Re: ht vs non ht pay
I am registered, I only have an associate degree, and one
year in an accredited histology program. Though I have 24 years
experience. I find myself constantly reading and researching in an effort
to keep up in an ever changing field.
There are many technicians who can and do deliver a good H&E,
but cannot tell you how to troubleshoot a processing problem. Nor do some
care enough to earn continuing education units, to read or research on
their own. On the flip side, I have also seen techs with BS degrees and
formal training in histology who could not operate a pH meter,
troubleshoot an H&E let alone decide if an IHC slide stained
appropriately. There are people in every field who just want a job
and then there are those who want a career. It is much easier to train
techs in the new technology who have had anatomy, chemistry and biology
courses. They have the educational background necessary to grasp
the theories behind special procedures. And are therefore (usually) more
skilled at developing new techniques and troubleshooting them.
There is always a certain amount of jealousy among those who can and do
and those than can and don't. Your friend may never earn the respect of
her co-workers. She will be the one management will turn to
institute new procedures. Self-respect is worth a good deal
more than the respect of your co-workers.
Histology is both a science and an art, a skill that must
constantly be honed. The money will not change until the requirements for
the job changes as well as more stringent requirements for
certification.
my own personal opinions
Rena Fail
02:45 PM 9/30/01 -0400, you wrote:
I
have been trying to send this but it keeps coming back, so I am going to
try again. Also, I am not trying to start an argument about who is
the better tech.
I understand why ASCP is changing the guidelines (with techs taking the
exam 3 or 4 times before passing), but what good will it do? Yeah,
yeah--I know that most job descriptions say ASCP or eligible, but so
what? I know from personal experience that many labs will just
change the job descriptions. I know one girl that just passed the
BOR and was told that she wasn't going to get a raise because the other
techs (non registered, no college, no formal training) were already
getting paid are registered techs. They actually told her that they
had no hopes of anyone passing the exam-ever, because everyone had taken
it and failed more than once. Pay didn't exactly mean that much,
although an increase would have said "good job," she just
wanted the respect of the others who told her that a college degree meant
nothing.
I was just curious to see if this was commonplace and was going on
everywhere.
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