or do fuck all because if your pager goes off you need to roll out immediately, so most of the day you're making $12 an hour, you're only paid the $27 an hour rate when you're actually in the ambulance heading to a call.
It's literally a shit job.