What a heated debate.  You must be careful when balancing supply of
histotechs and demand in the workplace when thinking about salary.  Nurses
tend to get paid well and is a degreed profession but as I have watched over
the last twenty years nursing salaries and supply run hand in hand.  With
every nursing shortage pay soars and as the nursing schools pump production
and supply overruns demand pay drops.  I am afraid demanding a degree to
quickly will slam a huge blow to an already critically manned field.
Remember just because ASCP requires something to become a registered
Histotechnician or technologist the hospitals and labs are not required by
regulation or law to hire only registered techs.  Salary will continue to
rise as long as good histology folks are hard to find.  Many employers I
have worked for will use a degree to up your starting salary and I
personally feel that everyone should pursue all the education they can get.
Jose, I did sense a lot of anger and frustration in your postings.  I am
sure that there are several anger management seminars in your area that you
could take advantage of.  Just look at it as adding to your already vast
education.  In the mean time just take a deep breath, count to 10 and stop
listening to the voices.  Act like the educated professional you claim to be
and offer constructive suggestions instead of inflammatory hollow words.

Charles R. Embrey Jr., BS, PA(AAPA), HT(ASCP)
Histology Supervisor
Carle Clinic
Urbana, IL
   

-----Original Message-----
From: Educatedhisto@cs.com [mailto:Educatedhisto@cs.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 3:16 PM
To: Charles.Embrey@carle.com; CrochiereSteve@aol.com
Cc: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Re: resignation notice get a clue


yeah but if the profession paid it wouldn't be hard to fill.  Because they 
can take any old vagrant off the street and give them $2.00 hr to do histo 
work after giving them on the job train, the position she is leaving will 
soon be filled.  He is probably pissed because three weeks isn't long enough

to train the wino on the corner to do her job.  That is why it should be 
required to have a degree before becoming a histotech.  If a degree was 
required pay would be increased and in the process generate more interest in

the job.