"Contract employee"

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14. Hospital contract worker here

Not long into the Bushie regime, as more big conglomerate healthcare organizations were gobbling up small community hospitals right and left, there's a phenomenon I witnessed: In my ancillary field, it was projected that despite the number of new graduates seeking entry level positions, there would still be demand for at least 20 years.
But there came a wave of corporate culture that began, all that much more greedily treating hospitals like factories: Edicts handed down from the new, wonderful corporate headquarters to do more with less. and less. and less. less staff. less supplies. layoffs. more output. quotas. no overtime. retirement plans cut. benefits cut. finish your work--- even though you can't stay punched in. more layoffs. departments running on half the staff they had 10 years ago, despite having twice the patient flow. Warnings not to even talk about "union" in non-union shop areas or you'll be dismissed.
Then to ice that cake, reading in the hospital newsletter how our wonderful CEO is enjoying his 1.8 million dollar bonus for saving the corporation so much costs!
Yes, I've taken the Devil's bargain: Travel contracts with all the insecurities mentioned above.