Because I was a caregiver for so long, I know what my employees go through. I know the challenges caregives face. I know how exhausting a 12 hour shift with a difficult patient can be. I know the job is sometimes thankless.
*I* *KNOW*
What YOU don't know is how difficult MY job is.
My job doesn't end when my work day "ends". I am on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I have to build and manage schedules for over 10 patients and 40 employees. I have to interview potential caregivers and let them down when I cannot hire them... and on the flip side of that, I have to terminate caregivers (yes, people get fired because of their own choices, but I promise you, firing someone is not an easy job). I have to deal with patients' family members who can be demanding and ungrateful. I manage doctor's appointments for clients. I help train and orient new caregivers. I help open cases of patients who are newly injured and scared. I do payroll weekly. I audit files. I budget my office's spending...
I deal with death. I've given eulogies at the funerals of some of my patients, at the request of their loved ones. I've had to call my caregivers to tell them they've lost their favorite patients.
My job is hard and exhausting, but most of all, it is misunderstood.
I don't want anyone reading this to think that I hate what I do, because that's the farthest from the truth. I love my job. My career is the most important thing to me. It is an extremely rewarding job and I wouldn't want to do anything else. What I DO want anyone reading this to take away, is that we don't always know what someone else is going through. Unless we've done or currently do the same job, you don't know what my days are like. Please remember that when you're angry with me about something I can't control... and just stop being a dick.
*I* *KNOW*
What YOU don't know is how difficult MY job is.
My job doesn't end when my work day "ends". I am on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I have to build and manage schedules for over 10 patients and 40 employees. I have to interview potential caregivers and let them down when I cannot hire them... and on the flip side of that, I have to terminate caregivers (yes, people get fired because of their own choices, but I promise you, firing someone is not an easy job). I have to deal with patients' family members who can be demanding and ungrateful. I manage doctor's appointments for clients. I help train and orient new caregivers. I help open cases of patients who are newly injured and scared. I do payroll weekly. I audit files. I budget my office's spending...
I deal with death. I've given eulogies at the funerals of some of my patients, at the request of their loved ones. I've had to call my caregivers to tell them they've lost their favorite patients.
My job is hard and exhausting, but most of all, it is misunderstood.
I don't want anyone reading this to think that I hate what I do, because that's the farthest from the truth. I love my job. My career is the most important thing to me. It is an extremely rewarding job and I wouldn't want to do anything else. What I DO want anyone reading this to take away, is that we don't always know what someone else is going through. Unless we've done or currently do the same job, you don't know what my days are like. Please remember that when you're angry with me about something I can't control... and just stop being a dick.
Comments
Post a Comment