Tracey mentioned that she has some of the best cost numbers of all the managers in the area so the boss decided she should be a leader of one of the discussion groups on costs.
The problem is the reason her costs are so well contained is that Tracey works for free covering the floor because she is so understaffed.
I told her to simply get up there and tell the truth. The only way they can match her numbers is to get rid of a nurse and then do that missing nurses job for free.
Since Tracey and the other managers costs arent included in the cost figures for patient care, whatever work they do to cover for absent or missing employees doesnt show up on the fancy charts and graphs.
So it appears that Tracey is a good manager of costs and the reality is she is working herself 12 to 16 hours a day and only getting paid for eight hours a day.
Sweet deal for #Fresenius and now they want to get her to show the other managers how to work themselves to death too.
MjL 12 Oct 2009, 0:02 a.m.
Tracey spent some time yesterday moving things around in the sunroom and enlisted A & B to help move her plants back into the house so the cold wouldnt kill them. She also cleaned up the gas fireplace and got it burning again to keep the room warm. We still have trouble keeping the pilot light burning on that silly thing. We have messed with cleaning it, the thermocouple, the flame height, etc. and it still goes out randomly.
Tracey has to work late today and then tomorrow she has to make the trip to Westchester up near Chicago. Another couple days of stupid meetings.