At 04:56 PM 11/15/02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > You don't get overtime for almost any profession in > the US, so far as I know. My parents (a physicist > and an engineer) don't either.When I was doing locum tenens (sort of a "Kelly Girl" doctor, i.e. via an agency) I did get overtime for hours over 40 (agency) or 50 (myself)/week. As a staff member of a clinic, however, there would be no overtime - and I don't think so for a hospital either. Except for those who work part-time (and their "25" usually creeps up to 30-35 hours), most docs put in at least 55-65 hours/week, and I have 'gonzo' subspecialist friends who do 80+ regularly.
Not to mention occasions like the time my father needed emergency open-heart surgery on Friday night, and one of his doctors had to come in and do it . . .
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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