Comments on: Working for big groups http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-86007 Anonymous Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-86007 The basic economics don't change much in big groups. The economic base is still the same--the fees--and if that goes down, ultimately total compensation will go down.<br/><br/>What changes is that some of the animals being more equal than others get to live in the farm house. For those who have never read animal farm, that means that the docs who win the poltical games will not share in the financial pain with the rest who will be subsidizing the earnings of the few. This isn't prophecy, it is history. The basic economics don’t change much in big groups. The economic base is still the same–the fees–and if that goes down, ultimately total compensation will go down.

What changes is that some of the animals being more equal than others get to live in the farm house. For those who have never read animal farm, that means that the docs who win the poltical games will not share in the financial pain with the rest who will be subsidizing the earnings of the few. This isn’t prophecy, it is history.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-86006 Anonymous Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-86006 56 hours a week? I might do another one just for the fun of it. Even an old man can handle that. 56 hours a week? I might do another one just for the fun of it. Even an old man can handle that.

]]> By: feminizedwesternmalehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-85980 feminizedwesternmale Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-85980 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/05/22/56-hour-work-week-is-on-the-horizon/<br/><br/>I guess it's the rumor. New grads are already porcelain dolls. They will soon receive a pair of knitted white (sterile) gloves and a 36hr/8wk vac gubmint job at graduation. They will claim to have the same gusto and "right stuff" of their Giant predecessors. They will shriek if you snort at this, and make ample use of the EOC hotline card in their Man-Bags.<br/><br/>My florist has more machismo and a better work ethic.<br/><br/>When fishing, you mostly get what you troll for... http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/05/22/56-hour-work-week-is-on-the-horizon/

I guess it’s the rumor. New grads are already porcelain dolls. They will soon receive a pair of knitted white (sterile) gloves and a 36hr/8wk vac gubmint job at graduation. They will claim to have the same gusto and “right stuff” of their Giant predecessors. They will shriek if you snort at this, and make ample use of the EOC hotline card in their Man-Bags.

My florist has more machismo and a better work ethic.

When fishing, you mostly get what you troll for…

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-85977 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/working-for-big-groups.html#comment-85977 Resident hours are dropping to 56 per week? When does that start? Resident hours are dropping to 56 per week? When does that start?

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