Message from @Quarantine_Zone
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im writing a story that involves humanity returning to god
what should i call it
@Mozalbete ⳩ not in my position except management
I can apply for other areas but it'll take forever
And the pay isn't worth it
@Mozalbete ⳩ Do you live in the US?
Nope
Ah, yes, that explains why 12 hour days are insane to you...
The whole Protestant work ethic thing got universally imported into our culture
Euros wonder why US doctors get paid so much
Because the living cost is also insane
They have this nifty thing called residency where you work 80 hours/week for 3-7 years
Work ethic is to be able to work a normal amount of time
2 weeks vacation
Then you finish it and work 60 hour weeks
Doctors also have to work for huge amounts of time here
And residents make ~80000/year
Gotta pay dem burgers
b o r g a r hour
Yee, but US residency is much more intense
Residents used to work 90+ hours
But that got knocked down recently to 80 like ten years back
If you did plastic surgery residency, they had this shift of training for a few months called Trauma where you could work 36 hours straight and 120 hours in a week
They decided that was bad cause "muh doctor is tired."
Then they made it so you can't work more than 24 hours straight in residency
What a luxury
And then cases turned out worse because you didn't have the same surgeon for consecutive operations
So it actually worsened the health care
Yes, of course, the best way of having the same surgen for several operations is perpetual work
No, consecutive operations as in the same surgeon for individual patients
Yes
"perpetual"
I mean, once they finish residency, it drops to 60 hours roughly
Unless you do like dermatology or something, then you work like 50 hour weeks
Sometimes less, like 40
That sounds more reasonable
Anesthesia work these 12 hour shift things
It's actually not bad because it's consistent
Surgeons have these wonky days where it will be 14 hour day followed by a 6 hour day
Cause a case can take like 12 hours sometimes or even longer